Min Pau Tan

TL;DR: The first characterization of the complete mitochondrial DNA genome of the Pearse’s mudskipper Periophthalmus novemradiatus is provided and its population genetics based on mtDNA cytochrome c oxidase subunit 1 (co1) gene are described.

TL;DR: High levels of diversity and an absence of founder effects were observed among populations in peninsular Malaysia, while populations from Sarawak exhibited low genetic diversity, which is a typical sign of colonies introduced from a single source.

TL;DR: Genetic variability and differences in wild striped snakehead Channa striata from Malaysia were analysed by genotyping nine novel nuclear microsatellite loci, revealing moderate-to-high genetic diversity in most of the populations, indicative of large effective population sizes.

TL;DR: In aquaculture, high-throughput sequencing technologies have expanded gene-based to genome-wide research in aqua-culture species as discussed by the authors, and the application of these novel sequencing technologies has generated Quantitative Trait Loci (QTL) and novel genes associated with commercially important production traits, which are useful for essential processes in selective breeding programs such as population genomics evaluation, Marker-Assisted Selection (MAS) and Genomic Selection (GS).

TL;DR: RNA interference results indicated that Hsp70 possibly plays a role in the stress tolerance but not in the development of diapause-destined embryos of Artemia, an excellent model organism for diAPause studies of the crustaceans.