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  1. Extensive Loss and Gain of Conserved Noncoding Elements During Early Teleost Evolution

    Article • Genome Biology and Evolution, April 2024, Oxford University Press (OUP)

    Dr Costas S Tsigenopoulos

  2. Correction: Unravelling the genetic pattern of seagrass (Posidonia oceanica) meadows in the Eastern Mediterranean Sea

    Article • Biodiversity and Conservation, February 2024, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr Costas S Tsigenopoulos

  3. Grand challenges at the frontiers of fish science

    Article • Frontiers in Fish Science, January 2024, Frontiers

    Dr Costas S Tsigenopoulos

  4. Population genomics unveils the century-old invasion of the Seagrass Halophila stipulacea in the Mediterranean Sea

    Article • Marine Biology, December 2023, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr Costas S Tsigenopoulos

  5. Unravelling the genetic pattern of seagrass (Posidonia oceanica) meadows in the Eastern Mediterranean Sea

    Article • Biodiversity and Conservation, December 2023, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr Costas S Tsigenopoulos

  6. Near-chromosome level genome assembly of devil firefish, Pterois miles

    Article • Peer Community Journal, July 2023, Peer Community In

    Dr Costas S Tsigenopoulos

  7. Different patterns of population structure and genetic diversity of three mesopelagic fishes in the Greek Seas

    Article • Mediterranean Marine Science, June 2022, National Documentation Centre

    Dr Konstantinos Tsagarakis, Dr Costas S Tsigenopoulos

  8. Assessing Genetic Variation in Wild and Domesticated Pikeperch Populations: Implications for Conservation and Fish Farming

    Article • Animals, May 2022, MDPI AG

    Dr Costas S Tsigenopoulos

  9. Linkage mapping, comparative genome analysis, and QTL detection for growth in a non-model teleost, the meagre Argyrosomus regius, using ddRAD sequencing

    Article • Scientific Reports, March 2022, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr Alicia Estévez, Dr Costas S Tsigenopoulos

  10. SnakeCube: containerized and automated pipeline for de novo genome assembly in HPC environments

    Article • BMC Research Notes, March 2022, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr Costas S Tsigenopoulos

  11. Genomic Selection and Genome-Wide Association Analysis for Stress Response, Disease Resistance and Body Weight in European Seabass

    Article • Animals, January 2022, MDPI AG

    Dr Costas S Tsigenopoulos

  12. ITS DNA Barcoding Reveals That Halophila stipulacea Still Remains the Only Non-Indigenous Seagrass of the Mediterranean Sea

    Article • Diversity, January 2022, MDPI AG

    Dr Costas S Tsigenopoulos

  13. Genetic Variability, Population Structure, and Relatedness Analysis of Meagre Stocks as an Informative Basis for New Breeding Schemes

    Article • Fishes, December 2021, MDPI AG

    Dr Costas S Tsigenopoulos

  14. Spawning kinetics and parentage contribution of European sea bass (Dicentrarchus labrax) broodstocks, and influence of GnRHa-induced spawning

    Article • Aquaculture Reports, November 2021, Elsevier

    Dr Costas S Tsigenopoulos

  15. Family-effects in the epigenomic response of red blood cells to a challenge test in the European sea bass (Dicentrarchus labrax, L.)

    Article • BMC Genomics, February 2021, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr Costas S Tsigenopoulos

  16. Community Parameters and Genome-Wide RAD-Seq Loci of Ceratothoa oestroides Imply Its Transfer between Farmed European Sea Bass and Wild Farm-Aggregating Fish

    Article • Pathogens, January 2021, MDPI AG

    Dr Costas S Tsigenopoulos

  17. Development and validation of a combined species SNP array for the European seabass (Dicentrarchus labrax) and gilthead seabream (Sparus aurata)

    Article • December 2020, Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory Press

