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Complete list of scientific publications from Fisheries and Oceans Canada on the assessment of novel organisms.

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Publication overview

Overview of publications by the Centre for Aquatic Biotechnology Regulatory Research.

  • Devlin, R.H. 2011. Growth Hormone Overexpression in Transgenic Fish. In: Farrell A.P., (ed.), Encyclopedia of Fish Physiology: From Genome to Environment, volume 3, pp. 2016-2024. San Diego: Academic Press.
  • Devlin, R.H., Sundström, L. F., Johnsson, J.I., Fleming, I.A., Hayes, K.R., Ojwang, W.O., Bambaradeniya, C., and Zakaraia-Ismail, M. 2007. Assessing Ecological Effects of Transgenic Fish Prior to Entry into Nature. Chapter 6, In "Environmental Risk Assessment of Genetically Modified Organisms, Volume 3: Methodologies for Transgenic Fish" Edited by A R Kapuscinski, K R Hayes, S Li, G Dana. CABI International, USA.
  • Devlin R.H, Sundstrom, L.F., and Muir, W.F 2006. Interface of biotechnology and ecology for environmental risk assessments of transgenic fish. Trends in Biotechnology 24: 89-97.

Selected publications

Selected scientific publication on novel aquatic organisms since the creation of the Centre for Aquatic Biotechnology Regulatory Research in 2008.

  • Fitzpatrick, JL, Akbarashandiz, H, Sakhrani, D, Biagi, CA, Pitcher, TE, and Devlin, RH 2011. Cultured growth hormone transgenic salmon are reproductively out-competed by wild-reared salmon in semi-natural mating arenas. Aquaculture 312: 185-191.
  • Ahrens, R.N.M. and Devlin, R.H. 2010. Standing genetic variation and compensatory evolution in transgenic organisms: A growth-enhanced salmon simulation. Transgenic Res. DOI 10.1007/s11248-010-9443-0
  • Sundström, L.F., Lõhmus, M. and Devlin, R.H. 2010. Migratory timing of coho salmon (Oncorhynchus kisutch) smolts is largely independent of a major shift in growth potential: implications for ecological impacts from growth enhanced fish. Ecological Applications 20: 1372-1383.
  • Chittenden, C.M., Biagi, C.A., Davidsen, J.G., Davidsen, A.G., Kondo, H., McKnight, A., Pedersen, O.P., Raven, P.A., Rikardsen, A.H., Shrimpton, J.M., Zuehlke, B., McKinley, R.S., and Devlin, R.H. 2010. Genetic versus Rearing-Environment Effects on Phenotype: Hatchery and Natural Rearing Effects on Hatchery- and Wild-Born Coho Salmon. PLoS ONE 5: e12261
  • Overturf, K, Sakhrani, D, and Devlin, RH 2010. Expression profile for metabolic and growth-related genes in domesticated and transgenic coho salmon (Oncorhynchus kisutch) modified for increased growth hormone production. Aquaculture 307: 111-122.
  • Devlin, R.H., Sakhrani, D., Biagi, C.A, and Eom, K.-W. 2010. Occurrence of incomplete paternal-chromosome retention in GH-transgenic coho salmon being assessed for reproductive containment by pressure-shock-induced triploidy. Aquaculture 304: 66-78.
  • Lõhmus, M., Sundström, L.F., Björklund, M. and Devlin, R.H. 2010. Genotypetemperature interaction in the regulation of development, growth and morphometrics in wild-type, and growth-hormone transgenic coho salmon. PLoS ONE 5(4) e9980.
  • Phillips, R.B. and Devlin, R.H. 2009. Integration of growth hormone gene constructs in transgenic strains of coho salmon (Oncorhynchus kisutch) at centromeric or telomeric sites. Genome 53: 79-82.
