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Overview

Brendan McAndrew is affiliated with the University of Stirling in the United Kingdom. Their research primarily falls within the field of Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology, with a particular focus on Genetics, Physiology, Aquatic Science, and Immunology.

The main topics covered in Brendan McAndrew's work include:

  • Genetic and Clinical Aspects of Sex Determination and Chromosomal Abnormalities
  • Reproductive biology and impacts on aquatic species
  • Genetic and phenotypic traits in livestock
  • Aquaculture Nutrition and Growth
  • Aquaculture disease management and microbiota
  • Animal Genetics and Reproduction

Their noteworthy publications demonstrate contributions to genetics and aquaculture literature:

  • Sex determination in the GIFT strain of tilapia is controlled by a locus in linkage group 23 (2020, BMC Genetics)
  • Species composition in the Molobicus hybrid tilapia strain (2020, Aquaculture)
  • Evidence of two XX/XY sex-determining loci in the Stirling stock of Nile tilapia (Oreochromis niloticus) (2020, Aquaculture)
  • Combined estrogen and elevated temperature treatments induce feminization in Nile tilapia, Oreochromis niloticus (2023, Aquaculture Reports)
  • SnowEx Hackweek 2021 Tutorial Data (2021, Zenodo - CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research)

Several frequent coauthors have collaborated with Brendan McAndrew, including:

  • Khanam Taslima
  • David J. Penman
  • Stefanie Wehner
  • John B. Taggart
  • Hugues de Verdal

Publication venues associated with Brendan McAndrew include:

  • Aquaculture
  • Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research)
  • BMC Genetics
  • Aquaculture Reports

Best Publications

  • Aquaculture: global status and trends

    John Bostock;Brendan McAndrew;Randolph Richards;Kim Jauncey

  • A genetic linkage map of a cichlid fish, the tilapia (Oreochromis niloticus)

    Thomas D. Kocher;Woo-Jai Lee;Halina Sobolewska;David Penman

  • Major quantitative trait loci affect resistance to infectious pancreatic necrosis in Atlantic salmon (Salmo salar).

    Ross D. Houston;Chris S. Haley;Alastair Hamilton;Derrick R. Guy

  • Gamete quality and broodstock management in temperate fish

    Herve Migaud;J Gordon Bell;Elsa Cabrita;Brendan McAndrew

  • Tilapia stock identification using electrophoretic markers

    Brendan McAndrew;Krishna C Majumdar

  • Cloning of brain aromatase gene and expression of brain and ovarian aromatase genes during sexual differentiation in genetic male and female Nile tilapia Oreochromis niloticus

    Joon Yeong Kwon;Brendan J. McAndrew;David J. Penman

  • Masculinization of genetic female nile tilapia (Oreochromis niloticus) by dietary administration of an aromatase inhibitor during sexual differentiation.

    Joon Yeong Kwon;Vahid Haghpanah;Luz Mary Kogson-Hurtado;Brendan J. McAndrew

  • Tilapias : biology and exploitation

    Malcolm C. M. Beveridge;Brendan J. McAndrew

  • The susceptibility of Atlantic salmon fry to freshwater infectious pancreatic necrosis is largely explained by a major QTL

    Ross Houston;C. S. Haley;C. S. Haley;A. Hamilton;D. R. Guy

  • Reproductive response of Nile tilapia (Oreochromis niloticus) to photoperiodic manipulation; effects on spawning periodicity, fecundity and egg size☆

    Antonio Campos-Mendoza;Brendan McAndrew;Kevin Coward;Niall R Bromage

  • Mapping and validation of the major sex-determining region in Nile tilapia (Oreochromis niloticus L.) Using RAD sequencing.

    Christos Palaiokostas;Michaël Bekaert;Mohd Golam Quader Khan;Mohd Golam Quader Khan;John Taggart

  • Factors influencing effective population size in commercial populations of gilthead seabream, Sparus aurata

    R. Cameron Brown;John A. Woolliams;Brendan J. McAndrew

  • Mapping the sex determination locus in the Atlantic halibut (Hippoglossus hippoglossus) using RAD sequencing

    Christos Palaiokostas;Michaël Bekaert;Andrew Davie;Mairi E Cowan

  • The conversion of linoleic acid and linolenic acid to longer chain polyunsaturated fatty acids by Tilapia (Oreochromis) nilotica in vivo.

    R. E. Olsen;R. J. Henderson;B. J. McAndrew

  • Immune responses of Nile tilapia (Oreochromis niloticus L.) clones: I. Non-specific responses.

    M.Rafiq I Sarder;Kim D Thompson;David J Penman;Brendan J McAndrew

  • Relative DNA content of somatic nuclei and chromosomal studies in three genera, Tilapia, Sarotherodon , and Oreochromis of the tribe Tilapiini (Pisces, Cichlidae)

    Krishna C Majumdar;Brendan McAndrew

  • The viability of cryopreserved tilapia spermatozoa

    Kausik Rana;Brendan McAndrew

  • A novel sex-determining QTL in Nile tilapia (Oreochromis niloticus)

    Christos Palaiokostas;Michaël Bekaert;Mohd Golam Quader Khan;John Taggart

  • Classification and phylogenetic relationships of African tilapiine fishes inferred from mitochondrial DNA sequences.

    Sandra Nagl;Herbert Tichy;Werner E. Mayer;Irene E. Samonte

  • Isolation and Physical Mapping of Sex-Linked AFLP Markers in Nile Tilapia (Oreochromis niloticus L.)

    M. Tariq Ezaz;M. Tariq Ezaz;Simon C. Harvey;Simon C. Harvey;Chuta Boonphakdee;Alan J. Teale

Frequent Co-Authors

David J. Penman
David J. Penman University of Stirling
John B. Taggart
John B. Taggart University of Stirling
Chris Haley
Chris Haley University of Edinburgh
Stephen Bishop
Stephen Bishop University of Edinburgh
John Woolliams
John Woolliams University of Edinburgh
Niall Bromage
Niall Bromage University of Stirling
Karim Gharbi
Karim Gharbi University of Edinburgh
Robert D. Ward
Robert D. Ward CSIRO Marine and Atmospheric Research
Marc Vandeputte
Marc Vandeputte University of Paris-Saclay

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