Part I. Theoretical and practical bases of epigenetics in aquaculture1. The potential role of epigenetics in aquaculture: Insights from different taxa to diverse teleosts2. Transcriptional epigenetic mechanisms in aquatic species3. Epigenetic regulation of gene expression by non-coding RNAs4. Epigenetic inheritance in aquatic organisms5. Environmental epigenetics in fish: Response to climate change stressors6. Analytical methods and tools to study the epigenomePart II: Epigenetics insights from major aquatic groups7. Epigenetics in sexual maturation and gametes of fish8. Epigenetics in sex determination and differentiation of fish9. Epigenetics in fish growth10. Epigenetics in fish nutritional programming11. Microbiome, epigenetics, and fish health interactions in aquaculture12. The epigenetics of stress in farmed fish - an appraisal13. Epigenetics in hybridization and polyploidization of aquatic animals 14. Epigenetics in aquatic toxicology15. Epigenetics in molluscs16. Epigenetics in crustaceans17. Epigenetics in algaePart III: Implementation of epigenetics in aquaculture18. Development of epigenetic biomarkers in& aquatic organisms19. Genetics and epigenetics in aquaculture breeding20. Epigenetics in aquaculture: knowledge gaps, challenges and future pros
Francesc Piferrer is Research Professor and Head of the Reproductive Physiology and Environmental Epigenetics Group at the Institute of Marine Sciences, Spanish National Research Council, Barcelona, Spain.Hanping Wang is Principal Scientist, Research Professor, and Director of the Ohio Center for Aquaculture Research and Development at The Ohio State University, Piketon, Ohio, USA.