• International Association of Genetics in Aquaculture
• World Aquaculture Society

Alumni Professor, Auburn University

recipient of the Catfish Farmers of America Distinguished Research Award

first to produce a transgenic fish in the United States.  The paper resulting from that work was recognized as one of the top 5 papers by the American Fisheries Society in 1987.

research  recognized and recorded in the US Congressional Record.

Chairman and keynote address for the Genetics Section of Aquaculture Genetics in the Third Millenium, Bangkok,Thailand, 2000

Invited Speaker, 4th World Congress on Genetics Applied to Livestock Production 1990.    Edinburgh, Scotland

Invited Speaker, 3rd World Congress on Genetics Applied to Livestock Production 1986,    Lincoln, Nebraska

My primary research interest is the genetic improvement of catfish. The areas and related areas within catfish genetics include selective breeding, hybridization, gene transfer, gene mapping and genomics and reproductive physiology

Title	Journal	Year
Broodstock Selection Criteria for Induced Spawning of Channel Catfish for the Production of Channel × Blue Catfish Hybrid Fry and the Influence of Temperature	North American Journal of Aquaculture	2011
Influence of forage fish and dietary supplements on egg quality and fry production in channel catfish ( Ictalurus punctatus )x blue catfish ( Ictalurus furcatus ) hybridization	Aquaculture Nutrition	2010
Effects of Varying Dietary Protein Levels and Feeding Frequencies on Condition and Reproductive Performance of Channel Catfish to Produce Hybrid Catfish	Journal of the World Aquaculture Society	2009
Transgenic fish resistant to infectious diseases, their risk and prevention of escape into the environment and future candidate genes for disease transgene manipulation	Comparative Immunology, Microbiology and Infectious Diseases	2009
Development of repressible sterility to prevent the establishment of feral populations of exotic and genetically modified animals	Aquaculture	2009
Effect of Postmanufacturing Processing and Shipping of Luteinizing Hormone Releasing Hormone Analog on Induced Ovulation for Production of Channel Catfish Female 3 Blue Catfish Male Hybrid Fry	North American Journal of Aquaculture	2009
Microarray analysis of gene expression in the blue catfish liver reveals early activation of the MHC class I pathway after infection with Edwardsiella ictaluri	Molecular Immunology	2008
Expression analysis of the acute phase response in channel catfish (Ictalurus punctatus) after infection with a Gram-negative bacterium	Developmental and Comparative Immunology	2007
Effects of temperature on the induced spawning of channel catfish and the production of channel×blue catfish hybrid fry	Aquaculture	2007
Transgenic Fish - Where We Are and Where Do We Go?	The Israeli Journal of Aquaculture Bamidgeh	2006
Comparison of domestic and wild channel catfish (Ictalurus punctatus) populations provides no evidence for genetic impact	Aquaculture	2006
Alterations in Gene Expression in the Brain of White Catfish (Ameiurus catus) in Response to Cold Acclimation	Marine Biotechnology	2004
Aquaculture and Fisheries Biotechnology Genetic Approaches	Book (authored)	2004
Assessing genetic diversity of domestic	Aquaculture	2003
Dress-out and fillet yields of channel catfish, blue catfish, and their F1, F2 and backcross hybrids	Aquaculture	2003
Response to three generations of selection for increased body weight in channel catfish grown in earthen ponds	Aquaculture	2003
An AFLP-Based Genetic Linkage Map of Channel Catfish (Ictalurus punctatus)	Genetics	2003
DISTRIBUTION, HABITAT USE, AND GENETICS OF TULOTOMA MAGNIFICA (GASTROPODA:VIVIPARIDAE)	Southeastern Naturalist	2003
Gene Mapping,lsolation and Genetic Improvement in Catfish	( Book Chapter ) Aquatic Genomics - Steps Toward a Great Future	2003
Comparative growth of Egyptian tilapias in response to declining water temperature	Aquaculture	2002
Molecular characterization and differential expression of the myostatin	Biochimica et Biophysica	2002
