A5023443937- Aquaculture Nutrition and Growth
- Environmental DNA in Biodiversity Studies
- Genomics and Phylogenetic Studies
- Plant and animal studies
- Marine and coastal ecosystems
- Identification and Quantification in Food
- Physiological and biochemical adaptations
- Genomics and Rare Diseases
California University of Pennsylvania
2024
Scripps Institution of Oceanography
2021
University of California, San Diego
2021
Abstract DNA metabarcoding is an important tool for molecular ecology. However, its effectiveness hinges on the quality of reference sequence databases and classification parameters employed. Here we evaluate performance MiFish 12S taxonomic assignments using a case study California Current Large Marine Ecosystem fishes to determine best practices metabarcoding. Specifically, use taxonomy cross‐validation by identity framework compare between global database comprised all available sequences...
The marine copepod, Tigriopus californicus , produces the red carotenoid pigment astaxanthin from yellow dietary precursors. This ‘bioconversion’ of carotenoids to is hypothesized be linked individual condition, possibly through shared metabolic pathways with mitochondrial oxidative phosphorylation. Experimental inter-population crosses lab-reared T . typically low-fitness hybrids due in large part disruption coadapted sets nuclear and genes within parental populations. These hybrid...
Retinoblastoma (RB) is the most common intra-ocular malignancy in children. RB can present as either unilateral (60%) or bilateral (40%). Heritable retinoblastoma associated with germline mutations RB1 gene while non-heritable cases include somatic of same gene. Most pathogenic variants have been reported to show near complete penetrance within families. Identification a variant aid screening guidelines for cases, and risk stratification related individuals.