  • Tymchuk, W.E., Sakhrani, D. and Devlin, R.H. 2009. Domestication causes large-scale effects on gene expression in rainbow trout: analysis of muscle, liver and brain transcriptomes. Gen. Comp. Endocrinol 164: 175-183
  • Lõhmus, M., Björklund, M., Sundström, L.F. and Devlin, R.H. 2009. Individual variation in growth trajectories of wild and transgenic coho salmon at three different temperatures. Journal of Fish Biology 76: 641-654.
  • Rehbein H. and Devlin, R.H. 2009. No Evidence for Enhanced Parvalbumin Concentration in Light Muscle of Transgenic Coho Salmon (Oncorhynchus kisutch). European Food Research and Technology 229:579-584.
  • Leggatt, R.A., Raven, P.A., Mommsen, T.P., Sakhrani , D., Higgs, D. and Devlin R.H. 2009. Growth hormone transgenesis influences carbohydrate, lipid and protein metabolism capacity for energy production in coho salmon (Oncorhynchus kisutch). Comp. Physiol. Biochem., Part B 154: 121-133.
  • Sundström, L.F., Tymchuk, W.E., Lõhmus, M., and Devlin, R.H. 2009. Sustained predation effects of hatchery-derived growth hormone transgenic coho salmon Oncorhynchus kisutch in semi-natural environments. Journal of Applied Ecology 46: 762-769.
  • Tymchuk, W.E., Beckman, B., and Devlin, R.H. 2009. Anthropogenic selection in fish has genetically altered the expression of hormones involved in the GH / IGF-I growth axis. Endocrinology 150: 1809-1816.
  • Devlin, R.H., Sakhrani, D., Tymchuk, W.E., Rise, M.L., and Goh, B. 2009. Domestication and growth hormone transgenesis cause similar changes in gene expression profiles in salmon. Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. USA 106: 3047-3052.
  • Higgs, D.A, Sutton, J., Kim, H., Oakes, J.D, Smith, J., Biagi, C., Rowshandeli, M. and Devlin, R.H. 2009. Influence of dietary concentrations of protein, lipid and carbohydrate on growth, protein and energy utilization, body composition, and plasma titres of growth hormone and insulin-like growth factor-1 in non-transgenic and growth hormone transgenic coho salmon, Oncorhynchus kisutch (Walbaum). Aquaculture 286: 127-137.

Historical publications

Historical publications from Fisheries and Oceans Canada on the assessment of novel aquatic organisms.

  • Shrimpton, J.M., Heath, J.W., Devlin, R.H, and Heath, D.D. 2011. Effect of triploidy on growth and ionoregulatory performance in ocean-type Chinook salmon: a quantitative genetics approach. Aquaculture (in press).
  • Fitzpatrick, JL, Akbarashandiz, H, Sakhrani, D, Biagi, CA, Pitcher, TE, and Devlin, RH 2011. Cultured growth hormone transgenic salmon are reproductively out-competed by wild-reared salmon in semi-natural mating arenas. Aquaculture 312: 185-191.
  • Toshiki Nakano, Yui Shoji, Hitoshi Shirakawa, Yoshihito Suda, Toshiyasu Yamaguchi, Minoru Sato, Robert H. Devlin 2011 Daily expression patterns of growth-related genes in growth hormone transgenic coho salmon, Oncorhynchus kisutch. La mer (in press).
  • Ahrens, R.N.M. and Devlin, R.H. 2010. Standing genetic variation and compensatory evolution in transgenic organisms: A growth-enhanced salmon simulation. Transgenic Res. DOI 10.1007/s11248-010-9443-0
  • Sundström, L.F. and Devlin, R.H. 2010. Increased intrinsic growth rate is advantageous even under ecologically stressful conditions in coho salmon (Oncorhynchus kisutch). Evolutionary Ecology. DOI 10.1007/s10682-010-9406-1
  • Wringe, B.W., Devlin R.H., Ferguson M.M., Moghadam, H.K., Sakhrani D., and Danzmann, R.G. 2010. Growth-related quantitative trait locus regions in domestic and wild rainbow trout (Oncorhynchus mykiss). BMC Genetics /1471-2156/11/63.
