Investigador principal del grupo ACUIGEN. Profesor Titular de Genética de la Facultad de Veterinaria.
Departament of Genetics. Faculty of Veterinary. University of Santiago de Compostela. Campus de Lugo. 27002 Lugo. Spain.
Phone and fax nº: 34 982 822428
paulino.martinez@usc.es
INTERESTS
I am a geneticist interested in the study of evolution and of genomes, and their applications to conservation genetics and to genetic breeding programs. So, I have been working with different molecular markers and statistical methodologies to estimate genetic population parameters and to reconstruct phylogenies. Also, I am applying parentage analysis and genomic methodologies in genetic selection programs. My research has been mainly focused on aquatic organisms, initially fish, but more recently also mollusks. I am largely involved in technology transfer both to administration agencies related with conservation genetics and to aquaculture companies. From 2003, I am working on developing genomic tools and their application to aquaculture. I have developed genetic maps for QTL identification, as well as oligo-microarrays to identify candidate genes related with productive characters.
SELECTED PUBLICATIONS
Bouza C., Arias J., Castro J., Sánchez L. & Martínez P. 1999. Genetic structure of brown trout, Salmo trutta L., at the Southern limit of the distribution range of the anadromous form. Molecular Ecology, 8: 1991-2001.
Presa P., Pardo B.G., Martínez P., & Bernatchez L. 2002. Phylogeographic congruence between mtDNA and rDNA ITS markers in brown trout. Molecular Biology and Evolution, 19: 2161-2175.
Castro J., Bouza C., Presa P., Pino-Querido A., Riaza A., Ferreiro I., Sánchez L. & Martínez P. 2004. Potential sources of error in parentage assessment of turbot (Scophthalmus maximus) using microsatellite loci. Aquaculture, 242: 119-135.
Bouza C., Hermida M., Pardo B.G., Fernández C., Castro J., Fortes G., Sánchez L., Presa P., Pérez M., Sanjuán A., Comesaña S., Álvarez J.A., Calaza M., Cal R., Piferrer F. y Martínez P. 2007. A microsatellite genetic map in the turbot (Scophthalmus maximus). Genetics 177: 2457-2467.
Castro J., Pino-Querido A., Hermida M., Chavarrias D., Romero R., García-Cortés L.A., Toro M.A. & Martínez P. 2008. Heritability of skeleton abnormalities (lordosis, lack of operculum) in gilthead seabream (Sparus aurata) supported by microsatellite family data. Aquaculture, 279: 18-22. Clave: A
Pardo B.G., Fernández C., Millán a., Bouza C., Vázquez-López A., Vera M., Alvarez-Dios J.A., Calaza M., Gómez-Tato A., Vázquez M., Cabaleiro S., Magariños B., Lemos M.L., Leiro J.M. & Martínez P. 2008. Expressed sequence tags (ESTs) from immune tissues of turbot (Scophthalmus maximus) challenged with pathogens. BMC Veterinary Research, 4: 37.
Bouza C., Hermida M., Millán A., Vilas R., Vera M., Fernández C., Calaza M., Pardo B.G. & Martínez. P. 2008. Characterization of EST-derived microsatellites for gene mapping and evolutionary genomics in turbot. Animal Genetics, 39:666-670.
Martínez, P., Bouza, C., Hermida, M., Fernández, J., Toro, M. A., Vera, M., Pardo, B., Millán, A., Fernández, C., Vilas, R., Viñas, A., Sánchez, L., Felip, A., Piferrer, F., Ferreiro, I. y Cabaleiro. S. 2009. Identification of the major sex-determining region of turbot (Scophthalmus maximus). Genetics 183: 1443–1452.
Millán, A., Gómez-Tato, A., Pardo, B. B., et al. 2009. Design and performance of a turbot (Scophthalmus maximus) oligo-microarray based on ESTs from immune tissues. Marine Biotechnology DOI 10.1007/s10126-009-9231-0
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