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John A. H. Benzie

John A. H. Benzie

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Ecology and Evolution
Malaysia
2026

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Ecology and Evolution

D-Index
60
Citations
10797
World Ranking
2337
National Ranking
3

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2026 - Research.com Ecology and Evolution in Malaysia Leader Award
  • 2025 - Research.com Ecology and Evolution in Malaysia Leader Award

Overview

John A. H. Benzie is affiliated with WorldFish in Malaysia and specializes in research within the Agricultural and Biological Sciences domain.

Their primary subfields of study include:

  • Aquatic Science
  • Genetics
  • Nature and Landscape Conservation
  • Ecology
  • Molecular Biology

The main research topics covered by Benzie's work are:

  • Fish Biology and Ecology Studies
  • Aquaculture Nutrition and Growth
  • Fish Ecology and Management Studies
  • Genetic and phenotypic traits in livestock
  • Genetic diversity and population structure
  • Aquaculture disease management and microbiota
  • Identification and Quantification in Food

Key recent papers include:

  • Growth, yield and profitability of genetically improved farmed tilapia (GIFT) and non-GIFT strains in Bangladesh, 2021, Aquaculture
  • Genetic parameters for resistance to Tilapia Lake Virus (TiLV) in Nile tilapia (Oreochromis niloticus), 2020, Aquaculture
  • A major quantitative trait locus affecting resistance to Tilapia lake virus in farmed Nile tilapia (Oreochromis niloticus), 2021, Heredity
  • Genomic Selection and Genome-wide Association Study for Feed-Efficiency Traits in a Farmed Nile Tilapia (Oreochromis niloticus) Population, 2021, Frontiers in Genetics
  • Sex determination in the GIFT strain of tilapia is controlled by a locus in linkage group 23, 2020, BMC Genetics

Benzie has collaborated extensively with several co-authors, including:

  • Matthew G. Hamilton
  • Samuel Bekele Mengistu
  • Hans Komen
  • H.A. Mulder
  • Maria G. Nayfa

They have published in various academic venues, with frequent publications in:

  • Harvard Dataverse
  • Aquaculture
  • Frontiers in Genetics
  • G3 Genes Genomes Genetics
  • Aquaculture Reports

Benzie is also an author of book publications, including a 2024 book titled Access and Benefit-sharing in Global Aquaculture, published by Edward Elgar Publishing.

Best Publications

  • Large mitochondrial DNA differences between morphologically similar Penaeid shrimp.

    S Palumbi;John Benzie

  • Genetic structure of coral reef organisms: Ghosts of dispersal past

    John A. H. Benzie

  • The Complete Sequence of the Mitochondrial Genome of the Crustacean Penaeus monodon: Are Malacostracan Crustaceans More Closely Related to Insects than to Branchiopods?

    Kate Wilson;Valma Cahill;Elizabeth Ballment;John Benzie

  • Genetic mapping of the black tiger shrimp Penaeus monodon with amplified fragment length polymorphism

    Kate Wilson;Yutao Li;Vicki Whan;Sigrid Lehnert

  • Genomics in marine monitoring: new opportunities for assessing marine health status

    Sarah J. Bourlat;Angel Borja;Jack Gilbert;Martin I. Taylor

  • EVIDENCE OF A BIOGEOGRAPHIC BREAK BETWEEN POPULATIONS OF A HIGH DISPERSAL STARFISH: CONGRUENT REGIONS WITHIN THE INDO-WEST PACIFIC DEFINED BY COLOR MORPHS, MTDNA, AND ALLOZYME DATA

    S. T. Williams;S. T. Williams;J. A. H. Benzie

  • Penaeid genetics and biotechnology

    J.A.H Benzie

  • Slow Growth and Lack of Recovery in Overfished Holothurians on the Great Barrier Reef: Evidence from DNA Fingerprints and Repeated Large-Scale Surveys

    S. Uthicke;D. Welch;J.A.H. Benzie

  • GENETIC STRUCTURE OF GIANT CLAM (TRIDACNA MAXIMA) POPULATIONS IN THE WEST PACIFIC IS NOT CONSISTENT WITH DISPERSAL BY PRESENT-DAY OCEAN CURRENTS.

    John A. H. Benzie;Suzanne T. Williams

  • MAJOR GENETIC DIFFERENCES BETWEEN CROWN-OF-THORNS STARFISH (ACANTHASTER PLANCI) POPULATIONS IN THE INDIAN AND PACIFIC OCEANS.

    John A. H. Benzie

  • Mitochondrial DNA variation in Indo-Pacific populations of the giant tiger prawn, Penaeus monodon.

    J. A. H. Benzie;E. Ballment;A. T. Forbes;N. T. Demetriades

  • Gene flow and population history in high dispersal marine invertebrates: mitochondrial DNA analysis of Holothuria nobilis (Echinodermata: Holothuroidea) populations from the Indo-Pacific

    S. Uthicke;J. A. H. Benzie

  • Population genetic structure in penaeid prawns

    J A H. Benzie

  • Improving feed efficiency in fish using selective breeding: A review

    Hugues de Verdal;Hans Komen;Edwige Quillet;Béatrice Chatain

  • GENETIC STRUCTURE AND EVOLUTION OF SPECIES IN THE MANGROVE GENUS AVICENNIA (AVICENNIACEAE) IN THE INDO-WEST PACIFIC.

    Norman C. Duke;Norman C. Duke;John A. H. Benzie;John A. Goodall;Elizabeth R. Ballment

  • Phospholipase A2 in cnidaria.

    Timo Juhani Nevalainen;Heikki J. Peuravuori;Ronald J Quinn;Lyndon E. Llewellyn

  • A threat to coral reefs multiplied? Four species of crown-of-thorns starfish

    Catherine Vogler;John Benzie;Harilaos Lessios;Paul Barber

  • Population structure of the giant tiger prawn Penaeus monodon in Australian waters, determined using microsatellite markers

    Amanda Brooker;J.A.H. Benzie;D. Blair;J.-J. Versini

  • Zoanthids (Anthozoa, Hexacorallia) from the Great Barrier Reef and Torres Strait, Australia: systematics, evolution and a key to species

    W. J. Burnett;J. A. H. Benzie;J. A. Beardmore;J. S. Ryland

  • The effects of temperature, Artemia enrichment, stocking density and light on the growth of juvenile seahorses, Hippocampus whitei (Bleeker, 1855), from Australia

    J.M. Wong;J.A.H. Benzie

Frequent Co-Authors

Suzanne T. Williams
Suzanne T. Williams Natural History Museum
Sven Uthicke
Sven Uthicke Australian Institute of Marine Science
Marc Vandeputte
Marc Vandeputte University of Paris-Saclay
Stewart Frusher
Stewart Frusher University of Tasmania
Hans Komen
Hans Komen Wageningen University & Research
Ian K. Dawson
Ian K. Dawson Scotland's Rural College
Gideon Hulata
Gideon Hulata Agricultural Research Organization
Ahmed Amri
Ahmed Amri International Center for Agricultual Research in the Dry Areas
Stephen S. Moore
Stephen S. Moore University of Queensland
Wayne Powell
Wayne Powell Scotland's Rural College

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