    Dr Costas S Tsigenopoulos

  18. QTL for Stress and Disease Resistance in European Sea Bass, Dicentrarhus labrax L.

    Article • Animals, September 2020, MDPI AG

    Dr Costas S Tsigenopoulos

  19. Genome-wide epigenomic stress response in the European sea bass (Dicentrarchus labrax, L.)

    Article • June 2020, Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory Press

    Dr Costas S Tsigenopoulos

  20. Parentage assignment, estimates of heritability and genetic correlation for growth-related traits in meagre Argyrosomus regius

    Article • Aquaculture, March 2020, Elsevier

    Dr Alicia Estévez, Dr Costas S Tsigenopoulos

  21. Building a high-quality reference genome assembly for the the eastern Mediterranean Sea invasive sprinterLagocephalus sceleratus(Tetraodontiformes, Tetraodontidae)

    Article • February 2020, Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory Press

    Dr Costas S Tsigenopoulos

  22. Gearing Up for Warmer Times: Transcriptomic Response of Spongia officinalis to Elevated Temperatures Reveals Recruited Mechanisms and Potential for Resilience

    Article • Frontiers in Marine Science, January 2020, Frontiers

    Dr Costas S Tsigenopoulos

  23. Genetic structuring in farmed and wild Gilthead seabream and European seabass in the Mediterranean Sea: implementations for detection of escapees

    Article • Aquatic Living Resources, January 2020, EDP Sciences

    Dr Costas S Tsigenopoulos

  24. Addendum: Exadactylos, A., et al. High Connectivity of the White Seabream (Diplodus sargus, L. 1758) in the Aegean Sea, Eastern Mediterranean Basin. Animals 2019, 11, 979

    Article • Animals, December 2019, MDPI AG

    Dr Athanasios Exadactylos, Dr Costas S Tsigenopoulos

  25. A de novo transcriptome assembly for the bath sponge Spongia officinalis, adjusting for microsymbionts

    Article • BMC Research Notes, December 2019, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr Costas S Tsigenopoulos

  26. High Connectivity of the White Seabream (Diplodus sargus, L. 1758) in the Aegean Sea, Eastern Mediterranean Basin

    Article • Animals, November 2019, MDPI AG

    Dr Athanasios Exadactylos, Dr Costas S Tsigenopoulos

  27. Heterozygosity fitness correlations and generation interval of the Norway lobster in the Aegean Sea, eastern Mediterranean

    Article • Journal of Biological Research-Thessaloniki, November 2019, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr Athanasios Exadactylos, Dr Costas S Tsigenopoulos

  28. Phylogenomics investigation of sparids (Teleostei: Spariformes) using high-quality proteomes highlights the importance of taxon sampling

    Article • Communications Biology, November 2019, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr Costas S Tsigenopoulos

  29. Phylogenomics investigation of sparids (Teleostei: Spariformes) using high-quality proteomes highlights the importance of taxon sampling

    Article • August 2019, Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory Press

    Dr Costas S Tsigenopoulos

  30. Scanning of Genetic Variants and Genetic Mapping of Phenotypic Traits in Gilthead Sea Bream Through ddRAD Sequencing

    Article • Frontiers in Genetics, August 2019, Frontiers

    Dr Costas S Tsigenopoulos

  31. The Gene Toolkit Implicated in Functional Sex in Sparidae Hermaphrodites: Inferences From Comparative Transcriptomics

    Article • Frontiers in Genetics, January 2019, Frontiers

    Dr Costas S Tsigenopoulos

  32. Absence of spatial genetic structure in common dentex (Dentex dentex Linnaeus, 1758) in the Mediterranean Sea as evidenced by nuclear and mitochondrial molecular markers

    Article • PLOS One, September 2018, PLOS

    Dr Andrea Sabatini, Dr Chiheb Fassatoui, Dr Costas S Tsigenopoulos

  33. Genomic analysis of Sparus aurata reveals the evolutionary dynamics of sex-biased genes in a sequential hermaphrodite fish

    Article • Communications Biology, August 2018, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr Costas S Tsigenopoulos

  34. Muscle and liver transcriptome characterization and genetic marker discovery in the farmed meagre, Argyrosomus regius