  • Sundström, L.F., Lõhmus, M. and Devlin, R.H. 2010. Migratory timing of coho salmon (Oncorhynchus kisutch) smolts is largely independent of a major shift in growth potential: implications for ecological impacts from growth enhanced fish. Ecological Applications 20: 1372–1383.
  • Chittenden C.M., Biagi C.A., Davidsen J.G., Davidsen A.G., Kondo H., McKnight A., Pedersen O.P., Raven P.A., Rikardsen A.H., Shrimpton J.M., Zuehlke B., McKinley R.S., and Devlin R.H. 2010. Genetic versus Rearing-Environment Effects on Phenotype: Hatchery and Natural Rearing Effects on Hatchery- and Wild-Born Coho Salmon. PLoS ONE 5: e12261
  • Overturf, K, Sakhrani, D, and Devlin, RH 2010. Expression profile for metabolic and growth-related genes in domesticated and transgenic coho salmon (Oncorhynchus kisutch) modified for increased growth hormone production. Aquaculture 307:111-122.
  • Devlin, R.H., Sakhrani, D., Biagi, C.A, and Eom, K.-W. 2010. Occurrence of incomplete paternal-chromosome retention in GH-transgenic coho salmon being assessed for reproductive containment by pressure-shock-induced triploidy. Aquaculture 304: 66–78.
  • Lõhmus, M., Björklund, M., Sundström, L.F. and Devlin, R.H. 2010. Effects of temperature and growth hormone on individual growth trajectories of wild-type and transgenic coho salmon Oncorhynchus kisutch. Journal of Fish Biology 76: 641-654.
  • Lõhmus, M., Sundström, L.F., Björklund, M. and Devlin, R.H. 2010. Genotypeerature interaction in the regulation of development, growth and morphometrics in wild-type, and growth-hormone transgenic coho salmon. PLoS ONE 5(4) e9980.
  • Phillips, R.B. and Devlin, R.H. 2009. Integration of growth hormone gene constructs in transgenic strains of coho salmon (Oncorhynchus kisutch) at centromeric or telomeric sites. Genome 53: 79-82.
  • Tymchuk, W.E., Sakhrani, D. and Devlin, R.H. 2009. Domestication causes large-scale effects on gene expression in rainbow trout: analysis of muscle, liver and brain transcriptomes. Gen. Comp. Endocrinol 164: 175–183
  • Rehbein H. and Devlin, R.H. 2009. No Evidence for Enhanced Parvalbumin Concentration in Light Muscle of Transgenic Coho Salmon (Oncorhynchus kisutch). European Food Research and Technology 229:579–584.
  • Leggatt, R.A., Raven, P.A., Mommsen, T.P., Sakhrani , D., Higgs, D. and Devlin R.H. 2009. Growth hormone transgenesis influences carbohydrate, lipid and protein metabolism capacity for energy production in coho salmon (Oncorhynchus kisutch). Comp. Physiol. Biochem., Part B 154: 121–133.
  • Sundström, L.F., Tymchuk, W.E., Lõhmus, M., and Devlin, R.H. 2009. Sustained predation effects of hatchery-derived growth hormone transgenic coho salmon Oncorhynchus kisutch in semi-natural environments. Journal of Applied Ecology 46: 762–769.
  • Tymchuk, W.E., Beckman, B., and Devlin, R.H. 2009. Anthropogenic selection in fish has genetically altered the expression of hormones involved in the GH / IGF-I growth axis. Endocrinology 150:1809–1816.
  • Devlin, R.H., Sakhrani, D., Tymchuk, W.E., Rise, M.L., and Goh, B. 2009. Domestication and growth hormone transgenesis cause similar changes in gene expression profiles in salmon. Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. USA 106: 3047-3052.
