Population genomics of marine fishes: identifying adaptive variation in space and time

EE Nielsen, J HEMMER‐HANSEN, PF Larsen… - Molecular …, 2009 - Wiley Online Library
Studies of adaptive evolution have experienced a recent revival in population genetics of
natural populations and there is currently much focus on identifying genomic signatures of …

Molecular basis and genetic improvement of economically important traits in aquaculture animals

JF Gui, ZY Zhu - Chinese Science Bulletin, 2012 - Springer
Aquaculture has been believed to be a major Chinese contribution to the world. In recent 20
years, genome and other genetic technologies have promoted significant advances in basic …

Metamorphosis in teleosts

SK McMenamin, DM Parichy - Current topics in developmental biology, 2013 - Elsevier
Teleosts are the largest and most diverse group of vertebrates, and many species undergo
morphological, physiological, and behavioral transitions,“metamorphoses,” as they progress …

RNA-Seq identifies SNP markers for growth traits in rainbow trout

M Salem, RL Vallejo, TD Leeds, Y Palti, S Liu… - PloS one, 2012 - journals.plos.org
Fast growth is an important and highly desired trait, which affects the profitability of food
animal production, with feed costs accounting for the largest proportion of production costs …

Genomics of sablefish (Anoplopoma fimbria): expressed genes, mitochondrial phylogeny, linkage map and identification of a putative sex gene

EB Rondeau, AM Messmer, DS Sanderson… - BMC genomics, 2013 - Springer
Abstract Background The sablefish (order: Scorpaeniformes) is an economically important
species in commercial fisheries of the North Pacific and an emerging species in aquaculture …

A high-resolution map of the Nile tilapia genome: a resource for studying cichlids and other percomorphs

R Guyon, M Rakotomanga, N Azzouzi, JP Coutanceau… - BMC genomics, 2012 - Springer
Abstract Background The Nile tilapia (Oreochromis niloticus) is the second most farmed fish
species worldwide. It is also an important model for studies of fish physiology, particularly …

Genomic approaches to study genetic and environmental influences on fish sex determination and differentiation

F Piferrer, L Ribas, N Díaz - Marine biotechnology, 2012 - Springer
The embryonic gonad is the only organ that takes two mutually exclusive differentiating
pathways and hence gives rise to two different adult organs: testes or ovaries. The recent …

Single nucleotide polymorphism discovery in rainbow trout by deep sequencing of a reduced representation library

CC Sánchez, TPL Smith, RT Wiedmann, RL Vallejo… - Bmc Genomics, 2009 - Springer
Background To enhance capabilities for genomic analyses in rainbow trout, such as
genomic selection, a large suite of polymorphic markers that are amenable to high …

Development and application of biological technologies in fish genetic breeding

K Xu, W Duan, J Xiao, M Tao, C Zhang, Y Liu… - Science China Life …, 2015 - Springer
Fish genetic breeding is a process that remolds heritable traits to obtain neotype and
improved varieties. For the purpose of genetic improvement, researchers can select for …

Identification of the Major Sex-Determining Region of Turbot (Scophthalmus maximus)

P Martínez, C Bouza, M Hermida, J Fernández… - Genetics, 2009 - academic.oup.com
Sex determination in fish is a labile character in evolutionary terms. The sex-determining
(SD) master gene can differ even between closely related fish species. This group is an …