Cellular and Molecular Approaches in Fish Biology

Ignacio Fernandez Monzón, Jorge Manuel de Oliveira Fernandes

• Publisher: Academic Press
• Year: 2021
• ISBN:
  9780128222744
• Topic: Scienze biologiche
• Subtopic: Biologia marina

Cellular and Molecular Approaches in Fish Biology is a highly interdisciplinary resource to bring industry professionals, students and researchers up-to-date with the latest developments and information on fish biology research combining a historical overview of the different research areas in fish biology and detailed descriptions of cellular and molecular approaches with explanations and recommendations for research. The book presents a global perspective of each research area with detailed analytical methodologies on the cellular and molecular mechanisms within fish biology for expermentation. The book provides different points of view on how researchers have addressed timely issues, while describing and dissecting some of the new experimental/analytical approaches used to answer the key questions at cellular and molecular levels, making this a valuable resource to those in industry and academia as well as those entering the field.

• Provides detailed descriptions of each research approach, highlighting the tricks of the trade for its effective and successful application
• Includes the latest developments in fish reproduction, fish development and nutrition, fish welfare, fish immunology, ecology and biomedics
• Presents hot topics of research such as genetics, transcriptomics and epigenetics

Table of contents

• Cover
• Title page
• Table of Contents
• Copyright
• Contributors
• Editor’s biographies
• Preface
• Chapter 1: Technologies and strategies for ex situ conservation of aquatic organisms: The role of cryopreservation in long-term management
• Chapter 2: Molecular approaches on DNA damage evaluation after primordial germ cell cryopreservation in zebrafish
• Chapter 3: The role of epigenetics in fish biology and reproduction: An insight into the methods applied to aquaculture
• Chapter 4: Noncoding RNAs in fish physiology and development: miRNAs as a cornerstone in gene networks
• Chapter 5: Nutritional epigenetics
• Chapter 6: Methods for mapping genomic variants associated with production traits in aquaculture species
• Chapter 7: Double-labeling immunofluorescence: A simple and effective tool to study pituitary regulation in teleost fish
• Chapter 8: Mucosal immunology in fish
• Chapter 9: Characterization of the neuroendocrine stress status as part of the multiparametric assessment of welfare in fish
• Chapter 10: Evolution of ray-finned fish genomes: Status and directions with a primer on microRNA characterization
• Chapter 11: Zebrafish xenotransplantation: A versatile platform for cancer and stem cell translational research
• Chapter 12: Status, challenges, and perspectives of fish cell culture—Focus on cell lines capable of in vitro mineralization
• Index