Enhanced bacterial disease resistance of transgenic channel catfish, Ictalurus punctatus, possessing cecropin genes	Marine Biotechnology	2002
Expression Profile of the Channel Catfish Spleen: Analysis of Genes Involved in Immune Functions	Marine Biotechnology	2002
Survival of F2 Transgenic common carp containing pRSVrtGH1 complementary DNA when subjected to low dissolved oxygen	Marine Biotechnology	2002
Differential gene expression in the brain of channel catfish ( Ictalurus punctatus) in response to cold acclimation	Molecular Genetic Genomics	2002
Effects of Rainbow trout growth hormone complementary DNA on body shape, carcass yield, and carcass composition of F1 and F2 transgenic common carp	Marine Biotechnology	2002
A Comparison of First and Third Year Growth of Two Strains of Largemouth Bass in South Carolina	American Fisheries society Symposium	2002
Biochemical Genetics of Brook Trout: Management Implications in Georgia	Annual conference of the Southeastern Association of Game and Fish Agencies	2002
Influence of Environmental Salinity on Messenger RNA Levels of Growth Hormone, Prolactin, and Somatolactin in Pituitary of the Channel Catfish ( Ictalurus punctatus)	Marine Biotechnology	2001
Present and future trends in the U.S. catfish industry: strtegies and concerns for millennium years	Reviews in Fisheries Science	2001
Genetic Analysis of Ozark Hellbenders Utilizing RAPD Markers	Proceedings of the Annual Conference Southeast Association of Fish and Wildlife Agencies	2001
Biochemical Genetics of BrookTrout in Georgia: Management Implications	Proceedings of the Annual Conference Southeastern Association of Fish and Wildlife Agencies	2001
Review of the Status of Aquaculture Genetics	Technical Proceedings of the Conference on Aquaculture in the Third Millenium	2001
The skeletal muscle a-actin gene of channel catfish (Ictalurus	Gene	2000
Transcriptome analysis of channel cat	Gene	2000
Comparison of Manual Stripping and Pen Spawning for Production of Channel Catfish 3 Blue Catfish Hybrids and Aquarium Spawning of Channel Catfish	North American Journal of Aquaculture	2000
Reproduction among Channel Catfish, Blue Catfish, and Their F1 and F2 Hybrids	Transactions of the American Fisheries Society	2000
Random amplified polymorphic DNA markers:	Aquaculture	1999
Transcribed Dinucleotide Microsatellites and Their	Biochemical and Biophysical Research communications	1999
Characterization of nonautonomous Tc1-like transposable elements of	Fish Physiology and Biochemistry	1999
Effects of cecropin peptides on bacteria pathogenic to fish	Journal of Fish Diseases	1999
High levels of conservation at microsatellite loci among Ictalurid catfishes	Journal of Heredity	1999
Development of Polymorphic EST Markers Suitable for Genetic Linkage Mapping of Catfish	Marine Biotechnology	1999
Predator Avoidance of Transgenic Channel Catfish Containing Salmonid Growth Hormone Genes	Marine Biotechnology	1999
Effects of Fertilization Method and of Selection for Body Weight and Species on Fertilization Efficiency of Channel Catfish Eggs with Blue or Channel Catfish Sperm	North American Journal of Aquaculture	1999
Growth, Carcass Traits, and Oxygen Tolerance of Diploid and Triploid Catfish Hybrids	North American Journal of Aquaculture	1999
Development of Amplified Fragment Length Polymorphism (AFLP) Markers Suitable for Genetic Linkage Mapping of Catfish	Transactions of the American Fisheries Society	1999
Hybrid fertility, introgression and backcrossing in fish	Reviews in Fisheries Science	1999
Effects of Seasonal Variations, Thyroid and Steroid Hormones, and Carp Pituitary Extract on the Artificial Production of Channel Catfish Zctalurus punctatus X Blue Catfish I. furcatus Hybrids	Journal of the World Aquaculture Society	1999
Polymorphic microsatellite markers in Ictalurus punctatus and related catfish species	Molecular Ecology	1999
Inheritance and usefulness of AFLP markers in channel cat	Molecular and General Genetics	1998
Characterization of an A/T-rich family of sequences from channel catfish (Ictalurus punctatus)	Molecular Marine Biology and Biotechnology	1998
