05/17/2002

Launey, Sophie; Hedgecock, Dennis. High genetic load in the Pacific oyster Crassostrea gigas. 2001. Genetics 159: 255-265.



Hallerman, E., M. Leffler, S. Mills, and S.K. Allen, Jr. 2002. Aquaculture of triploid Crassostrea ariakensis in Chesapeake Bay: A Symposium Report. Md/Va Sea Grant Publication, UM-sg-ts-2002-01/VSG-02-03, 20 pp.



Sophie Hubert, Gang Li, Dennis Hedgecock. 2002. Development of a genetic linkage map, using microsatellite markers in the Pacific oyster, Crassostrea gigas. http://www.intl-pag.org/pag/10/abstracts/PAGX_W16.html



Hedgecock, D., Lin, J.-Z. DeCola, S., Haudenschild, C., Meyer, E., Manahan D.T., Bowen, B. 2002. Analysis of gene expression in hybrid Pacific oysters by massively parallel signature sequencing.

http://www.intl-pag.org/pag/10/abstracts/PAGX_W15.html

06/11/2003

Yu, Z. and X. Guo. 2003. Genetic linkage map of the eastern oyster

Crassostrea virginica Gmelin. Biol. Bull. 204: 327-338.



Peruzzi, S. and X. Guo. 2002. Tetraploid induction by meiosis inhibition

with cytochalasin B in the dwarf surfclam, Mulinia lateralis Say: effects of

temperature. J. Shellfish Research, 21(2): 677-684.



Wang, Z., X Guo, S.K. Allen, Jr. and R. Wang. 2002. Heterozygosity and body

size in triploid Pacific oysters, Crassostrea gigas Thunberg, produced from

meiosis II inhibition and tetraploids. Aquaculture, 204(3-4):337-248.



Wang, Y., Z. Xu and X. Guo. 2001. A centromeric satellite sequence in the

Pacific oyster, Crassostrea gigas (Thunberg) identified by fluorescence in

situ hybridization. Marine Biotechnology, 3: 486-492.



Yang, H., T. Gallivan, X. Guo and S.K. Allen, Jr. 2000. A method for preserving oyster tissue samples for flow cytometry. J. Shellfish Research, 19(2):835-839.



Bucklin, K. A. 2002. Genetic Load in Two Generations of the Pacific Oyster Crassostrea gigas. Ph.D. dissertation, genetics, University of California, Davis.



Hedgecock, D., S. Hubert, G. Li and K. Bucklin. 2002. A genetic linkage map of 100 microsatellite markers for the Pacific oyster Crassostrea gigas. Journal of Shellfish Research 21:381.



Hubert, S., B. J. Landau, L. English, X. Guo, and D. Hedgecock. 2002. Genetics and linkage groups of microsatellite markers in the Pacific oyster, Crassostrea gigas using trisomics. Aquaculture 204:216. http://www.elsevier.com/locate/aquaculture



Li, G., S. Hubert, K. Bucklin, V. Ribes and D. Hedgecock. 2002. Characterization of 79 microsatellite DNA markers in the Pacific oyster Crassostrea gigas. Molecular Ecology Notes 3:228-232.



Hedgecock, D., S. Hubert and K. A. Bucklin. 2002. Linkage and gene-centromere maps of the Pacific oyster Crassostrea gigas. http://www.intl-pag.org/pag/11/abstracts/W05_W36_XI.html



Langdon, C.J., Evans, F., Jacobson, D. and Blouin, M. Yields of cultured

Pacific oysters Crassostrea gigas Thunberg improved after one generation of

selection. Aquaculture, 220: 227-244.



Brake, J., Evans, F. and C. Langdon. 2002. Evidence for genetic control of

pigmentation of shell and mantle edge in selected families of Pacific

oysters, Crasssotrea gigas. Aquaculture.

