Acuigen, genetics for aquaculture and conservation biological resources

Interests

I am a PhD in Biology temporary contracted for more than five years in this group. During these years my training and interests have focused on microsatellites genotyping, molecular studies of kinship, family assignment, gene mapping and QTL search. In my work I developed technical skills with several software packages: molecular relatedness, genetic mapping, QTL, statistical packages, and operating automated sequencers and automated workstations.

Selected publications

Martínez, P., Bouza, C., Hermida, M., Fernández, J., Toro, M. A., Vera, M., Pardo, B. G., Millán, A., Fernández, C., Vilas, R., Viñas, A., Sánchez, L., Felip, A., Piferrer, F., Ferreiro, I. and Cabaleiro, S. (2009) Identification of the main sex-determining region of turbot (Scophthalmus maximus). Genetics 183: 1443-1452.

Hermida, M., San Miguel, E., Bouza, C., Castro, J. and Martínez, P. (2009) Morphological variation in a secondary contact between divergent lineages of brown trout (Salmo trutta) from the Iberian Peninsula. Genetics and Molecular Biology 32(1): 42-50.

Bouza, C., Hermida, M., Millán, A., Vilas, R., Vera, M., Fernández, C., Calaza, M., Pardo, B. G. and Martínez, P. (2008) Characterization of EST-derived microsatellites for gene mapping and evolutionary genomics in turbot. Animal Genetics 39: 660-670.

Bouza, C., Hermida, M., Pardo B. G., Fernández C., Fortes, G. G., Castro J., Sánchez L., Presa, P., Pérez, M., Sanjuán, A., De Carlos, A.,  Álvarez-Dios, J. A., Ezcurra, S., Cal, R. M., Piferrer, F. and Martínez P. (2007)  A microsatellite genetic map in the turbot (Scophtalmus maximus). Genetics 177(4): 2457-2467.

Castro J., Pino A., Hermida M., Bouza C., Riaza A., Ferreiro I., Sánchez L. and Martínez P. (2006) A microsatellite marker tool for parentage analysis in Senegal sole (Solea senegalensis): Genotyping errors, null alleles and conformance to theoretical assumptions. Aquaculture 261(4): 1194-1203.

Hermida, M., Fernández, C., Amaro, R., and San Miguel, E. (2005) Geographical and temporal FA variation in threespine stickleback populations from Galicia (NW Spain). Evol. Ecol. 19(6): 517-532.