Craig Robert Primmer

This study investigates how parental and genotype effects influence early survival and development in Atlantic salmon offspring, finding that paternal vgll3 genotype affects survival while maternal effects are stronger for survival and hatching traits.

The paper quantifies origin-dependent fitness differences in Atlantic salmon by analyzing reproductive success of local and immigrant individuals over 15 years.

The paper estimates effective population size in a captive-bred Saimaa salmon population and finds that management practices slightly increase Ne, but survival variability remains a major factor.

This study identifies a major life-history locus, six6, that influences genotype-by-environment variation in growth and body composition in response to temperature changes in rainbow trout.

The paper investigates density-dependent gene expression in Atlantic salmon hypothalamus, finding significant changes in stress, appetite, and epitranscriptomic genes, with unexpected paralogue patterns and genotype-environment interactions.

This study analyzes transcriptomes of Atlantic salmon gonad and pituitary tissues to identify novel genes and lncRNAs involved in sexual maturation and their regulatory roles.

The paper develops an SNP panel for genetic stock identification in Teno River Atlantic salmon, showing comparable performance to microsatellites with benefits in cost, speed, and robustness.

The paper combines historical and genomic data to show a rapid range expansion of the common reed warbler without significant genetic diversity loss, suggesting high dispersal mitigates founder effects.

The paper investigates the association between life-history loci and morphological traits in Atlantic salmon, finding complex relationships that may result from pleiotropy or linkage.

This study investigates how diet and the vgll3 gene affect maturation in female Atlantic salmon, finding genetic and environmental interactions influence age at maturity.

This study investigates how vgll3 alleles influence testicular gene expression patterns and heterochrony in Atlantic salmon, showing accelerated spermatogenesis in vgll3*EE individuals.

The paper shows that variation in the vgll3 gene affects multiple molecular pathways in Atlantic salmon, leading to different life-history strategies through complex gene interactions.

The paper investigates how vgll3 genotype and sex influence adipose dynamics and maturation age in Atlantic salmon through gene expression analysis in brain, adipose tissue, and gonads.

This study examines how genetic variation in vgll3 affects maturation age in Atlantic salmon, showing sex- and context-dependent expression patterns and interactions with other genes.

This study identifies genetic and molecular mechanisms in Atlantic salmon brains associated with early maturation, linking the Hippo pathway to reproductive timing.

The paper identifies a gene regulatory network in Atlantic salmon linking vgll3 to regulators of sexual maturation, suggesting alternative mechanisms to GnRH1 in controlling c-jun and sf1 expression.

The paper investigates m6A RNA methylation gene expression in Atlantic salmon hypothalamus, finding differential expression of m6A reader and eraser genes associated with sexual maturation timing.

The paper measures standard metabolic rate in Atlantic salmon juveniles with different vgll3 genotypes and finds no significant association between genotype and metabolic rate.

The paper identifies vgll3 as the primary gene influencing maturation timing in Atlantic salmon by analyzing SNP variation in a region containing vgll3 and akap11 using natural recombination events.

This study examines sex-specific lipid differences in Atlantic salmon juveniles, finding males have higher concentrations of several lipid classes than females.

This study identifies 15,483 high-confidence structural variants in 492 Atlantic salmon genomes, revealing their role in population structure, functional impact, and domestication traits.

The paper examines gene expression patterns of age-at-maturity-associated genes in Atlantic salmon to identify molecular mechanisms regulating maturation timing.

The paper introduces FAASG, an initiative to study salmonid genomes to understand phenotypic variation and improve aquaculture and conservation.

The paper identifies eQTL and trans regulatory hotspots in threespine stickleback liver tissue, showing complex transcription factor interactions and some links to salinity tolerance.