Vitellogenin in Fishes- Diversification, Biological Properties, and Future Perspectives

This book provides basic and advanced information on vitellogenin in fish. The proposed book discusses the history of vitellogenin, previtellogenesis, their diversification and classification in fishes, and tools for their identification and characterization.  Further, their functional aspects in oogenesis and its regulatory mechanism, role as the immunocompetent molecule, and reproductive strategies are discussed. The book further examines vitellogenin as a hormone and biomarker, its related egg yolk proteins, and its mechanism on molecular cloning and induction.  In addition, the book discusses its role in the disruption of the endocrine system in fish, its biological activities, its multivalent mechanism in marine and freshwater fishes, and its impact on the growth of ornamental fishes. Moreover, this book elaborates on the multiple vitellogenin genes, each with unique promoter regions and varying sensitivity to induction by estradiol, and multiple Vtg proteins themselves, with variable degrees of post-translational modification. As such, this book is helpful for researchers and students interested in the reproduction of fishes and reproductive biology. 

Prof. B. Vaseeharan, is Professor and Head of the Department of Animal Health and Management, Alagappa University, Karaikudi, Tamil Nadu, India since 2008. He has earlier served as Post-Doctoral researcher at National TsingHua University, National Taiwan Ocean University, Keelung, Taiwan funded by National Science Council, Taipei, Taiwan. Upon successful completion of Post-Doctoral Research (2003-2007), he joined as Senior Lecturer at School of Biotechnology, VIT University, Vellore (2007-2008), Tamil Nadu, India.He is also Visiting Professor at Mahidol University, Thailand (2022). His research revolves around Aquatic Animal Health Biotechnology. He has been conferred with various prestigious awards notably, “YOUNG SCIENTIST AWARD” in 2009 by Department of Science and Technology, Dr. M. Swaminathan Best Fisheries Scientist Award2019 by PFGF, ICAR-CIFRI, Barrackpore, Best Scientist Award- Journal of Fisheries and Life Sciences by College of Fisheries, Mangaluru, Karnataka, India and TANSA-2019 Award by Tamil Nadu State Council for Science and Technology, Tamil Nadu, India. He has more than 22 years of teaching and research experience He has published more than 250 research articles in peer-reviewed National and International journals. He is the member of various international scientific bodies such as The Zoological Society, Kolkata, Bactivac network- Institute of Immunology and Immunotherapy, University of Birmingham, UK, The Journal of Fisheries and Life sciences, The Indian Science Congress Association and Asian Fisheries society. 

Dr. Rapeepun Vanichviriyakit is the Director of the Center of Excellence for Shrimp Molecular Biology and Biotechnology (Centex SHRIMP) and an Associate Professor at the Department of Anatomy, Faculty of Science, Mahidol University, Thailand (2017-present). She graduated with her Ph.D. in Anatomy from Mahidol University, Thailand, in 2007. She gained her research experience in reproductive biology for about two years (2006-2007) in Prof. Nongnuch Tanpaichitr’s lab at Ottawa Health Research Institute (OHRI), Canada. After that, she began working in the aquatic animal reproductive biology and disease-associated histopathology research fields. She has more than 15 years of teaching experience in anatomy, cell biology, and comparative histology. She became an Associate Professor at Mahidol University in 2019. She has served as a referee for several International journals, including Aquaculture, Fish and Shellfish Immunology, Fish Diseases, Science Asia, Journal of Invertebrate Pathology, Disease of Aquatic animals, etc. She is also on an Editorial Advisory Board of the Journal of Fish Disease (©John Wiley & Sons Ltd) (2021-present). She has published more than 50 research articles in peer-reviewed international journals.