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Genetics and genetic improvement of fresh water cultured fish (tilapias, common carp, ornamental fish); study of the genomic basis of sex determination in tilapias, adaptation to salinity levels in tilapia and KHV resistance in common carp; study of genetic variation in Galilee tilapia in Lake Kinnereth |
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Recent PublicationsLittle, D.C. and G. Hulata (2000). Strategies for tilapia seed production. p. 267-326, in: Beveridge, M.C.M. and B.J. McAndrew (Editors), Tilapias: Biology and Exploitation. Kluwer Acad. Publ., Dordrecht, The Netherlands. Palti, Y., S. Tinman, A. Cnaani, Y. Avidar, M. Ron and G. Hulata (2000). Comparative study of biochemical and non-specific immunological parameters in two tilapia species (Oreochromis aureus and O. mossambicus). Isr. J. Aquacult. - Bamidgeh, 51:148-156. Cnaani, A., G.A.E. Gall and G. Hulata (2000). Cold tolerance of tilapia species and hybrids. Aquacult. Int'l, 8:289-298. Ben-Dom, N., N.B. Cherfas, B. Gomelsky and G. Hulata (2000). Genetic stability of Israeli common carp stocks inferred from electrophoretic analysis of transferrin, phosphoglucomutase and glucose-6-phosphate isomerase. Isr. J. Aquacult. - Bamidgeh, 52:30-35. Barki, A., S. Harpza, G. Hulata and I. Karplus (2000). Effects of larger fish and size grading on growth and size variation in fingerling silver perch. Aquacult. Int'l, 8:391-401. Palti, Y., A. Shirak, A. Cnaani, E. Feldmesser, R.R. Avtalion, G. Hulata and M. Ron (2000). A microsatellite locus has more than one copy in the genome of two tilapia species (Oreochromis aureus and O. niloticus). Anim. Genet., 32:40-41. Dzikowski, R., G. Hulata, I. Karplus and S. Harpaz (2001). Effect of temperature and dietary L-carnitine supplementation on reproductive performance of female guppy (Poecilia reticulata). Aquaculture, 199: 323-332. Karplus, I., S. Harpaz, G. Hulata, R. Segev and A. Barki (2001). Culture of the Australian red-claw crayfish (Cherax quadricarinatus) in Israel. IV. Crayfish incorporation into intensive tilapia production units. Isr. J. Aquacult. - Bamidgeh, 53: 23-33. Dunham, R.A., K. Majumdar, E. Hallerman , D. Bartley, G. Mair, G. Hulata, Z. Liu, N. Pongthana, J. Bakos, D. Penman, M. Gupta, P. Rothlisberg and G. Hoerstgen-Schwark. (2001). Review of the status of aquaculture genetics. In: R.P. Subasinghe, P. Bueno, M.J. Phillips, C. Hough, S.E. McGladdery and J.R. Arthur, eds. Aquaculture in the Third Millenium. Technical Proceedings of the Conference on Aquaculture in the Third Millenium, Bangkok, Thailand, 20-25 February 2000. pp 129-157. NACA, Bangkok and FAO, Rome. Hulata, G. (2001). Israeli aquaculture genetic improvement programs. In: M.V. Gupta and B.O. Acosta, eds. Fish Genetics Research in Member Countries and Institutions of the International Network on Genetics in Aquaculture. ICLARM Conf. Proc. 64, pp. 103-108. Hulata, G. (2001). Genetic manipulations in aquaculture: a review of stock improvement by classical and modern technologies. Genetica, 111:155-173. Ben-Dom, N., N.B Cherfas, B. Gomelsky, R.R. Avtalion, B. Moav and G. Hulata (2001). Production of heterozygous and homozygous clones of common carp (Cyprinus carpio L.): evidence from DNA fingerprinting and Mixed Leukocyte Reaction. Isr. J. .Aquacult. - Bamidgeh, 53:89-100. Palti, Y., A. Shirak, A. Cnaani, G. Hulata, R.R. Avtalion and M. Ron (2002). Detection of genes with deleterious alleles in an inbred line of tilapia (Oreochromis aureus). Aquaculture, 223:117-128. Cnaani, A., M. Ron, B.