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Overview

Robert H. Devlin is affiliated with Fisheries and Oceans Canada in Canada, focusing primarily on research in biochemistry, genetics, and molecular biology with secondary interests in environmental science. Their scientific work encompasses genetics, molecular biology, nature and landscape conservation, ecology, and physiology.

Their research spans several core topics, including:

  • Genetic diversity and population structure
  • Animal genetics and reproduction
  • Fish ecology and management studies
  • Reproductive biology and impacts on aquatic species
  • Genomics and phylogenetic studies
  • Identification and quantification in food
  • Aquaculture nutrition and growth

Robert H. Devlin has contributed numerous papers over recent years, illustrating ongoing research activity and collaboration. Selected publications include:

  • The sockeye salmon genome, transcriptome, and analyses identifying population defining regions of the genome, 2020, PLoS ONE
  • Assessing the effects of genotype-by-environment interaction on epigenetic, transcriptomic, and phenotypic response in a Pacific salmon, 2021, G3 Genes Genomes Genetics
  • The pink salmon genome: Uncovering the genomic consequences of a two-year life cycle, 2021, PLoS ONE
  • Retraction: The Arctic charr (Salvelinus alpinus) genome and transcriptome assembly, 2021, PLoS ONE
  • Population-size history inferences from the coho salmon ( Oncorhynchus kisutch ) genome, 2023, G3 Genes Genomes Genetics

Frequent co-authors collaborating with Robert H. Devlin include:

  • Dionne Sakhrani
  • Ben F. Koop
  • Kris A. Christensen
  • Carlo A. Biagi
  • Éric Rondeau

Their work has been published across several recurrent scientific venues, reflecting the dissemination channels preferred in their field. These include:

  • G3 Genes Genomes Genetics
  • PLoS ONE
  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • Canadian Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences
  • Marine Biotechnology

Best Publications

  • Sex determination and sex differentiation in fish: an overview of genetic, physiological, and environmental influences

    Robert H. Devlin;Yoshitaka Nagahama

  • Recent Advances in Our Knowledge of the Myxozoa

    Michael L. Kent;Karl B. Andree;Jerri L. Bartholomew;Mansour El-Matbouli

  • Development and Application of a Salmonid EST Database and cDNA Microarray: Data Mining and Interspecific Hybridization Characteristics

    Matthew L. Rise;Kristian R. von Schalburg;Gordon D. Brown;Melanie A. Mawer

  • Brief treatment with an aromatase inhibitor during sex differentiation causes chromosomally female salmon to develop as normal, functional males

    Francesc Piferrer;Silvia Zanuy;Manuel Carrillo;Igor I. Solar

  • Status and opportunities for genomics research with rainbow trout.

    Gary H. Thorgaard;George S. Bailey;David Williams;Donald R. Buhler

  • Growth of domesticated transgenic fish

    Robert H. Devlin;Carlo A. Biagi;Timothy Y. Yesaki;Duane E. Smailus

  • PCR primed with VNTR core sequences yields species specific patterns and hypervariable probes.

    D D Heath;G K Iwama;R H Devlin

  • Production of germline transgenic Pacific salmonids with dramatically increased growth performance

    Robert H. Devlin;Timothy Y. Yesaki;Edward M. Donaldson;Shao Jun Du

  • Isolation of a Y-Chromosomal DNA Probe Capable of Determining Genetic Sex in Chinook Salmon (Oncorhynchus tshawytscha)

    Robert H. Devlin;B. Kelly McNeil;T. David D. Groves;Edward M. Donaldson

  • Growth, viability and genetic characteristics of GH transgenic coho salmon strains

    Robert H Devlin;Carlo A Biagi;Tim Y Yesaki

  • Genomic structure of growth hormone genes in chinook salmon (Oncorhynchus tshawytscha): presence of two functional genes, GH-I and GH-II, and a male-specific pseudogene, GH-Ψ

    Shao Jun Du;Robert H. Devlin;Choy L. Hew

  • Interface of biotechnology and ecology for environmental risk assessments of transgenic fish.

    Robert H. Devlin;L. Fredrik Sundström;William M. Muir

  • Phylogeny of Pacific salmon and trout based on growth hormone type-2 and mitochondrial NADH dehydrogenase subunit 3 DNA sequences

    Sheldon J. McKay;Robert H. Devlin;Michael J. Smith

  • GROWTH-ENHANCED TRANSGENIC SALMON CAN BE INFERIOR SWIMMERS

    Anthony P. Farrell;William Bennett;Robert H. Devlin

  • Increased ability to compete for food by growth hormone-transgenic coho salmon Oncorhynchus kisutch (Walbaum)

    R. H. Devlin;J. I. Johnsson;D. E. Smailus;C. A. Biagi

  • TETRACAPSULA RENICOLA N. SP. (MYXOZOA:SACCOSPORIDAE); THE PKX MYXOZOAN—THE CAUSE OF PROLIFERATIVE KIDNEY DISEASE OF SALMONID FISHES

    M. L. Kent;J. Khattra;Ronald Hedrick;R. H. Devlin

  • Metabolic engineering of novel ketocarotenoid production in carrot plants

    Jayaraman Jayaraj;Robert Devlin;Zamir Punja

  • Population effects of growth hormone transgenic coho salmon depend on food availability and genotype by environment interactions

    Robert H. Devlin;Mark D'Andrade;Mitchell Uh;Carlo A. Biagi

  • Antimicrobial peptides protect coho salmon from Vibrio anguillarum infections.

    X. Jia;A. Patrzykat;R. H. Devlin;P. A. Ackerman

  • Genetic mapping of Y-chromosomal DNA markers in Pacific salmon

    R H Devlin;C A Biagi;D E Smailus

Frequent Co-Authors

L. Fredrik Sundström
L. Fredrik Sundström Uppsala University
Ben F. Koop
Ben F. Koop University of Victoria
Daniel D. Heath
Daniel D. Heath University of Windsor
Edward M. Donaldson
Edward M. Donaldson Fisheries and Oceans Canada
William S. Davidson
William S. Davidson Simon Fraser University
Trevor E. Pitcher
Trevor E. Pitcher University of Windsor
George K. Iwama
George K. Iwama Acadia University
Jörgen I. Johnsson
Jörgen I. Johnsson University of Gothenburg
Anthony P. Farrell
Anthony P. Farrell University of British Columbia
Alexandra Schneider
Alexandra Schneider Helmholtz Munich

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