  • Higgs, D.A, Sutton, J., Kim, H., Oakes, J.D, Smith, J., Biagi, C., Rowshandeli, M. and Devlin, R.H. 2009. Influence of dietary concentrations of protein, lipid and carbohydrate on growth, protein and energy utilization, body composition, and plasma titres of growth hormone and insulin-like growth factor-1 in non-transgenic and growth hormone transgenic coho salmon, Oncorhynchus kisutch (Walbaum). Aquaculture 286: 127-137.
  • Raven, P.A., Uh , M., Sakhrani, D., Beckman, B.R., Cooper, K., Pinter, J., Leder, E., Silverstein, J., Devlin, R.H. 2008. Endocrine effects of growth hormone overexpression in transgenic coho salmon. Gen. Comp. Endocrinol. 159:26-37.
  • Neregard, L., Sundt-Hansen, L., Hindar, K., Einum, S., Johnsson, J. I., Devlin, R. H., Fleming, I. A. and Bjornsson, B. Th. 2008. Wild Atlantic salmon Salmo salar L. strains have greater growth potential than a domesticated strain selected for fast growth. J. Fish Biology 73: 79–95.
  • Lõhmus, M., Raven, P.A., Sundström, L.F., and Robert H. Devlin. 2008. Disruption of seasonality in growth hormone-transgenic coho salmon (Oncorhynchus kisutch) and the role of cholecystokinin in seasonal feeding behaviour. Hormones and behaviour 54: 506-513.
  • Sundstrom, L.F., Lohmus, M., Tymchuk, W.E., and Devlin, R.H. 2007. Gene–environment interactions influence ecological consequences of transgenic animals. Proc Natl. Acad . Sci. USA 104: 3889-3894.
  • Tymchuk, W.E., Sundström, L.F., and Devlin, R.H. 2007. Growth and survival tradeoffs leading to outbreeding depression in rainbow trout (Oncorhynchus mykiss). Evolution 61: 1225-1237.
  • Sundström, L.F., Lohmus-Sundström, M., Johnsson, J.I., and Devlin, R.H. 2007. Dispersal potential is affected by growth-hormone transgenesis in coho salmon (Oncorhynchus kisutch). Ethology 113: 403-410.
  • Sundt-Hansen, L., Sundström, L.F., Einum, S., Hindar, K., Fleming, I.A., and R. H. Devlin. 2007. Genetically enhanced growth causes increased mortality in hypoxic environments. Biol. Lett. 3: 165–168
  • Oakes, J.D., Higgs, D.A., Eales, J.G., and Devlin, R.H. 2007. Influence of ration level on the growth performance and body composition of non-transgenic and growth-hormone-transgenic coho salmon (Oncorhynchus kisutch). Aquaculture 265: 309-324.
  • Mori, T., Hiraka, I., Kurata,Y., Kawachi, H., Devlin, R.H., Nagoya, H., and Araki, K. 2007. Changes in hepatic gene expression related to innate immunity, growth and iron metabolism in GH-transgenic amago salmon (Oncorhynchus masou) by cDNA subtraction and microarray analysis. General and Comparative Endocrinology 151: 42-54.
  • Shrimpton, J.M., Sentlinger, A.M.C., Heath, J.W., Devlin, R.H., Heath, D.D. 2007. Biochemical and molecular differences in diploid and triploid ocean-type chinook salmon (Oncorhynchus tshawytscha) smolts. Fish Physiol. Biochem. 33, 259-268.
  • Leggatt, R.A., Brauner, C.J., Iwama, G.K., Devlin, R.H. 2007. The glutathione antioxidant system is enhanced in growth hormone transgenic coho salmon (Oncorhynchus kisutch). J Comp Physiol B: 177:413–422.
  • Uh, M., Khattra, J., and Devlin, R.H. 2006.Transgene constructs in coho salmon (Oncorhynchus kisutch) are repeated in a head-to-tail fashion and can be integrated adjacent to horizontally-transmitted parasite DNA. Transgenic Research 15: 711-727.
