Benjamin Reading

Elevated levels of per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances in Cape Fear River Striped Bass (Morone saxatilis) are associated with biomarkers of altered immune and liver function

ENVIRONMENT INTERNATIONAL, 136.

Evaluation via Supervised Machine Learning of the Broiler Pectoralis Major and Liver Transcriptome in Association With the Muscle Myopathy Wooden Breast

FRONTIERS IN PHYSIOLOGY, 11.

Genomic population structure of Striped Bass (Morone saxatilis) from the Gulf of St. Lawrence to Cape Fear River

EVOLUTIONARY APPLICATIONS.

Paternal Strain Effects on Growth and Body Shape in Hybrid Striped Bass (White Bass female x Striped Bass male)

NORTH AMERICAN JOURNAL OF AQUACULTURE.

Morphology and functional ontogeny of the digestive tract of Barbus altianalis larvae

African Zoology, 54(3), 137–149.

DNA methylation profiles correlated to striped bass sperm fertility

BMC Genomics, 19.

Genomic Enablement of Temperate Bass Aquaculture (Family Moronidae)

In H. Wang & X. Liang (Eds.), Breeding and Culture of Perch and Bass (pp. 314–317). Beijing: Science China Press (Chinese Academy of Sciences).

Knowing Bass: Accounting for Information Environments in Designing Online Public Outreach

OPEN LIBRARY OF HUMANITIES, 4(2).

Leptin Stimulates Cellular Glycolysis Through a STAT3 Dependent Mechanism in Tilapia

FRONTIERS IN ENDOCRINOLOGY, 9.

Molecular cloning of vitellogenin gene promoters and in vitro and in vivo transcription profiles following estradiol-17 beta administration in the cutthroat trout

GENERAL AND COMPARATIVE ENDOCRINOLOGY, 267, 157–166.

Oogenesis and Egg Quality in Finfish: Yolk Formation and Other Factors Influencing Female Fertility

Fishes, 3(4), 45.

Strain evaluation of striped bass (Morone saxatilis) cultured at different salinities

Aquaculture, 492, 215–225.

The role of citizen science in addressing grand challenges in food and agriculture research

Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences, 285(1891), 20181977.

Aquaculture genomics, genetics and breeding in the United States: current status, challenges, and priorities for future research

BMC Genomics, 18.

Ovarian expression and localization of clathrin (Cltc) components in cutthroat trout, Oncorhynchus clarki: Evidence for Cltc involvement in endocytosis of vitellogenin during oocyte growth

Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology. A, Molecular & Integrative Physiology, 212, 24–34.

Tissue localization of piscidin host-defense peptides during striped bass (Morone saxatilis) development

Fish & Shellfish Immunology, 61, 173–180.

Vitellogenesis in Fishes

In Encyclopedia of Fish Physiology: From Genome to Environment. Reference Module in Life Sciences (2nd edition). Maryland Heights, Missouri: Elsevier.

A diverse family of host-defense peptides (piscidins) exhibit specialized anti-bacterial and anti-protozoal activities in fishes

PLoS One, 11(8).

Genetic variability in meiotic gynogenetic muskellunge, Esox masquinongy (Mitchell), estimated from segregation of microsatellite alleles

Aquaculture Research, 47(9), 2705–2715.

Machine learning reveals sex-specific 17-estradiol-responsive expression patterns in white perch (Morone americana) plasma proteins

Proteomics, 15(15), 2678–2690.

Mechanisms of egg yolk formation and implications on early life history of white perch (Morone americana)

PLoS One, 10(11).

Molecular cloning and partial characterization of a low-density lipoprotein receptor-related protein 13 (Lrp13) involved in vitellogenin uptake in the Cutthroat Trout (Oncorhynchus clarki)

Molecular Reproduction and Development, 82(12), 986–1000.

Ovarian yolk formation in fishes: Molecular mechanisms underlying formation of lipid droplets and vitellogenin-derived yolk proteins

General and Comparative Endocrinology, 221, 9–15.

Transcriptomics of mRNA and egg quality in farmed fish: Some recent developments and future directions

General and Comparative Endocrinology, 221, 23–30.

Compartment proteomics analysis of white perch (Morone americana) ovary using support vector machines

Journal of Proteome Research, 13(3), 1515–1526.

Lrp13 is a novel vertebrate lipoprotein receptor that binds vitellogenins in teleost fishes

Journal of Lipid Research, 55(11), 2287–2295.

Multiple vitellogenins and product yolk proteins in striped bass, Morone saxatilis: molecular characterization and processing during oocyte growth and maturation

Fish Physiology and Biochemistry, 40(2), 395–415.

Ovary transcriptome profiling via artificial intelligence reveals a transcriptomic fingerprint predicting egg quality in striped bass, morone saxatilis

PLoS One, 9(5).

Proportional accumulation of yolk proteins derived from multiple vitellogenins is precisely regulated during vitellogenesis in striped bass (Morone saxatilis)

Journal of Experimental Zoology. Part A, Ecological Genetics and Physiology, 321(6), 301–315.

Role for leptin in promoting glucose mobilization during acute hyperosmotic stress in teleost fishes

Journal of Endocrinology, 220(1), 61–72.

Dynamics of the striped bass (Morone saxatilis) ovary proteome reveal a complex network of the translasome

Journal of Proteome Research, 12(4), 1691–1699.

Molecular cloning and partial characterization of an ovarian receptor with seven ligand binding repeats, an orthologue of low-density lipoprotein receptor, in the cutthroat trout (Oncorhynchus clarki)

Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology. A, Molecular & Integrative Physiology, 166(2), 263–271.

Multiple ovarian lipoprotein receptors in teleosts

Fish Physiology and Biochemistry, 39(1), 29–32.

Ovarian expression and localization of a vitellogenin receptor with eight ligand binding repeats in the cutthroat trout (Oncorhynchus clarki)

Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology. B, Biochemistry & Molecular Biology, 166(1), 81–90.

Phylogenetic revision of the claudin gene family

Marine Genomics, 11, 17–26.

An ovary transcriptome for all maturational stages of the striped bass (Morone saxatilis), a highly advanced perciform fish

BMC Research Notes, 5(1), 111.

Disparate binding of three types of vitellogenin to multiple forms of vitellogenin receptor in white perch

Biology of Reproduction, 84(2), 392–399.

Molecular characterization of two isoforms of piscidin 4 from the hybrid striped bass (Morone chrysops x Morone saxatilis)

Fish & Shellfish Immunology, 30(1), 420–424.

Vitellogenesis in Fishes

In A. P. Farrell (Ed.), Encyclopedia of Fish Physiology: From Genome to Environment (pp. 635–646). London: Elsevier.

Conserved and variant molecular and functional features of multiple egg yolk precursor proteins (vitellogenins) in white perch (Morone americana) and other teleosts

Marine Biotechnology (New York, N.Y.), Vol. 11, pp. 169–187.

Deduced primary structures of three vitellogenins and specific binding to putative multiple ovarian receptors in white perch (Morone americana)

Cybium, 32(2), 159–161.

Induction of three vitellogenins by 17beta-estradiol with concurrent inhibition of the growth hormone-insulin-like growth factor 1 axis in a euryhaline teleost, the tilapia (Oreochromis mossambicus)

Biology of Reproduction, 77(4), 614–625.

Development of microsatellite markers for muskellunge (Esox masquinongy) and cross-species amplification in two other esocids

Molecular Ecology Notes, 3(3), 447–449.

Isolation and characterization of polymorphic microsatellite loci in nurse shark (Ginglymostoma cirratum)

Molecular Ecology Notes, 3(1), 59–61.