Aquaculture Genetics

Aquaculture Genetics

People involved


Costas Tsigenopoulos

Costas Tsigenopoulos
Deputy Director


Tereza Manousaki

Tereza Manousaki
Principal Researcher


Alexandros Tsakogiannis

Alexandros Tsakogiannis
Previous Members


Vasilis Papadogiannis

Vasilis Papadogiannis
Research fellow


Key research areas

Genetic architecture of body growth, Morphological traits for disease resistance, stress response and sex determination, Molecular markers, parentage assignment, NGS, genetic maps, QTL, GWAS

Research activities carry out basic and applied research aiming towards the provision of specialized services in the aquaculture industry field. The team has a long-standing experience in the transformation of modern genetic approaches to applicable  technologies essential for the private sector through the  development of molecular markers and genetic tools for parentage assignment, the production of genetic maps, and Quantitative Trait Loci (QTL) analyses for breeding programs in the aquaculture industry. 

 

In past and ongoing projects, we have coordinated efforts towards defining the genetic architecture of body growth, morphological traits, disease resistance, stress response and sex determination using QTL mapping and genome-wide association studies (GWAS) in European seabass, the gilthead seabream and more recently in meagre and the greater amberjack.

Related Content

  • Chromosome genome assembly for the meagre, Argyrosomus regius, reveals species adaptations and sciaenid sex-related locus evolution, Frontiers in Genetics, section Evolutionary and Population Genetics, 10: 1081760 | DOI: 10.3389/fgene.2022.1081760
  • Transcriptome analysis of flathead grey mullet (Mugil cephalus) ovarian development induced by recombinant gonadotropin hormones. Frontiers in Physiology, 13: 1033445 | DOI: 10.3389/fphys.2022.1033445
  • Genome Wide Association (GWAS) Analysis and genomic heritability for parasite resistance and growth in European seabass. Aquacultute Reports, 24: 101178 | DOI: 10.1016/j.aqrep.2022.101178
  • Linkage mapping, comparative genome analysis, and QTL detection for growth in a non-model teleost, the meagre Argyrosomus regius, using ddRAD sequencing. Scientific Reports, 12: 5301 | DOI: 10.1038/s41598-022-09289-4
  • Spawning kinetics and parentage contribution of European sea bass (Dicentrarchus labrax) broodstocks, and influence of GnRHa-induced spawning. Aquaculture Reports, 21: 100766 | DOI: 10.1016/j.aqrep.2021.100766
  • Development and testing of a combined species SNP array for the European seabass (Dicentrarchus labrax) and gilthead seabream (Sparus aurata). Genomics, 113: 2096-2107 | DOI: 10.1016/j.ygeno.2021.04.038

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