-Y. Lee, G. Hulata, T.D. Kocher and E. Seroussi (2002). Mapping the transferrin gene in tilapia (Brief note). Anim. Genet., 32:40-41. Cnaani, A., M. Ron, G. Hulata and E. Seroussi (2002). Fishing in silico: searching for tilapia genes using sequences of microsatellite DNA markers. Anim. Genet., 33:474-476. Shirak, A., Y. Palti, A. Cnaani, A. Korol, G. Hulata, M. Ron, and R.R. Avtalion (2002). Association between loci with deleterious alleles and distorted sex ratios in an inbred line of tilapia (Oreochromis aureus). J. Hered., 93:270-276. Cnaani, A., E.M. Hallerman, M. Ron, J.I. Weller, M. Indelman, Y. Kashi, G.A.E. Gall and G. Hulata (2003). Detection of a chromosomal region with two quantitative trait loci, affecting cold tolerance and fish size, in an F2 tilapia hybrid. Aquaculture, 223:117-128. Cnaani, A., B.-Y. Lee, M. Ron, G. Hulata, T.D. Kocher and E. Seroussi (2003). Linkage mapping of major histocompatibilty complex class I loci in tilapia (Oreochromis spp.). Anim. Genet., 34:390-391. Parnes, S., I. Khalaila, G. Hulata and A. Sagi (2003). Sex determination in crayfish: Are intersex Cherax quadricarinatus (Decapoda, Parastacidae) genetically females? Genet. Res., 82:107-116. Riisgard, H.U., O. Kinne, T. Fenchel, E. Fee, R. Hesslein, J. Elser, M. Scranton, J. Cole, N. Hairston, E. Canuel, R. Glud, C. Nielsen, P. Beninger, R. Waagbo, G.I. Hemre, G. Hulata, T. Hoisaeter, D. McLusky, R. Kneib, S. Shumway, R. Warwick, L. Hagerman, P.S. Larsen, J. Ott, P.C. Dworschak, F. Boero, J.M. Gili, K. Philippart and M. Seaman (2003). Misuse of the peer-review system: time for countermeasures? Mar. Ecol.-Progr. Series, 258:297-309. Gomelsky, B., N. Cherfas, G. Hulata and S. Dasgupta (2003). Inheritance of the white-red (kohaku) color complex in ornamental (koi) carp (Cyprinus carpio L.). Isr. J. Aquacult. - Bamidgeh, 55:147-153. David, L., S. Rothbard, I. Rubinstein, H. Katzman, G. Hulata, J. Hillel and U. Lavi (2003). Aspects of red and black color inheritance in the Japanese ornamental (Koi) carp (Cyprinus carpio L.). Aquaculture, 233:129-147. Lee, B.-Y., G. Hulata and T.D. Kocher (2004). Two unlinked loci controlling the sex of blue tilapia (Oreochromis aureus). Heredity, 92:543-549. Moen, T., J.J. Agresti, A. Cnaani, H. Moses, T.R. Famula, G. Hulata, G.A.E. Gall and B. May, (2004). A genome scan of a four-way cross tilapia family supports the existence of a QTL for cold tolerance on UNH chromosome 23. Aquacult. Res., 35:893-904. Hulata, G., A. Cnaani, T. Slossman and G.A.E. Gall (2004). Fertility problems in a four species tilapia cross. Isr. J. Aquacult. - Bamidgeh, 56:159-165. Cnaani, A., N. Zilberman, S. Tinman, G. Hulata, and M. Ron (2004). Genome-scan analysis for quantitative trait loci in an F2 tilapia hybrid. Mol. Genet. Genom., 272:162-172. Dzikowski, R., G. Hulata, S. Harpaz