    Article • Marine Genomics, June 2018, Elsevier

    Dr Alicia Estévez, Dr Costas S Tsigenopoulos

  35. The transcriptomic signature of different sexes in two protogynous hermaphrodites: Insights into the molecular network underlying sex phenotype in fish

    Article • Scientific Reports, February 2018, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr Costas S Tsigenopoulos

  36. Documentation of multiple species of marine fish trapped in Atlantic salmon sea-cages in Norway

    Article • Aquatic Living Resources, January 2018, EDP Sciences

    Dr Costas S Tsigenopoulos

  37. Life-history, substrate choice and Cytochrome Oxidase I variations in sandy beach peracaridans along the Rio de la Plata estuary

    Article • Estuarine Coastal and Shelf Science, March 2017, Elsevier

    Dr Costas S Tsigenopoulos

  38. Article • Turkish Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences, January 2017, Turkish Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences

    Dr Costas S Tsigenopoulos

  39. Candidate gene variation in gilthead sea bream reveals complex spatiotemporal selection patterns between marine and lagoon habitats

    Article • Marine Ecology Progress Series, October 2016, Inter-Research Science Center

    Dr Costas S Tsigenopoulos

  40. Exploring a Nonmodel Teleost Genome Through RAD Sequencing—Linkage Mapping in Common Pandora, Pagellus erythrinus and Comparative Genomic Analysis

    Article • G3 Genes Genomes Genetics, December 2015, Genetics Society of America

    Dr Costas S Tsigenopoulos

  41. Transcription analysis of neonicotinoid resistance in Mediterranean (MED) populations of B. tabaci reveal novel cytochrome P450s, but no nAChR mutations associated with the phenotype

    Article • BMC Genomics, November 2015, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr Costas S Tsigenopoulos

  42. Prevalence and survival of escaped European seabass Dicentrarchus labrax in Cyprus identified using genetic markers

    Article • Aquaculture Environment Interactions, July 2015, Inter-Research Science Center

    Dr Costas S Tsigenopoulos

  43. Large-scale study of fish immune response to parasitical infection.

    Article • Developmental & Comparative Immunology, July 2015, Elsevier

    Dr Morgane A Henry, Dr Costas S Tsigenopoulos

  44. Dynamics of gene expression patterns during early development of the European seabass (Dicentrarchus labrax)

    Article • Physiological Genomics, March 2015, American Physiological Society

    Dr Costas S Tsigenopoulos

  45. From the laboratory to the wild: salinity-based genetic differentiation of the European sea bass (Dicentrarchus labrax) using gene-associated and gene-independent microsatellite markers

    Article • Marine Biology, January 2015, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr Costas S Tsigenopoulos

  46. Second generation genetic linkage map for the gilthead sea bream Sparus aurata L.

    Article • Marine Genomics, December 2014, Elsevier

    Dr Costas S Tsigenopoulos

  47. Loss of genetic variation in Greek hatchery populations of the European sea bass (Dicentrarchus labrax L.) as revealed by microsatellite DNA analysis

    Article • Mediterranean Marine Science, October 2014, National Documentation Centre

    Dr Costas S Tsigenopoulos

  48. The sex-specific transcriptome of the hermaphrodite sparid sharpsnout seabream (Diplodus puntazzo)

    Article • BMC Genomics, August 2014, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr Nikos Papandroulakis, Dr Costas S Tsigenopoulos

  49. Comparative analysis reveals that polyploidy does not decelerate diversification in fish

    Article • Journal of Evolutionary Biology, January 2014, Oxford University Press (OUP)

    Dr Costas S Tsigenopoulos

  50. Reduced genetic variation and strong genetic population structure in the freshwater killifishValencia letourneuxi(Valenciidae) based on nuclear and mitochondrial markers

    Article • Biological Journal of the Linnean Society, December 2013, Oxford University Press (OUP)

