Dr Dean Jerry
Senior Lecturer
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Senior Lecturer, Marine Biology and Aquaculture, JCU 2004- present Lecturer, JCU 2003-2004 Research Scientist, CSIRO Livestock Industries 2000-02
Post-doctoral Research Scientist, CSIRO Livestock Industries.
PhD Southern Cross University |
Research Interests
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Conservation genetics of freshwater fishes
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Phylogenetics of fish
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Crustacean aquaculture
The focus of my research is to use various genetic approaches to improve the productivity and sustainability of aquaculture. Specific areas of interest include development of DNA pedigree systems, quantitative genetics, selective breeding programs for important aquaculture species, chromosome manipulation and genetic diversity analyses. I am also interested in the population and phylogenetics of Australian freshwater fishes.
Recent and Current Projects Include
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Early genetic predictors of growth in barramundi
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RNA:DNA ratios as predictors of growth in Artemia
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Effects of growth hormone expression on growth in barramundi
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Phylogenetics of the genus Pinctada
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Characterization of the barramundi myostatin gene
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Allelic variation and functional effects on calcium carbonate precipitation of nacrein in Pinctada maxima
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LDH-B as a thermal tolerance predictor in barramundi and coral trout
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Towards selective breeding of the silver lipped pearl oyster Pinctada maxima
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Development of DNA parentage systems for the giant tiger prawn Penaeus monodon
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Genome linkage mapping of the giant tiger prawn Penaeus mondon(in collaboration with the Australian Institute of Marine Sciences and CSIRO)
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Genetic improvement of the freshwater crayfish Cherax destuctor (CSIRO)
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DNA pedigree analysis of the Kuruma prawn Penaeus japonicus (CSIRO)
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Triploidy induction in the silver-lipped pearl oyster Pinctada maxima
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Cryoperservation of black-lip pearl oyster sperm
Future PhD Directions
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Development and evaluation of DNA pedigree marker systems for commercially important aquaculture species
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Genetics of pearl oyster production
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Effects of triploidy on growth and survival of various Australian aquaculture species
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Population genetics of aquatic organisms
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Isolation of candidate genes and gene expression profiling
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Genetic linkage mapping
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Identification of quantitative trait loci
Teaching
Aquaculture: Genetics and Stock Improvement
Aquaculture: Management of Culture Systems
Selected Recent Publications (2007 – 2008)
Lind, C.E., Evans, B.S., Taylor, J.J.U., and Jerry, D.R. (in press). Decreased genetic diversity and a reduced effective size in cultured silver-lipped pearl oysters (Pinctada maxima). Aquaculture (accepted September 2008 DOI 10.1016/j.aquaculture.2008.09.009.
Jones, D.B., Jerry, D.R., McCormick, M.I. and Bay, L.K (in press). Development of nine microsatellite markers for Pomacentrus amboinensis. Molecular Ecology (accepted August 2008 DOI: 10.1111/j.1755-0998.2008.02295.x.
Fauvelot, C., Smith-Keune, C., Jerry D.R., Buston P.M., Planes S. (in press). Isolation and characterization of 16 microsatellites loci in the humbug damselfish Dascyllus aruanus (family Pomacentridae). Molecular Ecology Notes (accepted September 2008, no DOI issued to date)).
Whalan S., de Nys, R., Smith-Keune, C.S. and Evans, B.S., Battershill, C. and Jerry, D.R. (2008) Low genetic variability within and among populations of the brooding sponge Rhopaloeides odorabile on the central Great Barrier Reef. Aquatic Biology 3, 111-119.
Kvingedal, R., Evans, B.S., Taylor, J.U., Knauer, J. and Jerry, D.R. (2008). Growth and genotype by environment interactions in silver-lip pearl oyster (Pinctada maxima) spat reared under disparate environments. Aquaculture 279, 23-28.
Jerry, D.R. (2008). Phylogeography of the freshwater catfish Tandanus tandanus (Plotosidae)- a model species to understand evolution of the eastern Australian freshwater fish fauna. Marine and Freshwater Research 59,351-360.
De Santis, C. Evans, B.S., Smith-Keune, C., Jerry, D.R. (2008). Molecular characterization, tissue expression and sequence variability of the barramundi (Lates calcarifer) myostatin gene. BMC Genomics 2008, 9:82.
McGinty E.L., Smith-Keune, C. and Jerry, D.R. (2008). A high throughput protocol for quantifying nucleic acids in individual microcrustaceans using new generation RNA and DNA specific dyes. Journal of Shellfish Research 27, 449-455.
De Santis, C and Jerry, D.R. (2007). Candidate growth genes in finfish – where should we be looking? Aquaculture 272, 22-38
Lind, C.E., Evans, B.S., Taylor, J.J.U. and Jerry, D.R. (2007). Population genetics of a marine bivalve, Pinctada maxima, throughout the Indo-Australian Archipelago shows differentiation and decreased diversity at range limits. Molecular Ecology, 16, 5193-5203
Munkres, K.P., Bay, L.K., Jerry, D.R., McCormick, M.I., van Herwerden, L. (2007). Development and characterization of microsatellite markers for parentage analyses of the coral reef damselfish (Pomacentrus amboinensis: Pomacentridae). Conservation Genetics 8, 987-990
Acosta-Salmón, H., Jerry, D.R. and Southgate, P.C. (2007). Effects of cryoprotectant agents and freezing protocol on motility of black-lip pearl oyster (Pinctada margaritifera L.) spermatozoa. Cryobiology 54, 13-18
Contact Details
Dr Dean Jerry
Campus: Townsville
Phone: +61 7 4781 5586
Fax: +61 7 4725 1570
Email: Dean.Jerry@jcu.edu.au