Seinability of Channel Catfish, Blue Catfish, and Their F1, F2, F3, and Backcross Hybrids in Earthen Ponds	Progressive Fish Culturist	1998
The Effect of the Absence or Presence of Channel Catfish Males on Induced Ovulation of Channel Catfish Females for Artificial Fertilization with Blue Catfish Sperm	Progressive Fish Culturist	1998
Cryopreservation of Blue Catfish Spermatozoa and Subsequent Fertilization of Channel Catfish Eggs	Transactions of the American Fisheries Society	1998
Inheritance of RAPD markers in channel catfish (Ictalurus punctatus), blue catfish (I. furcatus), and their F1, F2 and backcross hybrids	Animal Genetics	1998
Transcriptional activities in the pituitaries of channel catfish before and after induced ovulation by injection of carp pituitary extract as revealed by expressed sequence tag analysis	Journal of Molecular Endocrinology	1998
Genetic linkage and QTL mapping of ictalurid catfish	Circular	1998
Angling vulnerability of black crappies, white crappies, and their naturally produced hybrid in Weiss Reservoir, Alabama, USA	Fisheries Research	1997
Symmetrical Hybridization between Black Crappie and White Crappie in an Alabama Reservoir Based on Analysis of the Cytochrome-b Gene	Transactions of the American Fisheries Society	1997
REVIEW OF PROGRESS IN CATFISH GENE MAPPING	Proceedings of the Aquaculture Species Genome Mapping Workshop	1997
Effects of sperm concentration and egg number on fertilization efficiency with channel catfish eggs and blue catfish spermatozoa	Theriogenology	1996
Hatching Time and Early Growth of Age-0 Black Crappies, White Crappies, and Their Naturally Produced F, Hybrids in Weiss Lake, Alabama	Transactions of the American Fisheries Society	1996
Natural Hybridization between back and white crappie ( Pomoxis ) in 10 Alabama Reservoirs	American Midland Naturalist	1996
Selection, hybridization and genome manipulation in Siluroidei	Aquatic Living Resources Vol. 9	1996
Body composition of transgenic common carp, Cyprinus carpio, containing rainbow trout growth hormone gene	Aquaculture	1995
Failure of Quantitative Phenotypic Characteristics to Distinguish Black Crappie, White Crappie, and Their First-Generation Hybrid	North American Journal of Fisheries Management	1995
Distribution Largemouth Bass Genotypes of in South Carolina: Initial Implications	American Fisheries Society Symposium	1995
Hybridization and Biochemical Genetics of Black and White Crappies in the Southeastern USA	Transactions of the American Fisheries Society	1994
Natural Hybridization between Black Crappie and White Crappie in Weiss Lake, Alabama	Transactions of the American Fisheries Society	1994
Observations on Controlled Artificial Spawning of Channel Catfish	Progressive Fish Culturist	1993
Introgression of the Florida Largemouth Bass Genome into Native Populations in Alabama Public Lakes	North American Journal of Fisheries Management	1992
Transfer, expression, and inheritance of salmonid growth hormone genes in channel catfish, Ictalurus punctatus, and effects on performance traits	Molecular Marine Biology and Biotechnology	1992
Lack of Inheritance of Stumpbody and Taillessness in Channel Catfish	Progressive Fish Culturist	1991
Survival and integration rate of channel catfish and common carp embryos microinjected with DNA at various developmental stages	Aquaculture	1991
Factors Affecting Survival of Channel Catfish after Surgical Removal of Testes	Progressive Fish Culturist	1990
Production and use of monosex or sterile fishes in aquaculture	Reviews in Aquatic Sciences	1990
Gene Transfer, Expression and Inheritance of pRSV-Rainbow Trout-GH cDNA in the Common Carp, Cyprinus carpio (Linnaeus)	Molecular Reproduction and Development	1990
Genotype-Environment Interactions for Growth of Blue, Channel and Hybrid Catfish in Ponds and Cages at Varying Densities	Aquaculture	1990
Isozyme expression in bighead carp, silver carp and their reciprocal hybrids	Aquaculture	1988
Reproductive performance of three strains of Oreochromis niloticus	Aquaculture	1988
Mitochondrial DNA Polymorphism of Striped Bass in the Southeastern United States"	Conference of the Southeastern Association of Fish and Wildlife Agencies	1988
