Dr. Mingyi Cai
Professor

Address: Fisheries College of Jimei University, Yindou Road 43, Xiamen City, 361021, China
Email: myicai@jmu.edu.cn
Brief CV
2013-- Present |
Professor. Fluorescence in situ hybridization and mechanism of sex determination in fish. Fisheries College, Jimei University |
2010 -- 2011 |
Visiting scholar, Faculty of Fisheries Sciences, Hokkaido University, Japan |
2005 -- 2013 |
Associate Professor. Chromosome manipulation and sex control in fish. Fisheries College, Jimei University |
2002 -- 2005 |
Ph.D., major in Marine biology, State Key Laboratory of Marine Environmental Science, Xiamen University |
1998 –2002 |
R & D Engineer in ELISA Kit. InTec Products, INC (Xiamen) |
1995 -- 1998 |
M.S., major in Cellular biology, Department of Biology, Xiamen University. |
1991 -- 1995 |
B.S., major in Biology, Department of Biology, East China Normal University. |
Research Interests
• Mechanism of sex determination in fish and shellfish
• Sex chromosome evolution in fish and shellfish
Selected Publications
1. Luo H, Xiao J, Jiang Y, Ke Y, Ke C, Cai M*. Mapping and marker identification for sex-determining in the Pacific abalone, Haliotis discus hannai Ino. Aquaculture, 2020, 522: 735810. DOI: 10.1016/j.aquaculture.2020.735810
2. Xiao J,Zou Y,Xiao SJ,Chen J,Wang Z,Wang Y,Jie X,Cai M*. Development of a PCR-based genetic sex identification method in spinyhead croaker (Collichthys lucidus). Aquaculture, 2020, 522:735130. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.aquaculture.2020.735130.
3. Cai M*, Zou Y, Xiao S, Li W, Han Z, Han F, Xiao J, Liu F, Wang Z*. Chromosome assembly of Collichthys lucidus, a fish of Sciaenidae with a multiple sex chromosome system. Scientific data, 2019 , https://doi.org/10.1038/s41597-019-0139-x
4. Xiao J, Cao K, Zou Y, Xiao S, Wang Z, Cai M*. Sex-biased gene discovery from the gonadal transcriptomes of the large yellow croaker (Larimichthys crocea)[J]. Aquaculture and Fisheries, 2019, 4(1): 9-16. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.aaf.2019.01.001
5. Zhang S, Zheng J, Zhang J, Wang Z, Wang Y, Cai M*. Cytogenetic Characterization and Description of an X1X1X2X2/X1X2Y Sex Chromosome System in Collichthys lucidus (Richardson, 1844) [J]. 2018,37(4): 34–39 . DOI: 10.1007/s13131-018-1152-1.
6. Liao M, Zheng J, Wang Z, Wang Y., Zhang J., & Cai M*. Molecular cytogenetic of the Amoy croaker, Argyrosomus amoyensis (Teleostei, Sciaenidae)[J]. Chinese Journal of Oceanology and Limnology, 2018, 36(3):842-849. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s00343-018-6272-0.