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David J. Penman is affiliated with the University of Stirling in the United Kingdom. Their research primarily focuses on the fields of Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology, with a significant emphasis on Genetics, Physiology, Immunology, Ecology, and Nature and Landscape Conservation as subfields of study.

The main topics addressed in their 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 Disease Management and Microbiota, Fish Ecology and Management Studies, Aquaculture Nutrition and Growth, and Animal Genetics and Reproduction.

Frequent publication venues for David J. Penman's research are BMC Genetics, Aquaculture, Interactions, INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF SYSTEMATIC AND EVOLUTIONARY MICROBIOLOGY, and Genes.

Some recent papers authored by or involving Penman include:

  • Sex determination in the GIFT strain of tilapia is controlled by a locus in linkage group 23, 2020, BMC Genetics
  • Reclassification of Francisella noatunensis subsp. orientalis Ottem et al. 2009 as Francisella orientalis sp. nov., Francisella noatunensis subsp. chilensis subsp. nov. and emended description of Francisella noatunensis, 2020, INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF SYSTEMATIC AND EVOLUTIONARY MICROBIOLOGY
  • Structure and Sequence of the Sex Determining Locus in Two Wild Populations of Nile Tilapia, 2020, Genes
  • Production and verification of the first Atlantic salmon (Salmo salar L.) clonal lines, 2020, BMC Genetics
  • Species composition in the Molobicus hybrid tilapia strain, 2020, Aquaculture

Frequent coauthors collaborating with David J. Penman include:

  • Khanam Taslima
  • Brendan J. McAndrew
  • Stefanie Wehner
  • John B. Taggart
  • Hugues de Verdal

Best Publications

  • The genomic substrate for adaptive radiation in African cichlid fish

    David Brawand;David Brawand;Catherine E. Wagner;Catherine E. Wagner;Yang I. Li;Milan Malinsky;Milan Malinsky

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

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

  • Development and validation of a high density SNP genotyping array for Atlantic salmon (Salmo salar)

    Ross D Houston;John B Taggart;Timothé Cézard;Michaël Bekaert

  • Genetics of sex determination in tilapiine species.

    Avner Cnaani;Bo-Young Lee;Noam Zilberman;Catherine Ozouf-Costaz

  • Fish Gonadogenesis. Part I: Genetic and Environmental Mechanisms of Sex Determination

    David J. Penman;Francesc Piferrer

  • 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

  • Identification of a sex-determining region in Nile tilapia (Oreochromis niloticus) using bulked segregant analysis.

    B.-Y. Lee;D. J. Penman;T. D. Kocher

  • A high quality assembly of the Nile Tilapia ( Oreochromis niloticus ) genome reveals the structure of two sex determination regions

    Matthew A. Conte;William J. Gammerdinger;Kerry L. Bartie;David J. Penman

  • Sex determination in the genus Oreochromis : 1. Sex reversal, gynogenesis and triploidy in O. niloticus (L.).

    G. C. Mair;A. G. Scott;D. J. Penman;J. A. Beardmore

  • 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

  • The ‘YY’ supermale in Oreochromis niloticus (L.) and its potential in aquaculture

    A.G. Scott;D.J. Penman;J.A. Beardmore;D.O.F. Skibinski

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

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

  • 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

  • A high-resolution map of the Nile tilapia genome: a resource for studying cichlids and other percomorphs.

    Richard Guyon;Michaelle Rakotomanga;Naoual Azzouzi;Jean Pierre Coutanceau

  • Growth and nutritional trials on transgenic Nile tilapia containing an exogenous fish growth hormone gene

    M. A. Rahman;A. Ronyai;B. Z. Engidaw;K. Jauncey

  • INTRODUCTION OF NOVEL GENES INTO FISH

    N. Maclean;D. Penman;Z. Zhu

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

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

  • Evidence for the presence of sex chromosomes in the Nile tilapia (Oreochromis niloticus) from synaptonemal complex analysis of XX, XY and YY genotypes

    Luis A.P Carrasco;David J Penman;Niall Bromage

  • Sex determination in the genus Oreochromis : 2. Sex reversal, hybridisation, gynogenesis and triploidy in O. aureus Steindachner.

    G. C. Mair;A. G. Scott;D. J. Penman;D. O. F. Skibinski

Frequent Co-Authors

Brendan McAndrew
Brendan McAndrew University of Stirling
John B. Taggart
John B. Taggart University of Stirling
Thomas Kocher
Thomas Kocher University of Maryland, College Park
Niall Bromage
Niall Bromage University of Stirling
Norman Maclean
Norman Maclean University of Southampton
Karim Gharbi
Karim Gharbi University of Edinburgh
John Woolliams
John Woolliams University of Edinburgh
Gideon Hulata
Gideon Hulata Agricultural Research Organization
Kerstin Lindblad-Toh
Kerstin Lindblad-Toh Uppsala University
Randolph H. Richards
Randolph H. Richards University of Stirling

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