Comparison of Mass Selection, Crossbreeding, and Hybridization for Improving Growth of Channel Catfish	Progressive Fish Culturist	1987
Transfer of the Metallothionein-Human Growth Hormone Fusion Gene into Channel Catfish	Transactions of the American Fisheries Society	1987
Economic Analysis of channel catfish egg, fry, fingerling and food fish production in Alabama	Circular	1987
American catfish breeding programs	Proceedings of the World Symposium on Selection, Hybridization and Genetic Engineering in Aquaculture	1987
Genetics and Breeding of Catfish	Southern Cooperative Series Bulletin	1987
Induction of Polyploidy with Hydrostatic Pressure in Striped Bass, White Bass, and Their Hybrids	Proceedings of the Annual Conference of the Southeastern Association of Fish and Games Agencies	1987
Biochemical Genetics of Largemouth Bass in Mesosaline and Freshwater Areas of the Alabama River System	Transactions of the American Fisheries society	1986
Selection or Drift--Isozyme Allele Frequency Changes among Channel Catfish Selected for Rapid Growth	Transactions of the American Fisheries Society	1986
Selection and crossbreeding responses for cultured fish	Proceedings of the 3rd World Congress on Genetics Applied to Livestook Production	1986
Biochemical Genetics of Largemouth Bass Populations in Alabama	Proceedings of the Annual Conference of the Southeastern Association of Fish and Game Agencies	1986
Comparison of Strains, Crossbreeds and Hybrids of Channel Catfish for Vulnerability to Angling	Aquaculture	1986
Evaluation of Body Conformation, Composition, and Density as Traits for Indirect Selection for Dress-out Percentage of Channel Catfish	Progressive Fish Culturist	1985
Improved Growth Rate, Reproductive Performance, and Disease Resistance of Crossbred and Selected Catfish from AU-M and AU-K Lines	Circular	1985
Reproductive Efficiency in the Reciprocal Pairings Between Two Strains of Channel Catfish	Progressive Fish Culturist	1984
Karyology of three species of catfishes ( Ictaluridae: Ictalurus ) and four hybrid combinations	Copeia	1984
Ancestry and Breeding of Catfish in the United States	Circular	1984
Comparisons of Hemoglobins and Hematocrits of Blue, Brown Bullhead, Channel, White, Crossbred, and Hybrid Catfishes	Proceedings of the Annual Conference of the Southeastern Association of Fish and Game Agencies	1984
Reproductive Performances of Crossbred and Pure-Strain Channel Catfish Brood Stocks	Transactions of the American Fisheries Society	1983
Relative tolerance of channel x blue hybrid and channel catfish to low oxygen concentrations	Progressive Fish Culturist	1983
Producing Channel Catfish Fingerlings	ANR - Circular	1983
REPRODUCTIVE TRAITS FOR THREE YEAR CLASSES OF TILAPIA NILOTICA AND MATERNAL EFFECTS ON THEIR PROGENY	Fishelson, L and Yaron, Z., compilers, Proceedings of the International Symposium on Tilapia in Aquaculture, Nazareth, Israel	1983
RESPONSE TO SELECTION AND REALIZED HERITABILITY FOR BODY WEIGHT IN THREE STRAINS OF CHANNEL CATFISH, ICTALURUS PUNCTATUS, GROWN IN EARTHEN PONDS	Aquaculture	1983
REVIEW OF CATFISH BREEDING RESEARCH 1969-1981 AT AUBURN UNIVERSITY	Aquaculture	1983
CORRELATIONS AMONG MORPHOMETRIC TRAITS OF FINGERLING CATFISHES AND THE RELATIONSHIP TO DRESSING PERCENTAGE AT HARVEST	Journal of the World Mariculture Society	1983
Effects of selecting for growth rate on reproduction performance in channel catfish	Conference of the Southeastern Association of Fish and Wildlife Agencies	1982
Sex-weight relations in blue, channel, and white catfishes: implications for brood stock selection	Progressive-Fish Culturist	1982
Length Variation in Species and Hybrid Populations of Blue, Channel, and White Catfishes	Proceedings of the Annual Conference of the Southeastern Association of Fish and Games Agencies	1982
PATERNAL PREDOMINANCE IN RECIPROCAL CHANNEL-BLUE HYBRID CATFISH	Aquaculture	1982
COMMUNAL STOCKING AND MULTIPLE REARING TECHNIQUE FOR CATFISH GENETICS RESEARCH	Journal of the World Mariculture Society	1982
Growth in Response to Winter Feeding of Blue, Channel, White, and Hybrid Catfishes	Progressive Fish-Culturist	1981