04/05/2004

Li,L. and X. Guo. 2004. AFLP-based genetic linkage maps of the Pacific oyster Crassostrea gigas Thunberg. Marine Biotechnology 6:26-36;





Jackson, D.L., B.W. MacDonald, B. Vercaemer, X. Guo, A. Mallet and E.L. Kenchinton. 2003. Investigations with Triploid Atlantic Sea Scallops, Placopecten magellanicus, at the Bedford Institute of Oceanography, 2000-2003. Can. Tech. Rep. Fish. Aquat. Sci. 2460: v+ 48p.;





Guo, X. S.E. Ford, G. DeBrosse, R. Smolowitz and I. Sunila. 2003. Breeding and evaluation of eastern oyster strains selected for MSX, Dermo and JOD resistance. J. Shellfish Res., 22(1):333-334.



Wang, Y. and X. Guo. 2003. Chromosomal mapping of ribosomal RNA genes and telomeric repeats in zhikong and bay scallops. J. Shellfish Res., 22(1):360.



Langdon, C.J., Evans, F., Jacobson, D. and Blouin, M. 2003, Yields of cultured Pacific oysters Crassostrea gigas Thunberg improved after one generation of selection. Aquaculture, 220:227-244.



Brake, J., F. Evans and C. Langdon. 2003. Evidence for genetic control of pigmentation of shell and mantle edge in selected families of Pacific oysters, Crassostrea gigas. Aquaculture, 229:89-98.



Brake, J. F. Evans and C. Langdon. 2003. Is beauty in the eye of the beholder? Development of a simple method to describe desirable shell shape for the Pacific oyster industry. J. Shellfish Research, 22:767-771.



Evans, F., S. Matson, J. Brake and C. Langdon. 2003. The effects of inbreeding on performance traits of adult Pacific oysters (Crassostrea gigas). Aquaculture, 230:89-98.



Rawson, P.D., A. McGowen, and C. Bartlett. 2004. Temporal Variation in the Settlement of Blue Mussels (Mytilus edulis C. Linnaeus, 1758 and M. trossulus Gould 1850) in Eastern Maine. Journal of Shellfish Research, (in press).

04/19/2005

Peer Reviewed Publications:

Committee on Nonnative Oysters in the Chesapeake Bay J. Anderson (Co-Chair), D. Hedgecock (Co-Chair), M. Berrigan, K. Criddle, W. Dewey, S. Ford, P. Goulletquer, R. Hildreth, M. Paolisso, N. Targett, R. Whitlatch. 2004. Nonnative Oysters in the Chesapeake Bay. National Research Council of the National Academies. The National Academies Press, Washington, D.C. 325 pp.

Hubert, S., and D. Hedgecock. 2004. Linkage maps of microsatellite DNA markers for the Pacific oyster Crassostrea gigas. Genetics 168:351-362.

Hedgecock, D., G. Li, S. Hubert, K. Bucklin, and V. Ribes. 2004. Widespread null alleles and poor cross-species amplification of microsatellite DNA loci cloned from the Pacific oyster (Crassostrea gigas). Journal of Shellfish Research 23:379-385.

He, Y., Dong, Q., Tiersch, T.R., and Devireddy, R.V. 2004. Variation in the membrane transport properties and predicted optimal rates of freezing for spermatozoa of diploid and tetraploid Pacific oyster Crassostrea gigas. Biology of Reproduction 70:1428-1437.

Dong, Q., Eudeline, B., Huang, C., and Tiersch, T.R. 2005. Standardization of photometric measurement of sperm cell concentration from diploid and tetraploid Pacific oysters, Crassostrea gigas (Thunberg). Aquaculture Research 36:86-93.

Dong, Q., Eudeline, B., Huang, C., Allen, S.K., and Tiersch, T.R. 2005. Commercial-scale sperm cryopreservation of diploid and tetraploid Pacific oysters, Crassostrea gigas. Cryobiology 50:1-16.

Reece, K.S., Ribeiro, W.L., Gaffney, P.M., Carnegie, R.B., and Allen, S.K. Jr. (2004) Microsatellite marker development and analysis in the eastern oyster, Crassostrea virginica: Confirmation of null alleles and non-Mendelian segregation ratios. J. Heredity 95:355-361.