  • Rise, M.L., Douglas, S.E, Sakhrani, D., Williams, J., Ewart, K.V., Rise, M., Davidson, W.S., Koop, B.F. and Devlin, R.H. 2006. Multiple microarray platforms utilized for hepatic gene expression profiling of GH transgenic coho salmon with and without ration restriction. Journal of Molecular Endocrinology 37:259-282.
  • Raven, P.A., Devlin, R.H., and Higgs, D.A. 2006. Influence of dietary digestible energy content on growth, protein and energy utilization and body composition of growth hormone transgenic and non-transgenic coho salmon (Oncorhynchus kisutch). Aquaculture 254: 730-747.
  • Devlin R.H, Sundstrom, L.F., and Muir, W.F 2006. Interface of biotechnology and ecology for environmental risk assessments of transgenic fish. Trends in Biotechnology 24: 89-97.
  • Tymchuk, W. E., C. Biagi, R. Withler, and R. H. Devlin. 2006. Growth and behavioural consequences of introgression of a domesticated aquaculture genotype into a native strain of coho salmon. Transactions of the American Fisheries Society 135: 442-455.
  • Hostetler, H.A., Collodi, P., Devlin, R.H. and Muir, W.M. 2005. Improved Phytate Phosphorus Utilization by Japanese Medaka Transgenic for the Aspergillus niger Phytase Gene. Zebrafish 2: 19-31.
  • Sundström, L.F., Lõhmus, M. and Devlin, R.H. 2005. Selection on increased intrinsic growth rates in coho salmon, Oncorhynchus kisutch. Evolution 59: 1560-1569.
  • Tymchuk W. E., Abrahams M. V., and Devlin R. H. 2005. Competitive ability and mortality of growth-enhanced transgenic coho salmon (Onchorhynchus kisutch) when foraging for food. Trans. Am. Fish. Soc. 134: 381-389.
  • Tymchuk, W.E. and Devlin, R.H. 2005. Growth differences among first and second generation hybrids of domesticated and wild rainbow trout (Oncorhynchus mykiss). Aquaculture 245: 295-300.
  • Stevens, E.D. and Devlin, R.H. 2005. Is enhancement of digestive capacity a direct effect of GH transgenesis or an indirect effect of enhanced appetite? J. Fish. Biol. 66: 1-16.
  • Devlin, R.H., D'Andrade, M., Uh, M., and Biagi, C.A. 2004. Population effects of GH transgenic salmon are dependant upon food availability and genotype by environment interactions. Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. USA 101:9303-9308.
  • Sundström, L.F., Lõhmus, M., Johnsson, J.I. & Devlin, R.H. 2004. Growth hormone transgenic salmon pay for growth potential with increased predation mortality. Proceedings of the Royal Society of London –Series B 271 (S5): 350-352.
  • Bessey C., Devlin R.H., Liley N. R., and Biagi, C.A. 2004. Reproductive Performance of Growth-Enhanced Transgenic Coho Salmon (Oncorhynchus kisutch). Trans. Amer. Fish. Soc. 133: 1205–1220.
  • Huang, C-H., Oakes, J., Higgs, D. and Devlin, R.H. 2004. In vivo vitamin E requirements for prevention of lipid oxidation and impacted immune function in growth enhanced transgenic salmon. Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology 139: 199-204.
  • Eales, J.G., Devlin, R., Higgs, D.A., McLeese, J.M., Oakes, J.D., and Plohman, J. 2004. Thyroid function in growth-hormone-transgenic coho salmon (Oncorhynchus kisutch). Can. J. Zool. 82: 1225-1229.
  • Roberts, S.B., McCauley, L.A.R., Devlin, R.H., and Goetz, F.W. 2004. Transgenic salmon overexpressing growth hormone exhibit decreased myostatin transcript and protein expression. J. Exp. Biol. 207: 3741-3748
  • Devlin, R.H., Biagi, C.A., and Yesaki, T.Y. 2004. Growth, viability and genetic characteristics of GH transgenic coho salmon strains. Aquaculture 236:607-632.
