Reproductive Physiology and Genetics in Aquatic Animals
A special issue of Animals (ISSN 2076-2615). This special issue belongs to the section "Aquatic Animals".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 31 March 2027 | Viewed by 1517
Editor
Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
The control of reproduction in aquatic animals in captivity by stimulating courtship and mating behavior, and obtaining viable spawns all year round with a high survival of progeny, is one of the main achievements in not just aquaculture production, but also in ecology. This pertains to those aquatic species whose natural populations have declined or are in need of restoration following their displacement from their natural habitats.
In this context, reproductive physiology and genetics are linked to pursue a functional, healthy, and selected broodstock.
Even when there is vast information on the influences of environmental reproductive cues and genetic influences on the hypothalamic–pituitary–gonadal (HPG) axis in fish, the neurosecretory X-organ/sinus gland complex in decapods, and the optic gland that signals many physiological pathways in octopuses, many commercial species still require reproductive research, and many other marine and freshwater animals are potentially interesting to reproduce in captivity.
We are pleased to invite you to contribute with a research article or a review for this Special Issue of Animals to improve reproduction management, the induction of maturation in those species that are difficult to reproduce in captivity, sex determination and sex control studies, and the selection of traits that can lead to faster growth rates, better survival, genotypes capable of digesting different food sources, among others, highlighting the importance of reproductive physiology and genetics in aquatic animals.
In this Special Issue, original research articles and reviews are welcome. Research areas may include the following:
Reproduction, Endocrinology, Physiology, Environmental cues, Gametogeneis, Meiosis, Mitosis, Egg quality, Embryogenesis, Larval development, Morphology, Transcriptomics, Proteomics, Gene editing, Broodstock selection (Quantitative and Molecular genetics), Broodstock variability (Heterocigosity), Epistasis, Chromosme manipulations (Triploydy, Tetraploidy), Associated trait loci (Quantitative traits loci and Single Nucleotide Polimorphisms), Sex determination, Sex control, Sex change (Hermaphrodyte, Protogyneous and Protandric animals), Sex reversal, Monosex culture.
I look forward to receiving your contributions.
Dr. Rafæl Campos-Ramos
Guest Editor
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Keywords
- aquatic animals
- reproduction
- endocrinology
- physiology
- genetics
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