My career so far has consisted of applying genetic and genomic tools to address research questions with a strong applied aquaculture industry focus. I have more than 9 years’ experience working in quantitative and population genetics of marine wildlife and commercially important species (including pearl oysters, shrimp, damselfish, lobster and catfish). During this time I have been heavily involved in three multi-million dollar research projects aiming to improve production traits in pearl oysters and the white-legged shrimp.

Research Disciplines

• Fisheries Sciences (0704)
• Genetics (0604)

Socio-Economic Objectives

• Fisheries - Aquaculture (8301)
• Fisheries - Wild Caught (8302)

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Journal Articles

• Goncalves P, Jones D, Thompson E, Parker L, Ross P and Raftos D (2017) Transcriptomic profiling of adaptive responses to ocean acidification. Molecular Ecology, 26 (21). pp. 5974-5988
• Jones D, Jerry D, Khatkar M, Raadsma H, van der Steen H, Prochaska J, Fôret S and Zenger K (2017) A comparative integrated gene-based linkage and locus ordering by linkage disequilibrium map for the Pacific white shrimp, Litopenaeus vannamei. Scientific Reports, 7.
• Jones D, Jerry D, Khatkar M, Moser G, Raadsma H, Taylor J and Zenger K (2014) Quantitative trait loci and genetic association analysis reveals insights into complex pearl quality traits in donor silver-lipped pearl oysters. Aquaculture, 434. pp. 476-485
• Jones D, Jerry D, Khatkar M, Moser G, Raadsma H, Taylor J and Zenger K (2014) Determining genetic contributions to host oyster shell growth: quantitative trait loci and genetic association analysis for the silver-lipped pearl oyster, Pinctada maxima. Aquaculture, 434. pp. 367-375
• Jones D, Jerry D, Khatkar M, Raadsma H and Zenger K (2013) A high-density SNP genetic linkage map for the silver-lipped pearl oyster, Pinctada maxima: a valuable resource for gene localisation and marker-assisted selection. BMC Genomics, 14. pp. 1-18
• Jones D, Jerry D, Forêt S, Konovalov D and Zenger K (2013) Genome-wide SNP validation and mantle tissue transcriptome analysis in the silver-lipped pearl oyster, Pinctada maxima. Marine Biotechnology, 15 (6). pp. 647-658
• McGinty E, Zenger K, Jones D and Jerry D (2012) Transcriptome analysis of biomineralisation-related genes within the pearl sac: host and donor oyster contribution. Marine Genomics, 5. pp. 27-33
• Jones D, Zenger K and Jerry D (2011) In silico whole-genome EST analysis reveals 2322 novel microsatellites for the silver-lipped pearl oyster, Pinctada maxima. Marine Genomics, 4 (4). pp. 287-290

Conference Papers

• Jones D, Toole P, Khatkar M, Raadsma H, Jerry D and Zenger K (in press) Developing a genomic selection breeding program for complex pearl colour traits within the silver-lipped pearl oyster. Proceedings of the Conference of the Association for the Advancement of Animal Breeding and Genetics. In: 22nd AAABG Conference 2017, 2-5 July 2017, Townsville, QLD, Australia
• Jones D, Zenger K, Khatkar M, Raadsma H, van der Steen H, Prochaska J, Fôret S and Jerry D (in press) Development of a low density commercial genotyping array for the white legged shrimp, Litopenaeus vannamei. Proceedings of the Conference of the Association for the Advancement of Animal Breeding and Genetics. In: 22nd AAABG Conference 2017, 2-5 July 2017, Townsville, QLD, Australia
• Khatkar M, Jones D, Toole P, Raadsma H, Jerry D and Zenger K (in press) Reconstruction of unknown donor genome from chimeric pearl sac tissue and host genotypes in pinctada maxima. Proceedings of the Association for the Advancement of Animal Breeding and Genetics. In: 22nd AAABG Conference 2017, 2-5 July 2017, Townsville, QLD, Australia
• Khatkar M, Zenger K, Jones D, Prochaska J, van der Steen H, Jerry D and Raadsma H (in press) Quantitative genomic analyses in the pacific whiteleg shrimp litopenaeus vannamei. Proceedings of the Conference of the Association for the Advancement of Animal Breeding and Genetics. In: 22nd AAABG Conference 2017, 2-5 July 2017, Townsville, QLD, Australia

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ResearchOnline@JCU stores 14+ research outputs authored by Dr Dave Jones from 2008 onwards.

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Current

• Development of Dense Genomic Resources for the Black Tiger Prawn to Unravel the Genetic Architecture of Complex Traits in the Black Tiger Prawn (PhD , Secondary Advisor)
• Domestication in Aquaculture Fishes- Elucidating the Genetic Consequences in Nile tilapia (PhD , Secondary Advisor)

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