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Paulino Martínez is affiliated with the University of Santiago de Compostela in Spain. Their research focuses primarily on the fields of Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology, and Agricultural and Biological Sciences.

The subfields they have contributed to include Genetics, Aquatic Science, Immunology, Global and Planetary Change, and Ecology.

Martínez's main research topics cover a range of areas related to aquaculture and genetic studies:

  • Aquaculture Nutrition and Growth
  • Genetic diversity and population structure
  • Marine Bivalve and Aquaculture Studies
  • Aquaculture disease management and microbiota
  • Genetic and phenotypic traits in livestock
  • Genetic and Clinical Aspects of Sex Determination and Chromosomal Abnormalities
  • Reproductive biology and impacts on aquatic species

The scientist has published numerous papers, with recent works including:

  • A genome-wide association study, supported by a new chromosome-level genome assembly, suggests sox2 as a main driver of the undifferentiated ZZ/ZW sex determination of turbot (Scophthalmus maximus), 2021, Genomics
  • Estimates of recent and historical effective population size in turbot, seabream, seabass and carp selective breeding programmes, 2021, Genetics Selection Evolution
  • Evaluating different genomic coancestry matrices for managing genetic variability in turbot, 2020, Aquaculture
  • Advancing fish breeding in aquaculture through genome functional annotation, 2024, Aquaculture
  • A chromosome-level genome assembly enables the identification of the follicle stimulating hormone receptor as the master sex-determining gene in the flatfish Solea senegalensis, 2023, Molecular Ecology Resources

Their research has been published frequently in venues including:

  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • Aquaculture
  • Evolutionary Applications
  • Animals
  • Genomics

Paulino Martínez collaborates regularly with several researchers with whom multiple joint publications exist. Frequent co-authors are:

  • Andrés Blanco
  • Carmen Bouza
  • Diego Robledo
  • Miguel Hermida
  • Paula R. Villamayor

Best Publications

  • Applications of genotyping by sequencing in aquaculture breeding and genetics.

    Diego Robledo;Christos Palaiokostas;Luca Bargelloni;Paulino Martínez

  • Genetic architecture of sex determination in fish: applications to sex ratio control in aquaculture.

    Paulino Martínez;Ana M. Viñas;Laura Sánchez;Noelia Díaz

  • Whole genome sequencing of turbot (Scophthalmus maximus; Pleuronectiformes): a fish adapted to demersal life

    Antonio Figueras;Diego Robledo;André Corvelo;Miguel Hermida

  • Analysis of qPCR reference gene stability determination methods and a practical approach for efficiency calculation on a turbot ( Scophthalmus maximus ) gonad dataset

    Diego Robledo;Jorge Hernández-Urcera;Rosa M Cal;Belén G Pardo

  • Phylogeographic Congruence Between mtDNA and rDNA ITS Markers in Brown Trout

    P. Presa;B. G. Pardo;Paulino Martínez;L. Bernatchez

  • Growth and gonadal development in diploid and triploid turbot (Scophthalmus maximus)

    Rosa Cal;S. Vidal;Castora Gómez;Blanca Álvarez-Blázquez

  • Identification of the Major Sex-Determining Region of Turbot ( Scophthalmus maximus )

    Paulino Martínez;Carmen Bouza;Miguel Hermida;Jesús Fernández

  • A microsatellite genetic map of the turbot (Scophthalmus maximus).

    Carmen Bouza;Miguel Hermida;Belén G. Pardo;Carlos Fernández

  • Induction of triploidy in the turbot (Scophthalmus maximus). I. Ploidy determination and the effects of cold shocks

    Francesc Piferrer;Rosa Mª Cal;Blanca Álvarez-Blázquez;Laura Sánchez

  • Potential sources of error in parentage assessment of turbot (Scophthalmus maximus) using microsatellite loci

    Jaime Castro;Carmen Bouza;Pablo Presa;Ania Pino-Querido

  • Induction of gynogenesis in the turbot (Scophthalmus maximus):: Effects of UV irradiation on sperm motility, the Hertwig effect and viability during the first 6 months of age

    Francesc Piferrer;Rosa M. Cal;Castora Gómez;Blanca Álvarez-Blázquez

  • Phylogenetic analysis of flatfish (Order Pleuronectiformes) based on mitochondrial 16s rDNA sequences

    Belén G. Pardo;Annie Machordom;Fausto Foresti;Fábio Porto-Foresti

  • Differential stocking incidence in brown trout (Salmo trutta) populations from Northwestern Spain

    P. Martinez;J. Arias;J. Castro;L. Sanchez

  • Allozyme and microsatellite diversity in natural and domestic populations of turbot (Scophthalmus maximus) in comparison with other Pleuronectiformes

    C Bouza;P Presa;J Castro;L Sánchez

  • Localization of the repetitive telomeric sequence (TTAGGG)n in four salmonid species.

    M Abuín;P Martínez;L Sánchez

  • Yessotoxin induces ER-stress followed by autophagic cell death in glioma cells mediated by mTOR and BNIP3.

    J.A. Rubiolo;H. López-Alonso;P. Martínez;A. Millán

  • Genetic structure of brown trout, salmo trutta l., at the southern limit of the distribution range of the anadromous form

    C. Bouza;J. Arias;J. Castro;L. Sánchez

  • Detection of growth-related QTL in turbot (Scophthalmus maximus).

    Enrique Sánchez-Molano;Alex Cerna;Miguel A Toro;Carmen Bouza

  • Karotypic characterization of turbot (Scophthalmus maximus) with conventional, fluorochrome and restriction endonuclease-banding techniques

    C. Bouza;L. Sanchez;P. Martínez

  • Induction of triploidy in the turbot (Scophthalmus maximus): II. Effects of cold shock timing and induction of triploidy in a large volume of eggs

    Francesc Piferrer;Rosa M. Cal;Castora Gómez;Carmen Bouza

Frequent Co-Authors

Laura Sánchez
Laura Sánchez University of Santiago de Compostela
Francesc Piferrer
Francesc Piferrer Spanish National Research Council
Claudio Oliveira
Claudio Oliveira Sao Paulo State University
Miguel A. Toro
Miguel A. Toro Technical University of Madrid
John B. Taggart
John B. Taggart University of Stirling
Luca Bargelloni
Luca Bargelloni University of Padua
Antonio Figueras
Antonio Figueras Spanish National Research Council
Ariadna Sitjà-Bobadilla
Ariadna Sitjà-Bobadilla Spanish National Research Council
Beatriz Novoa
Beatriz Novoa Spanish National Research Council

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