Huvet, A., Herpin, A., Dégremont, L., Labreuche, Y., Samain, J.F., and Cunningham, C. (2004) The identification of genes from the oyster Crassostrea gigas that are differentially expressed in families exhibiting opposed susceptibility to summer mortality. Gene 343:211-220.

Kim, H-W, Mykles, D.L., Goetz, F.W., Roberts, S.B. (2004) Characterization of an invertebrate myostatin homologue from the bay scallop, Argopecten irradians. BBA Gene Structure and Expression. 1679(2):174-9

Roberts, S.B. (2004) Lab Studies: Genes Involved with Growth, Development of Bay Scallops. Global Aquaculture Advocate. 7(3): 55-56



Publications in Review

Camara, M.D., Carnegie, R. Allen, S.K. Jr. (in review) Outcrossing among commercial strains of the Northern Quahog, Mercenaria mercenaria: Survival growth, and implications for selective breeding. Submitted to Aquaculture.


Zhang, Q, Allen, S.K., Jr., and Reece, K.S. (in press) Genetic variation in wild and hatchery stocks of the Suminoe oyster (Crassostrea ariakensis) assessed by PCR-RFLP and microsatellite markers. Mar. Biotechnol.


Herpin, A., Lelong, C., Becker, T., Favrel, P., Cunningham, C. Structural and functional evidence for a type 1 TGF-beta sensu stricto receptor in the lophotrochozoan Crassostrea gigas. Mechanisms of Development (in press).

Herpin, A., Becker, T., Rosa, F.M., Favrel, P., Cunningham, C. Molecular and functional characterization of a new Tolloid like protein from a lophotrochozoan organism suggests orthology to its vertebrate counterparts. Submitted to Evolution & Development.

Herpin, A., Lelong, C., Becker, T., Favrel, P., Cunningham, C. Structural and functional evidence for a type 1 BMP receptor in the lophotrochozoan Crassostrea gigas. Submitted to Gene.

Roberts, S.B., Romano, C., Gerlach, G. (2005) Characterization of EST derived SSRs from the bay scallop, Argopectens irradians. Molecular Ecology Notes. In press

Abstracts
Hedgecock, D., G. Li, and M.-L. Voigt. 2004. Mapping heterosis QTL in the Pacific oyster Crassostrea gigas. http://www.intl-pag.org/12/abstracts/W06_PAG12_19.html

Lundqvist, M.L., M.J. Jenny, G.W. Warr, P.S Gross, G.R. Vasta, J.A.F. Robledo, Z.J. Liu, J. Tomkins, G.C. Fang, C. Saski, M. Gomez-Chiarri, J.-M. Escoubas, E. Bachere, P. Roche, D. Hedgecock, and R.W. Chapman. 2004. Current state of oyster (Crassostrea) functional genomics resources. http://www.intl-pag.org/12/abstracts/P5o_PAG12_735.html

Presentations

Langdon, C. 2004. Challenges for Aquaculture in the 21st century. Seminar speaker, School of Fisheries, University of Washington.

Langdon, C. 2004. Breeding better oysters. Seminar. Plymouth Marine Laboratories, U.K.

Langdon, C., Evans, F., Brake, J., Matson, S. 2004. Improvement in yields of the Pacific oyster Crassostrea gigas by means of family selection. 96th annual meeting of the National Shellfisheries Association, March 1-5, 2004, Honolulu, USA.

Evans, F., Langdon, C., 2004. Effects of genotype-environment interactions on yield of Pacific oyster (Crassostrea gigas) families in the Pacific Northwest. 58th Annual Meeting of the National Shellfisheries Association Pacific Coast Section and Pacific Coast Shellfish Growers Association, Tacoma, WA (USA), Oct. 12-14, 2004.

Evans, F., Langdon, C., 2004. The effects of nursery environment on adult performance traits in Pacific oysters Crassostrea gigas. 96th annual meeting of the National Shellfisheries Association, March 1-5, 2004, Honolulu, USA

Reece, K.S. A Non-native Oyster for Chesapeake Bay? Seminar presentation at Oregon State University February 24, 2004.

