Aquatic Genomics: Steps Toward a Great Future

Front Matter....Pages II-XVI
 Fugu : a comparative perspective....Pages 1-19
Duplication of a portion of human chromosome 20q containing Topoisomerase ( Top1 )and Snail genes provides evidence on genome expansion and the radiation of teleost fish....Pages 20-34
The genetic basis of biodiversity: genomic studies of cichlid fishes....Pages 35-44
Gene Mapping, Isolation and Genetic Improvement in Catfish....Pages 45-60
Shrimp genomics: development of a genetic map to identify QTLs responsible for economically important traits in Litopenaeus vannamei ....Pages 61-72
Genomic approaches to understanding heterosis and improving yield of Pacific oysters....Pages 73-83
Genomic approaches to marker development and mapping in the eastern oyster, Crassostrea virginica ....Pages 84-91
The impact of aquatic genomics on fish immunology....Pages 92-101
Expressed sequence tag analyses of the Japanese flounder, Paralichthys olivaceus ....Pages 102-114
Expressed Sequence Tags — A Snapshot of the Fish Genome....Pages 115-127
Genomics of the Pacific Oyster Crassostrea gigas ....Pages 128-132
Survey of Hox genes in the skate, Raja egalanteria ....Pages 133-138
Toward genetic dissection of motor neuron differentiation....Pages 139-152
Genes regulating the growth of myotomal muscle in teleost fish....Pages 153-166
Temporal and spatial expression patterns of mRNAs encoding myosin heavy chain isoforms in association with those of related transcription factors during temperature acclimation of carp....Pages 167-184
Genome fluidity in the fish Xiphophorus ....Pages 185-194
Stress response and apoptosis in zebrafish embryos....Pages 195-206
Taurine transporter: hyperosmotic stress-responsive gene....Pages 207-216
Molecular evolution of proopiomelanocortin in fish....Pages 217-224
Quantitative analyses of the levels of hormonal mRNAs in the salmon neuroendocrine system....Pages 225-235
Positional cloning of the sex-determining region of medaka using a Y congenic strain....Pages 236-243
The GnRH system in teleosts....Pages 244-262
Gene expression and structure of globin genes of Carp....Pages 263-269
Induction and molecular regulation of host cell apoptosis by infectious pancreatic necrosis virus infection....Pages 270-276
Fish Cytokine Genes....Pages 277-285
Immune-related genes of the Japanese flounder, Paralichthys olivaceus ....Pages 286-300
The lysozyme gene in fish....Pages 301-309
Visualization and isolation of live primordial germ cells aimed at cell-mediated gene transfer in rainbow trout....Pages 310-319
Transgenic medaka as a model for fish biology and aquaculture....Pages 320-328
Generation of living color transgenic zebrafish....Pages 329-339
Identification of virulence genes in bacterial fish pathogens: a genomic and proteomic approach....Pages 340-351
Identification of minimal promoter required for retinal-specific expression of carp rhodopsin gene by transgenic fish....Pages 352-364
Exploiting Transgenic Tilapia and the Tilapia Genome....Pages 365-381
Recent Advances in Transgenic Fish Technology....Pages 382-394
Genetic analysis of complex traits using clonal rainbow trout lines....Pages 395-398
The contribution of quantitative genetics to fish breeding....Pages 399-409
Production of cloned fish by chromosome manipulation and confirmation by DNA markers....Pages 410-416
DNA markers as a tool for genetic management of brood stock for aquaculture....Pages 417-429
Back Matter....Pages 430-432