and I. Karplus (2004). Inducible reproductive plasticity of the guppy Poecilia reticulata in response to predation cues. J. Exp. Zool., 301A:776-782. Cnaani, A., S. Tinman, Y. Avidar, M. Ron and G. Hulata (2004). Comparative study of biochemical parameters in response to stress in Oreochromis aureus, O. mossambicus and two strains of O. niloticus. Aquacult. Res., 35:1434-1440. Shapira, Y., Y. Magen, T. Zak, M. Kotler, G. Hulata, and B. Levavi-Sivan (2005). Differential resistance to koi herpes virus (KHV)/carp interstitial nephritis and gill necrosis virus (CNGV) among strains and crossbreds of common carp (Cyprinus carpio L.). Aquaculture, 245:1-11. Lee, B.-Y., W.-J. Lee, J.T. Streelman, K.L. Carleton, A. Howe, G. Hulata, A. Slettan, Y. Terai, and T.D. Kocher (2005). A second generation genetic linkage map of tilapia (Oreochromis spp.). Genetics, 170:237-244. Shirak, A., A. Bendersky, G. Hulata, M. Ron, and R.R. Avtalion (2005). Altered self-erythrocyte recognition and destruction in an inbred line of tilapia (Oreochromis aureus). J. Immunol., 176:390-394. Zilberman, N., S. Reikhav, G. Hulata, and M. Ron (2006). High-throughput genomic DNA extraction protocol from tilapias fin tissue (Technical paper). Aquaculture, 255:597-599.Hakim, Y., Z. Uni, G. Hulata, and S. Harpaz (2006). Relationship between intestinal brush border enzymatic activity and growth rate in tilapias fed diets containing 30 or 48% protein. Aquaculture, 257:240-248.Shirak, A., E. Seroussi, A. Cnaani, A.E. Howe, R. Domokhovsky, N. Zilberman, T.D. Kocher, G. Hulata, and M. Ron (2006). Amh and Dmrta2 genes map to tilapia (Oreochromis spp.) linkage group 23 within QTL regions for sex determination. Genetics, 174:1573-1581.Flajšhans, M. and G. Hulata (2006). Common carp - Cyprinus carpio. In: "Genetic effects of domestication, culture and breeding of fish and shellfish, and their impacts on wild populations." D. Crosetti, S. Lapègue, I. Olesen, T. Svaasand (eds). GENIMPACT project: Evaluation of genetic impact of aquaculture activities on native populations. A European network. WP1 workshop "Genetics of domestication, breeding and enhancement of performance of fish and shellfish", Viterbo, Italy, 12-17th June, 2006, 7 pp. http://genimpact.imr.no/Cnaani, A., B.-Y. Lee, N. Zilberman, C. Ozouf-Costaz, G. Hulata, M. Ron,, A. D'Hont, J.-F. Baroiller, H. D'Cotta, D.J. Penman, E. Tomasino, J.-P. Coutanceau, E. Pepey, A. Shirak, and T.D. Kocher (2008). Genetics of sex determination in tilapiine species. Sex. Dev., 2:43-54.Cnaani, A, and G. Hulata (2008). Genome mapping and molecular breeding: tilapias, in: Kocher, TD (Editor), Genome Mapping and Genomics in Fishes and Aquatic Animals. Springer Berlin Heidelberg, p. 101-116.Shirak, A., M. Golik, B.