Reece, K.S. and Burreson, E.M. The Role of Molecular Biology in International Regulation: Shellfish Health. Invited Workshop Presentation. Aquaculture Biotechnology Workshop Sponsored by St. Andrews Biological Station, Fisheries and Oceans Canada (DFO), Aquaculture Association of Canada Workshop. May 11-12, 2004.

Reece, K.S. A Non-native Oyster for Chesapeake Bay; Penny-wise, pound-foolish? Seminar presentation at Juniata College. June 30, 2004.

Reece, K.S. Crassostrea ariakensis for Chesapeake Bay? Species Identification and Crassostrea spp. Phylogeny, Diseases in the Native Range. Seminar Presentation at Rutgers University, November 22, 2004.

Luckenbach, M., Carnegie, R., Coen, L.D., Paynter, K., Jr. and Reece, K.S. (2004) Observations on the ecology of Crassostrea ariakensis in its native range. International Conference on Shellfish Restoration. November 17-20, 2004, Charleston, SC.

Cordes, J.F. and Reece, K.S. (2004) Genetic identification of oyster species based on restriction fragment length polymorphism (RFLP) analysis of two molecular markers amplified using the polymerase chain reaction (PCR). International Conference on Shellfish Restoration. November 17-20, 2004, Charleston, SC.

Carnegie, R.B., Scott, G.P., Johnson, K., Ragone Calvo, L.M., Camara, M.D. and Reece, K.S. (2004) Development of a microsatellite marker set for the hard clam Mercenaria mercenaria. Aquaculture 2004, March 1-5, Honolulu HI.

Evans, F., Langdon, C., 2004. Effects of genotype-environment interactions on yield of Pacific oyster (Crassostrea gigas) families in the Pacific Northwest. 58th Annual Meeting of the National Shellfisheries Association Pacific Coast Section and Pacific Coast Shellfish Growers Association, Tacoma, WA (USA), Oct. 12-14, 2004.

Evans, F., Langdon, C., 2004. The effects of nursery environment on adult performance traits in Pacific oysters Crassostrea gigas. 96th annual meeting of the National Shellfisheries Association, March 1-5, 2004, Honolulu, USA

Langdon, C, Evans, F., Brake, J., Matson, S. 2004. Improvement in yields of the Pacific oyster Crassostrea gigas by means of family selection. 96th annual meeting of the National Shellfisheries Association, March 1-5, 2004, Honolulu, USA.

05/25/2006

Matson, S., Langdon, C., Evans, S., 2006. Specific pathogen free culture of the Pacific oyster (Crassostrea gigas) in a breeding research program: growth effects and remediation. Aquaculture 253, 475-484.

Camara, M.D., Griffith, S.M., Evans, S. 2005. Can selective breeding reduce the heavy metals content of Pacific oysters (Crassostrea gigas), and are there trade-offs with growth or survival? J. Shellfish. Res. 24, 979-986.

Hedgecock, D., P. M. Gaffney, P. Goulletquer, X. Guo, K. Reece, and G. W. Warr. 2005. The case for sequencing the Pacific oyster genome. Journal of Shellfish Research 24:429-441.

Curole, J. P., and D. Hedgecock. 2005. Estimation of preferential pairing rates in second-generation autotetraploid Pacific oysters (Crassostrea gigas). Genetics 171:855-859.

Yamtich, J., M.-L. Voigt, G. Li, and D. Hedgecock. 2005. Eight microsatellite loci for the Pacific oyster Crassostrea gigas. Animal Genetics 36:524-526.

Pace, D. A., A. G. Marsh, P. Leong, A. Green, D. Hedgecock, and D. T. Manahan. 2006. Physiological bases of genetically determined variation in growth of bivalve larvae (Crassostrea gigas). Journal of Experimental Marine Biology and Ecology, in press.

Pubished abstracts:
Curole, J. P., and D. Hedgecock. 2004. High frequency of SNPs in the Pacific oyster genome. http://www.intl-pag.org/13/abstracts/PAG13_W026.html

Curole, J. P., and D. Hedgecock. 2005. Genetic mapping of candidate loci for growth heterosis in the Pacific oyster. http://www.intl-pag.org/14/abstracts/PAG14_W186.html