    Dr Costas S Tsigenopoulos

  51. Photogrammetric processing of a TerraSAR-X image: evaluation of products

    Article • August 2013, SPIE

    Dr Costas S Tsigenopoulos

  52. Evidence for ‘escape through spawning’ in large gilthead sea bream Sparus aurata reared in commercial sea-cages

    Article • Aquaculture Environment Interactions, February 2013, Inter-Research Science Center

    Dr Costas S Tsigenopoulos

  53. Population subdivision of saddled seabream Oblada melanura in the Aegean Sea revealed by genetic and morphometric analyses

    Article • Aquatic Biology, February 2013, Inter-Research Science Center

    Dr Costas S Tsigenopoulos, Dr Athanasios Exadactylos

  54. Quantitative trait loci affecting morphology traits in gilthead seabream (Sparus aurataL.)

    Article • Animal Genetics, February 2013, Wiley

    Dr Costas S Tsigenopoulos

  55. Gene flow at major transitional areas in sea bass (Dicentrarchus labrax) and the possible emergence of a hybrid swarm

    Article • Ecology and Evolution, November 2012, Wiley

    Dr Costas S Tsigenopoulos

  56. Microsatellite length variation in candidate genes correlates with habitat in the gilthead sea breamSparus aurata

    Article • Molecular Ecology, October 2012, Wiley

    Dr Costas S Tsigenopoulos, Professor Hichem Mohamed KARA

  57. Description of microsatellite markers in four mullids based on the development and cross-species amplification of 18 new markers in red mullet (Mullus barbatus)

    Article • Biochemical Systematics and Ecology, October 2012, Elsevier

    Dr Costas S Tsigenopoulos, Dr Mohamad Hassan

  58. Quantitative and Qualitative Aspects of Bacterial Communities Associated with Cultures of Chlorella minutissima

    Article • Journal of the World Aquaculture Society, August 2012, Wiley

    Dr Costas S Tsigenopoulos

  59. Imprints from genetic drift and mutation imply relative divergence times across marine transition zones in a pan-European small pelagic fish (Sprattus sprattus)

    Article • Heredity, May 2012, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr Costas S Tsigenopoulos

  60. Quantitative trait loci for body growth and sex determination in the hermaphrodite teleost fishSparus aurataL.

    Article • Animal Genetics, March 2012, Wiley

    Dr Costas S Tsigenopoulos

  61. Exploring neutral and adaptive processes in expanding populations of gilthead sea bream, Sparus aurata L., in the North-East Atlantic

    Article • Heredity, November 2011, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr Costas S Tsigenopoulos

  62. QTL affecting morphometric traits and stress response in the gilthead seabream (Sparus aurata)

    Article • Aquaculture, September 2011, Elsevier

    Dr Costas S Tsigenopoulos

  63. Genetic diversity of the imperilled bath sponge Spongia officinalis Linnaeus, 1759 across the Mediterranean Sea: patterns of population differentiation and implications for taxonomy and conservation

    Article • Molecular Ecology, August 2011, Wiley

    Dr Costas S Tsigenopoulos

  64. Genetic variation among populations of the endangered fan mussel Pinna nobilis (Mollusca: Bivalvia) along the Tunisian coastline

    Article • Hydrobiologia, August 2011, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr Costas S Tsigenopoulos

  65. In silico mining and characterization of simple sequence repeats from gilthead sea bream (Sparus aurata) expressed sequence tags (EST-SSRs); PCR amplification, polymorphism evaluation and multiplexing and cross-species assays

    Article • Marine Genomics, June 2011, Elsevier

    Dr Costas S Tsigenopoulos

  66. Genetic variation in farmed populations of the gilthead sea bream Sparus aurata in Greece using microsatellite DNA markers

    Article • Aquaculture Research, March 2011, Wiley

    Dr Costas S Tsigenopoulos

  67. Phylogeny, Evolution and Taxonomy of Sparids with Some Notes on their Ecology and Biology

    Article • February 2011, Wiley

    Dr Costas S Tsigenopoulos

  68. Quantitative Trait Loci Involved in Sex Determination and Body Growth in the Gilthead Sea Bream (Sparus aurata L.) through Targeted Genome Scan