-Y. Lee, A.E. Howe, T.D. Kocher, G. Hulata, M. Ron and E. Seroussi (2008). Copy number variation of lipocalin family genes for Male-Specific Proteins in tilapia and its association with gender. Heredity, 101:405-415.Shirak, A., M. Cohen-Zinder, R.M. Barroso, E. Seroussi, M. Ron, and G. Hulata (2009). DNA barcoding of Israeli indigenous and introduced cichlids. The Israeli J. of Aquaculture - Bamidgeh, 61(2):83-88. Hulata, G., Ron, B. (2009). Genetic improvement of finfish. In: G. Burnell, G. Allan (Eds.), New Technologies in Aquaculture: Improving production efficiency, quality and environmental management. Woodhead Publishing Ltd, pp. 55-86.Shirak, A., Grabherr, M., Di Palma, F., Lindblad-Toh, K., Hulata, G., Ron, M., Kocher, T.D. and Seroussi, E. (2009). Identification of repetitive elements in the genome of Oreochromis niloticus: Tilapia repeat-masker. Marine Biotechnology, 12: 121-125 (DOI 10.1007/s10126-009-9236-8).Eknath, A.E., and Hulata, G. (2009). Use and exchange of genetic resources of Nile tilapia (Oreochromis niloticus). Reviews in Aquaculture, 1: 197-213.Kongchum, P., Palti, Y., Hallerman, E.M., Hulata, G. and David, L. (2010). SNP discovery and development of genetic markers for mapping innate immune response genes in common carp (Cyprinus carpio). Fish and Shellfish Immunology, 29: 356-361. (doi:10.1016/j.fsi.2010.04.013).Eshel, O., Shirak, A., Weller, J.I., Slossman, T., Hulata, G., Cnaani, A. and Ron, M. (2010). Fine mapping of a locus on linkage group 23 for sex-determination in Nile tilapia (Oreochromis niloticus). Animal Genetics, 42(2): 222-224. Kongchum, P., E. Hallerman, G. Hulata, L. David, Y. Palti(2010). Molecular cloning, characteri-zation and expression analysis of TLR9, MyD88 and TRAF6 genes in common carp (Cyprinus carpio). Fish and Shellfish Immunology, 30: 361-371. Cnaani, A, and G. Hulata (2011). Improving salinity tolerance in tilapias: past experience and future prospects. The Israeli Journal of Aquaculture - Bamidgeh, 63, IIC.63.2011.533, 21 pages (www.siamb.org.il/Content_siamb/editor/63_1_IJA.2011.533.Hulata.pdf).Kongchum, P., E. Sandel, S. Lutzky, E.M. Hallerman, G. Hulata, L. David and Y. Palti (2011). Association between IL-10a single nucleotide polymorphisms and resistance to cyprinid herpesvirus-3 infection in common carp (Cyprinus carpio). Aquaculture, 315: 417-421.Kongchum, P., E.M. Hallerman, L. David, Y. Palti and G. Hulata (2011). Candidate gene markers for selective breeding of CyHV-3-resistant carp, Koi. Global Aquaculture Advocate, 14(2): 78-79.Velan, A., G. Hulata, M. Ron and A. Cnaani (2011). Comparative time-course study on pituitary and branchial response to salinity challenge in Mozambique tilapia (Oreochromis mossambicus) and Nile tilapia (O. niloticus). Fish Physiology and Biochemistry, 37: 863-873. DOI: 10.1007/s10695-011-9484-1Hulata, G. and Y. Simon (2011). An overview on desert aquaculture in Israel. In: V. Crespi, A. Lovatelli (Eds.) Aquaculture in desert and arid lands: Developmental constraints and opportunities. FAO Technical Workshop. 6-8 July 2010, Hermosillo, Mexico. FAO Fisheries and Aquaculture Proceedings No. 20. Rome, FAO. 2011. pp. 81-105.Eshel, O., A. Shirak, J.I. Weller, G. Hulata and M. Ron (2012). Linkage and physical mapping of sex region on LG23 of Nile tilapia (Oreochromis niloticus). G3: Genes, Genomes, Genetics, 2: 35-42.Aflalo, E.D., R.V.S.N. Dandu, N.A. Bommi, J.T. Verghese, T.Y.C.Samraj, G. Hulata, O. Ovadia and A. Sagi (2012). Toward a sustainable production of genetically improved all-male prawn (Macrobrachium rosenbergii): Evaluation of production traits and obtaining neo-females in three Indian strains. Aquaculture, 