Genomics of Stress Responses in Fish
A special issue of Fishes (ISSN 2410-3888). This special issue belongs to the section "Physiology and Biochemistry".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 1 October 2025 | Viewed by 49
Special Issue Editors
Interests: aquaculture technology; fishery management; blue biotechnology; aquatic toxicology
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Interests: oxidative stress; fish physiology; anthropogenic environmental stress; evolutionary biology
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Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
Genomics has been rapidly developed for fish biology and physiology studies by following an integrated approach to transcriptomics and bioinformatics over recent decades. In the context of global changes, fish are increasingly exposed to multiple stressors that have cascading effects from molecules to whole individuals, thereby affecting wild fish populations through selective processes or the aquaculture fish biomass in aquaculture production systems. The application of emerging and consolidated genomics tools in different marine and freshwater fish species has shown promise in merging different levels of biological organization to better predict population resilience under multiple stressors. In addition, there are strong variations in sensitivity among populations, which might arise from the transgenerational effects of stressors through plastic, genetic, and epigenetic mechanisms.
This Special Issue aims to provide the latest information on fish responses and adaptations to different and/or multiple stressors, while trying to develop genomic technologies applied to freshwater and marine fish species. Submissions may take the form of original research, full or mini-reviews, and perspectives on topics including, but not limited to, the following:
- Genomic tools applied to aquatic organisms;
- Development of genomics approaches in eco-toxicological and evolution studies;
- Stress response of fish and other aquatic organisms toward different and multiple stressors;
- Evaluation of newly introduced genomic technologies in freshwater and marine fish species.
Dr. Rigers Bakiu
Dr. Gianfranco Santovito
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- genomics
- transcriptomics
- bioinformatics
- fish stress response
- fish toxicology
- fish physiology
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