  • Kang, D.-Y. and Devlin, R.H. 2004. Effects of 3,5,3'-triiodo-L-thyronine (T3) and 6-n-propyl-2-thiouracil (PTU) on growth of GH-transgenic coho salmon, Oncorhynchus kisutch. Fish Physiol. Biochem. 29: 77-85.
  • Sundström L.F., Lõhmus M., Devlin R.H., Johnsson J.I., Biagi C.A. & Bohlin T. 2004. Feeding on profitable and unprofitable prey: comparing behaviour of growth-enhanced transgenic and normal coho salmon. Ethology 110: 381-396.
  • Jhingan, E., Devlin, R.H., and Iwama, G.K. 2003. Disease resistance, stress response and effects of triploidy in Growth Hormone transgenic coho salmon. J. Fish Biol. 63:806-823.
  • Sundström, L.F., Devlin, R.H., Johnsson, J.I, and Biagi, C.A. 2003. Vertical position reflects increased feeding motivation in growth-transgenic coho salmon (Oncorhynchus kisutch). Ethology 109: 701-712.
  • Leggatt, R.A., Devlin, R.H., Farrell, A.P., and Randall, D.J. 2003. Oxygen uptake of growth hormone transgenic coho salmon (Oncorhynchus kisutch) during starvation, feeding, and swimming. J. Fish Biol.62: 1053-1066.
  • Lee, C.G., Devlin, R.H., and Farrell, A.P. 2003. Swimming performance, oxygen uptake and oxygen debt in adult transgenic and ocean-ranched coho salmon (Oncorhynchus kisutch, Walbaum). J. Fish Biol 62: 753-766.
  • Blier, P., Lemieux, H., and Devlin, R.H. 2002. Is the growth rate of fish set by digestive enzymes or metabolic capacity of the tissues? Insight from transgenic coho salmon. Aquaculture 209:379-384.
  • Masri, S., Rast, H., Ripley, T., James, D., Green, M., Jia, X., and Devlin, R.H. 2002. Detection of genetically modified coho salmon using an optimized polymerase chain reaction amplification (PCR). J. Agriculture and Food Chemistry 50:3161-3164.
  • Rehbein, H., Devlin, R.H. and Rüggeberg, H. 2002. Detection of a genetic alteration and species identification of coho salmon (Oncorhynchus kisutch): a collaborative study. Eur Food Res Technol (2002) 214: 352-355
  • Devlin, R.H., Biagi, C.A., Yesaki, T.Y., Smailus, D.E., and Byatt, J.C. 2001. Growth of domesticated transgenic fish. Nature 409: 781-782.
  • Devlin, R.H., Swanson, P., Clarke, W.C., Plisetskaya, E., Dickhoff, W., Moriyama, S., Yesaki, T.Y., and Hew, C.L. 2000. Seawater adaptability and hormone levels in growth-enhanced transgenic coho salmon, Oncorhynchus kisutch. Aquaculture 191:367-385.
  • Jia, X., Patrzykat, A., Devlin, R.H., Ackerman, P.A., Iwama, G.K., and Hancock, R.E.W. 2000. Antimicrobial peptides protect coho salmon from Vibrio anguillarum infections. Appl. Env. Microbiol. 66:1928-1932.
  • Stevens, E.D. and Devlin, R.H. 2000. Gill morphometry in growth hormone transgenic Pacific coho salmon, Oncorhynchus kisutch. Environmental Biology of Fishes 58: 113-117.
  • Stevens, E.D. and Devlin, R.H. 2000. Intestinal morphology in growth hormone transgenic Pacific coho salmon, Oncorhynchus kisutch Walbaum. J. Fish Biol 56: 191-195.
  • Hill, J.A., Kiessling, A., and Devlin, R.H. 2000. Coho salmon (Oncorhynchus kisutch) transgenic for a growth hormone gene construct exhibit increased rates of muscle hyperplasia and detectable levels of differential gene expression. Can. J. Fish. Aquat. Sci. 57: 939-950.