338-341: 197-207.Shirak, A., Palti, Y., Bern, O., Kocher, T.D., Gootwine, E., Seroussi, E., Hulata, G., Ron, M., and Avtalion, R.R. (2013). A deleterious effect associated with UNH159 is attenuated in twin embryos of an inbred line of blue tilapia (Oreochromis aureus). Journal of Fish Biology, 82: 42-53.Zak, T., Deshev, R., Benet-Perlberg, A., Naor, A., Magen, I., Shapira, Y., Ponzoni, R.W., and Hulata, G. (2014). Genetic improvement of Israeli blue (Jordan) tilapia, Oreochromis aureus (Steindachner), through selective breeding for harvest weight. Aquaculture Research, 45: 546-557. DOI: 10.1111/are.12072Dor, B L., Shirak, A., Gorshkov, S., Ron, M., and Hulata, G. (2014). Development of genetic markers for the white grouper (Epinephelus aeneus). Aquaculture, 420-421: S104-S110. DOI: 10.1016/j.aquaculture.2013.02.023Eshel, O., Shirak, A., Dor, L., Band, M., Zak, T., Markovich-Gordon, M., Chalifa-Caspi, V., Feldmesser, E., Weller, J.I., Seroussi, E., Hulata, G., and Ron, M. (2014). Identification of male-specific amh duplication, sexually differentially expressed genes and microRNAs at early embryonic development of Nile tilapia (Oreochromis niloticus). BMC Genomics, 15: 774. DOI: 10.1186/1471-2164-15-774.Dor, L., Shirak, A., Gorshkov, S., Band, M.R., Korol, A., Ronin, Y., Curzon, A., Hulata, G., Seroussi, E., and Ron, M. (2014). Construction of a microsatellites-based linkage map for the white grouper (Epinephelus aeneus). G3: Genes, Genomes, Genetics, in press.Brawand, D., Wagner, C.E., Li, Y.I., Malinsky, M., Keller, I., Fan, S., Simakov, O., Ng, A.Y., Lim, Z.W., Bezault, E., Turner-Maier, J., Johnson, J., Alcazar, R., Noh, H.J., Russell, P., Aken, B., Alföldi, J., Amemiya, C., Azzouzi, N., Barollier, J.-F., Barloy-Hubler, F., Berlin, A., Bloomquist, R., Carleton, K.L., Conte, M.A., D'Cotta, H., Eshel, O., Gaffney, L., Galibert, F., Gante, H.F., Gnerre, S., Greuter, L., Guyon, R., Haddad, N.S., Haerty, W., Harris, R.M., Hofmann, H.A., Hourlier, T., Hulata, G., Jaffe, D.B., Lara, M., Lee, A.P., MacCallum, I., Mwaiko, S., Nikaido, M., Nishihara, H., Ozouf-Costaz, C., Penman, D.J., Przybylski, D., Rakotomanga, M., Renn, S.C.P., Ribeiro, F.J., Ron M., Salzburger, W., Sanchez-Pulido, L., Santos, M.E., Searle, S., Sharpe, T., Swofford, R., Tan, F., Williams, L., Young, S., Yin, S., Okada, N., Kocher, T.D., Miska, E., Lander, E.S., Venkatesh, B., Fernald, R., Meyer, A., Ponting, C.P., Streelman, J.T., Lindblad-Toh, K., Seehausen, O., and Di Palma, F. (2014). The genomic substrate for adaptive radiation: genomes of five African cichlid fish. Nature, in press. For full list of publications see http://scholar.google.com/citations?hl=en&view_op=list_works&email_for_op=vlaqua%40volcani.agri.gov.il&invitation_id=12928289930749439825&user=O5HGt7AAAAAJ Current Projects - Identifying genes controlling sex determination in tilapias.
- Studying resistance to KHV and breeding KHV-resistant common carp
- Selective breeding in tilapia.
- Investigation into the cause of limited seed production in hybrids of Oreochromis niloticus and O. aureus
- Studying genetic variation in Sarotherodon galilaeus in Lake Kinnereth
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