    Article • PLOS One, January 2011, PLOS

    Dr Costas S Tsigenopoulos

  69. First report of nodavirus outbreak in cultured juvenile shi drum, Umbrina cirrosa L., in Greece

    Article • Aquaculture Research, December 2010, Wiley

    Dr Costas S Tsigenopoulos

  70. Gilthead sea bream (Sparus auratus) and European sea bass (Dicentrarchus labrax) expressed sequence tags: Characterization, tissue-specific expression and gene markers

    Article • Marine Genomics, September 2010, Elsevier

    Dr Costas S Tsigenopoulos

  71. Phylogenetic relationships of hexaploid large-sized barbs (genus Labeobarbus, Cyprinidae) based on mtDNA data

    Article • Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution, August 2010, Elsevier

    Dr Costas S Tsigenopoulos

  72. Genomics in the Discovery and Monitoring of Marine Biodiversity

    Article • January 2010, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr Costas S Tsigenopoulos

  73. Characterization of polymorphic microsatellite markers in Valencia letourneuxi (Valenciidae) and cross-amplification in two other cyprinodontiform species

    Article • Conservation Genetics Resources, May 2009, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr Costas S Tsigenopoulos

  74. Characterization of polymorphic microsatellite markers for the endangered Mediterranean bath sponge Spongia officinalis L.

    Article • Conservation Genetics, April 2009, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr Costas S Tsigenopoulos

  75. NOBLAST and JAMBLAST: New Options for BLAST and a Java Application Manager for BLAST results

    Article • Bioinformatics, January 2009, Oxford University Press (OUP)

    Dr Costas S Tsigenopoulos

  76. Mitochondrial DNA reveals the genealogical history of the snake-eyed lizards (Ophisops elegans and O. occidentalis) (Sauria: Lacertidae)

    Article • Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution, December 2008, Elsevier

    Dr Costas S Tsigenopoulos

  77. A combined AFLP and microsatellite linkage map and pilot comparative genomic analysis of European sea bassDicentrarchus labraxL.

    Article • Animal Genetics, December 2008, Wiley

    Dr Costas S Tsigenopoulos

  78. Characterization of nine polymorphic microsatellite markers in sprat (Sprattus sprattusL.)

    Article • Molecular Ecology Resources, June 2008, Wiley

    Dr Costas S Tsigenopoulos

  79. Characterization of nine polymorphic microsatellite markers in sprat (Sprattus sprattus L.)

    Article • Molecular Ecology Resources, February 2008, Wiley

    Dr Costas S Tsigenopoulos

  80. Characterisation of genetic structure ofDicentrarchus labraxlarvae in two nurseries of the Gulf of Lions (NW Mediterranean)

    Article • Aquatic Living Resources, January 2008, EDP Sciences

    Dr Costas S Tsigenopoulos

  81. Genetic characterization of brown trout (Salmo trutta) populations from the Southern Balkans using mtDNA sequencing and RFLP analysis

    Article • Hydrobiologia, November 2007, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr Costas S Tsigenopoulos

  82. Mitochondrial phylogeography of Rana (Pelophylax) populations in the Eastern Mediterranean region

    Article • Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution, July 2007, Elsevier

    Dr Costas S Tsigenopoulos

  83. Biotype status and genetic polymorphism of the whitefly Bemisia tabaci (Hemiptera: Aleyrodidae) in Greece: mitochondrial DNA and microsatellites

    Article • Bulletin of Entomological Research, January 2007, Cambridge University Press

