Standish K. Allen, Jr.

Education

• B.S., Franklin and Marshall College
• M.S., University of Maine, Orono
• Ph.D., University of Washington

Summary

Stan Allen was the founder and former director of the Aquaculture Genetics and Breeding Technology Center (ABC). He founded ABC in 1997 to foster and perpetuate a balanced genetics and breeding program for aquaculture species by innovation and service to both industry and academia.

His research interests lie in the applications of biotechnology to fisheries management and aquaculture.  Specifically, I have worked in the following areas: chromosome set manipulation in fish and shellfish; collaborative studies in molecular genetics; cytogenetics and gametogenesis in polyploid shellfish; selection and breeding in aquaculture; genetic conservation in fisheries; and shellfish culture techniques.

Current Projects

• Documentation and genetic analysis of reversion in triploid Pacific oysters, Crassostrea gigas, and their use for population control.
• Comparison of disease resistant stocks of C. virginica across environments in the mid-Atlantic region (CROSBreed).
• Commercialization of tetraploid oysters and development of tetraploid strains.

Selected Publications

• Allen, Jr., S.K.  1996.  Commercial applications of bivalve genetics:   not a solo effort.  World Aquaculture Magazine 29(1).
• Guo, X. and S.K. Allen, Jr.  1997.  Sex and meiosis in autotetraploid Pacific oyster, Crassostrea gigas (Thunberg).  Genome 40: 397-405.
• Que, H., X. Guo, F. Zhang, and S.K. Allen, Jr.  1997.  Chromosome Segregation in Fertilized Eggs from Triploid Pacific Oysters, Crassostrea gigas (Thunberg), Following Inhibition of Polar Body 1.  Biol. Bull. 193: 14-19.