Molecular Genetics and Genomics of Marine Fishes
A special issue of Fishes (ISSN 2410-3888). This special issue belongs to the section "Genetics and Biotechnology".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (15 November 2025) | Viewed by 2701
Special Issue Editors
Interests: marine fish; population genetics; genomics; phylogenetics
Interests: population genetics; genomics; phylogenetics; transcriptomics; evolution
Special Issues, Collections and Topics in MDPI journals
Interests: marine fish; population genetics; marine biodiversity; fisheries management
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Interests: fishery stock enhancement; marine fish diversity; population genetics; adaptive evolution
Interests: marine fish; molecular genetics; genomics; adaptive evolution; mitochondrial DNA
Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
The living fish species (including bony fish, cartilaginous fish, and jawless fish) encompass the great majority of non-tetrapod vertebrates, and serve as an important clade of highly commercial, ecological, evolutionary, and conservation significance. Marine fishes play crucial ecological roles in marine ecosystems, contributing to high levels of biodiversity; they are also a major source of protein for human populations and support economies and important social structures in many nations. However, overfishing, global warming, and habitat loss contribute drastically to large-scale population declines of marine fish species. It is therefore imperative to understand these species for sound management and conservation of marine fish resources. Genetic and genomic investigations can largely deepen our knowledge on species diversity, adaptation, and evolution, thus facilitating effective fishery management and biodiversity conservation. However, limited genetic and genomic resources of marine fish species have been reported until now, so I am pleased to invite you to contribute to the Special Issue “Molecular Genetics and Genomics of Marine Fishes” in the Fishes journal.
Dr. Shengyong Xu
Prof. Dr. Zhiqiang Han
Dr. Yuan Li
Dr. Binbin Shan
Dr. Tianyan Yang
Guest Editors
Dr. Shaolei Sun
Guest Editor Assistant
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Keywords
- marine fish
- genome assembly
- mitochondrial DNA
- population genetics/genomics
- phylogenetics/phylogenomics
- genetic diversity
- genetic variation
- adaptive evolution
- DNA barcoding
- fisheries management
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