    Dr Costas S Tsigenopoulos

  84. Mapping quantitative trait loci in European sea bass (Dicentrarchus labrax): The BASSMAP pilot study

    Article • Aquaculture, January 2007, Elsevier

    Dr Costas S Tsigenopoulos

  85. Genomic resources for the aquaculture of European sea bass

    Article • Aquaculture, January 2007, Elsevier

    Dr Costas S Tsigenopoulos

  86. A second generation linkage map of European sea bass

    Article • Aquaculture, January 2007, Elsevier

    Dr Costas S Tsigenopoulos

  87. A Genetic Linkage Map of the Hermaphrodite Teleost Fish Sparus aurata L.

    Article • Genetics, September 2006, Genetics Society of America

    Dr Costas S Tsigenopoulos

  88. Isolation and characterization of six polymorphic microsatellite markers in the freshwater turtle Mauremys rivulata (Testudines: Geoemydidae)

    Article • Molecular Ecology Notes, December 2005, Wiley

    Dr Costas S Tsigenopoulos

  89. A Microsatellite Linkage Map of the European Sea Bass Dicentrarchus labrax L.

    Article • Genetics, May 2005, Genetics Society of America

    Professor Dimitry A Chistiakov, Dr Costas S Tsigenopoulos

  90. Phylogenetic relationships and evolutionary history of snake-eyed skink Ablepharus kitaibelii (Sauria: Scincidae)

    Article • Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution, February 2005, Elsevier

    Dr Costas S Tsigenopoulos

  91. Development and linkage relationships for new microsatellite markers of the sea bass (Dicentrarchus labraxL.)

    Article • Animal Genetics, February 2004, Wiley

    Dr Costas S Tsigenopoulos

  92. Rapid radiation of the Mediterranean Luciobarbus species (Cyprinidae) after the Messinian salinity crisis of the Mediterranean Sea, inferred from mitochondrial phylogenetic analysis

    Article • Biological Journal of the Linnean Society, October 2003, Oxford University Press (OUP)

    Dr Costas S Tsigenopoulos

  93. Eleven new microsatellites of the sea bass (Dicentrarchus labraxL.)

    Article • Molecular Ecology Notes, September 2003, Wiley

    Dr Costas S Tsigenopoulos

  94. Erratum to “Phylogeny and Biogeography of the Family Cyprinidae in the Middle East Inferred from Cytochrome b DNA—Evolutionary Significance of This Region” [Mol. Phylogenet. Evol. 22 (2002) 91–100]

    Article • Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution, October 2002, Elsevier

    Dr Costas S Tsigenopoulos

  95. Multiple origins of polyploidy in the phylogeny of southern African barbs (Cyprinidae) as inferred from mtDNA markers

    Article • Heredity, May 2002, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr Costas S Tsigenopoulos

  96. Biogeography and pattern of gene flow among Barbus species (Teleostei: Cyprinidae) inhabiting the Italian Peninsula and neighbouring Adriatic drainages as revealed by allozyme and mitochondrial sequence data

    Article • Biological Journal of the Linnean Society, March 2002, Oxford University Press (OUP)

    Dr Petr Kotlik, Dr Costas S Tsigenopoulos

  97. Article • Measurement Techniques, January 2002, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr Costas S Tsigenopoulos

  98. Phylogeny and Biogeography of the Family Cyprinidae in the Middle East Inferred from Cytochrome b DNA— Evolutionary Significance of This Region

    Article • Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution, January 2002, Elsevier

    Dr Costas S Tsigenopoulos

  99. Molecular Phylogeny of North Mediterranean Freshwater Barbs (Genus Barbus: Cyprinidae) Inferred from Cytochrome b Sequences: Biogeographic and Systematic Implications

    Article • Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution, February 2000, Elsevier

    Dr Costas S Tsigenopoulos

  100. The North MediterraneanBarbuslineage: phylogenetic hypotheses and taxonomic implications based on allozyme data

    Article • Journal of Fish Biology, February 1999, Wiley

    Dr Costas S Tsigenopoulos

  101. The North Mediterranean Barbus lineage: phylogenetic hypotheses and taxonomic implications based on allozyme data

    Article • Journal of Fish Biology, February 1999, Wiley

    Dr Costas S Tsigenopoulos

  102. European Sea Bass

    Article • Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr Costas S Tsigenopoulos