Chapter 1_Vitellogenin: Outline and History.- Chapter 2_Previtellogenesis and Vitellogenesis.- Chapter 3_Diversification and classification of Vitellogenin in fishes.- Chapter 4_State-of-art of multiple vitellogenin systems in fishes.- Chapter 5_Tools for identification and characterization of Vitellogenin.- Chapter 6_Functional aspects of Vitellogenin in oogenesis and its regulatory mechanism.- Chapter 7_Role of Vitellogenin as immunocompetent molecule.- Chapter 8_Vitellogenesis and Reproductive Strategies.- Chapter 9_Vitellogenin: as a hormone.- Chapter 10_Vitellogenin as a biomarker.- Chapter 11_Fish vitellogenin induction and its related egg yolk proteins.- Chapter 12_Vitellogenin receptors in fishes.- Chapter 13_Molecular cloning and induction of vitellogenins.- Chapter 14_Significance of Vitellogenin in egg yolk production and egg quality.- Chapter 15_Concentration of Vitellogenin and disruption of the endocrine system in Fish.- Chapter 16_Biological activities of Vitellogenin and its mechanism.- Chapter 17_Multivalent properties of Vitellogenin in marine and freshwater fishes. -Chapter 18_Effect of Vitellogenin in growth of ornamental fishes.- Chapter 19_Future prospective of Vitellogenin research.
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.