Goldfish Development and Evolution

Kinya G. Ota (Autor)

Buch | Softcover

286 Seiten

2022 | 1st ed. 2021
Springer Verlag, Singapore
978-981-16-0852-0 (ISBN)

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This book explains how the beautiful goldfish body develops from a single fertilized egg and how this developmental process was changed during the process of domestication. The contents can be categorized as follows: i) numerous high-quality live photo images of embryonic and larval stage goldfish, ii) detailed descriptions of skeletogenesis with fluorescent microscopic and histological images, iii) the most advanced interpretation of the relationship between artificial selection and developmental processes, iv) future perspectives of the application of the genome editing techniques for the ornamental goldfish breeding, and v) methodological descriptions for goldfish developmental biology. Goldfish is a popular ornamental domesticated fish species, and its highly diverged morphological features and color variations attract fanciers. The goldfish has been spread all over the world by breeders, and this fish has also been employed as an experimental organism by researchers in the field of life science. However, so far, no available scientific books provide a detailed description of the embryogenesis and morphogenesis of this animal. Compared with the number of published fancier books, the number of books on goldfish biology is very few. This publication will be useful not only for the research community particularly in the fields of developmental biology, evolutionary biology, zoology, aquaculture, fishery science, and related areas but also for enthusiastic goldfish fanciers and breeders.

Dr. Kinya G. Ota is an associate research fellow at Academia Sinica. He is also the joint associate professor of National Chung Hsing University, National Taiwan Normal University and National Taiwan Ocean University. He received his Ph.D. from the Graduate University for Advanced Studies, SOKENDAI. Dr. Ota’s research field is evolutionary developmental biology. His research topics include EvoDevo of early vertebrates. He has published 30 research articles in this field.

Introduction.- The goldfish as an animal model.- Varieties of goldfish by morphology.- Development of goldfish.- Development of mutant goldfish strains.- Evo-devo questions related to ornamental morphology.- Questions, challenges and perspectives.- Experimental Appendix.- Acknowledgements.- References.- Abbreviation list.- Index

Erscheinungsdatum	27.05.2022
Zusatzinfo	125 Illustrations, color; 23 Illustrations, black and white; XX, 286 p. 148 illus., 125 illus. in color.
Verlagsort	Singapore
Sprache	englisch
Maße	155 x 235 mm
Themenwelt	Naturwissenschaften ► Biologie ► Evolution
	Naturwissenschaften ► Biologie ► Genetik / Molekularbiologie
	Naturwissenschaften ► Biologie ► Zoologie
Schlagworte	artificial selection • domestication • Embryogenesis • Evo-devo • Goldfish breeding • Goldfish developmental biology • Goldfish strains • ontogeny
ISBN-10	981-16-0852-0 / 9811608520
ISBN-13	978-981-16-0852-0 / 9789811608520
Zustand	Neuware