Fish Genomics and Developmental Biology, 2nd Edition
A special issue of International Journal of Molecular Sciences (ISSN 1422-0067). This special issue belongs to the section "Molecular Biology".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 20 July 2025 | Viewed by 2057
Special Issue Editors
Interests: epigenetics; development; teleost; regulation; sncRNA; lncRNA; methylation; histone modification
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Interests: genomics; development; teleost; aquaculture; transcriptomics; gene expression; environment; genomes; comparative genomics; population genomics; selective breeding; biomarker
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Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
This Special Issue is a continuation of our previous Special Issue on “Fish Genomics and Developmental Biology” (https://www.mdpi.com/journal/ijms/special_issues/0BZE9ZAIV6).
Genomics has had a fast scientific, social, and economic impact and is along with the rapidly advancing technologies in the spotlight of many diverse research fields. Even though the -omics area is a comparatively young branch of science, the implementation of -omics data has become a common lab practice. One of the major milestones has certainly been the invention of next-generation sequencing technologies which enabled the fast with a relatively low-cost assessment and comparison of transcriptomes and genomes. Nevertheless, the generation of large datasets involves also the challenges of accurate data processing, storage, analysis, and most importantly interpretation.
The interest in teleosts species and the model fish zebrafish (Danio rerio) in particular, first arose due to its suitability to study human-related research topics as well as to investigate early development at the molecular level. The interest in non-model teleost studies is mainly due to their economic importance in fisheries and aquaculture. Today the genomes and transcriptomes of numerous teleosts have been sequenced and are stored in publicly accessible databases. These achievements have paved the way to investigate more cross-species gene function and regulation, and to better understand the molecular bases of important mechanisms in fish biology.
The objective of the present Special Issue is to highlight the most recent genomic advances in fish biology with an emphasis on development, since numerous events and parameters have to be in congruence during embryonic and larval development to ensure well-being and health at later life stages.
Dr. Elena Sarropoulou
Prof. Dr. Jorge Fernandes
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- development
- teleost
- gene regulation
- comparative genomics
- genomics
- aquaculture
- transcriptomics
- gene expression
- environment
- genomes
- population genomics
- selective breeding
- biomarker
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