People

Education

Ph.D. July, 1998-June, 2001

Research Interests

My research interests are shellfish genetics and aquaculture, with current emphasis on the following topics: studying the role of chromosome rearrangements in speciation using fluorescence in situ hybridization, developing of disease-resistant and fast growing oyster strains for aquaculture and fisheries enhancement through the triploid-tetraploid technology, and mapping of oyster disease resistance genes for marker-assisted selection with association studies.

Current Research Projects

•Enhance growth and disease-resistance of the eastern oyster by interstrain hybridization and triploidy (National Sea Grant Oyster Disease Research Program);

•Validation of disease-resistance markers for marker-assisted selection in the eastern oyster (National Sea Grant Oyster Disease Research Program).

Selected Publications

Wang, Y., X. Guo. 2007. Identification of Crassostrea ariakensis and related species by ITS length polymorphism. Journal of Shellfish Research, in press.

Wang, Y. , X. Guo. 2007. Development and characterization of EST-SSR markers in the eastern oyster Crassostrea virginica . Marine Biotechnology, 9 (4):500-511.

Quilang, J., S. Wang, P. Li, J. Abernathy, E. Peatman, Y. Wang , L. Wang, Y. Shi, R. Wallace, X. Guo and Z. Liu. 2007. Generation and analysis of ESTs from the eastern oyster, Crassostrea virginica Gmelin and identification of microsatellite and SNP marker s. BMC Genomics, 8 :157 doi:10.1186/1471-2164-8-157.

Wang, Y. , X. Guo. 2007. Chromosomal Mapping of Major Ribosomal rRNA Genes in the Hard Clam (Mercenaria mercenaria ) Using Fluorescence in situ Hybridization. Marine Biology 150 (6):1183-1187.

Alcivar-Warren, A., D. Meehan-Meola, Y. Wang , X. Guo, L. Zhou, J. Xiang, S. Moss, S. Arce, W. Warren, Z. Xu and K. Bell. 2006. Isolation and mapping of telomeric pentanucleotide (TAACC)n repeats of the Pacific whiteleg shrimp, Penaeus vannamei , using fluorescence in situ hybridization. Marine Biotechnology, 8(5):467-480.

Wang, Y. , Z. Xu, X. Guo. 2005. Chromosomal Mapping of 5S Ribosomal RNA Genes in the Eastern Oyster, Crassostrea virginica Gmelin by Fluorescence in situ Hybridization. Journal of Shellfish Research, 24(4):959-964.

Wang, Y. , Z. Xu, X. Guo, J.C. Pierce. 2005. Characterization of American oyster Crassostrea virginica chromosomes by f luorescence in situ hybridization with P1 clones probes. Marine Biotechnology, 7(3):207-214.

Wang, Y. , X. Guo. 2004. Chromosomal rearrangement in Pectinidae revealed by rRNA loci and implications in bivalve evolution. The Biological Bulletin, 207: 247-256 .

Wang, Y. , Z. Xu, X. Guo. 2004. Differences in the rDNA-bearing chromosome divide the Asian-Pacific and Atlantic species of Crassostrea (Bivalvia, Mollusca) . The Biological Bulletin 206: 46-54.

Wang, Y. , Z. Xu, X. Guo. 2001. A centromeric satellite sequence in the Pacific oyster (Crassostrea gigas Thunberg) identified by fluorescence in situ hybridization. Marine Biotechnology. 3: 486-492.

Wang, Y. , X. Guo. 2001. Chromosomal mapping of the vertebrate telomeric sequence (TTAGGG)n in four bivalve molluscs by fluorescence in situ hybridization. Journal of Shellfish Research. 20(3): 1187-1190.

Wang, Y. , X. Guo. 2001. The application of fluorescence in situ hybridization in the mollusc molecular genetics. Life Science Research. (English abstract with Chinese). 5(4):283-289.