  • Mori, T. and Devlin, R.H. 1999. Transgene and host GH gene expression in pituitary and nonpituitary tissues of normal and GH transgenic salmon. Molec. Cell. Endocrinol. 149:129-139.
  • Devlin, R.H., Johnsson, J.I., Smailus, D.E., Biagi, C.A., Johnsson, E., and Bjornsson, B.T. 1999. Increased ability to compete for food by growth hormone transgenic coho salmon (Oncorhynchus kisutch Walbaum). Aquaculture Research 30: 479-482.
  • Ostenfeld, T.H., Devlin, R.H., and McLean, E. 1998. Transgenesis changes body and head shape in Pacific salmon. J. Fish Biol. 52:850-854.
  • Mclean, E., Devlin, R.H., Byatt, J.C., Clarke, W.C., and Donaldson, E.M. 1997. Impact of a controlled release formulation of recombinant bovine growth hormone on growth and sea-water adaptation in coho (Oncorhynchus kisutch) and chinook (Oncorhynchus tshawtscha) salmon. Aquaculture 156:113-128.
  • Farrell, A.P., Bennett, W., and Devlin, R.H. 1997. Growth-enhanced transgenic salmon can be inferior swimmers. Can. J. Zool. 75: 335-337.
  • McLean, E., Devlin, R.H., Donaldson, E.M., and Byatt, J.C. 1996. Bovine placental lactogen invokes rapid growth in chinook salmon. Aquaculture Nutrition 2: 243-248.
  • Devlin, R.H., Yesaki, T.Y., Donaldson, E.M. and Hew, C.L. 1995. Transmission and phenotypic effects of an antifreeze/GH gene construct in coho salmon (Oncorhynchus kisutch). Aquaculture 137: 161-169.
  • Shrimpton, J.M., Devlin, R.H., McLean, E., Byatt, J.C., Donaldson, E.M. and Randall, D.J. 1995. Increases in gill corticosteroid receptor abundance and saltwater tolerance in juvenile coho salmon (Oncorhynchus kisutch) treated with growth hormone and placental lactogen. Gen. Comp. Endocrinol. 98: 1-15.
  • Devlin, R.H., Yesaki, T.Y., Donaldson, E.M., Du, S.J., and Hew, C.L. 1995. Production of germline transgenic Pacific salmonids with dramatically increased growth performance. Can. J. Fish. Aquat. Sci. 52: 1376-1384.
  • Devlin, R.H., Yesaki, T.Y., Biagi, C.A., Donaldson, E.M., Swanson, P., and Chan, W.-K. 1994. Extraordinary salmon growth. Nature 371: 209-210.
  • Devlin, R.H., Byatt, J.C., McLean, E., Yesaki, T.Y., Krivi, G.G., Jaworski, E.G., Clarke, W.C., and Donaldson, E.M. 1994. Bovine placental lactogen is a potent stimulator of growth and displays strong binding to hepatic liver receptor sites of coho salmon. Gen. Comp. Endocrinol. 95: 31-41.
  • Chan, W.K. and Devlin, R.H. 1993. Polymerase chain reaction amplification and functional characterization of sockeye salmon histone H3, metallothionein-B, and protamine promoters. Mol. Mar. Biol. Biotech. 2(5) 308-318.
  • Devlin, R.H. 1993. Sequence of Sockeye Salmon Type 1 and 2 Growth Hormone Genes and the Relationship of Rainbow Trout with Atlantic and Pacific Salmon. Can. J. Fish. Aquat. Sci. 50: 1738-1748.
  • Wallis, A.E. and Devlin, R.H.. 1993. Duplicate IGF-I genes display alternative splicing in chinook salmon (Oncorhynchus tshawytscha). Molec. Endocrinol. 7:409-422.
  • McLean, E., Sadar, M.D., Devlin, R.H., Donaldson, E.M. and Souza, L.M. 1991. Promotion of growth in diploid and triploid coho salmon following parenteral delivery of a recombinant porcine somatotropin. Aquat. Liv. Resources 4: 1-6.
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