Graham
A.E.
Gall
Department of
Animal
Science,
UC Davis
Graham A.E. Gall, Ph.D.
Emeritus Professor
E-mail: gally@inreach.com
Address: 641 Cleveland Street, Davis, CA 95616
Education
B.S., Animal Science, University of Alberta, Edmonton, AB, Canada, 1960.
M.S., Animal Science, University of Alberta, Edmonton, AB, Canada, 1963.
Ph.D., Animal Genetics, Purdue University, West Lafayette, Indiana, 1966.
Research Interests
Breed Improvement of Fish for Aquaculture: Current projects involve genetic
improvement of coho salmon farmed in Chile and the development of a new strain
of tilapia based on species crosses.
The coho salmon project is cooperative with colleagues in at the University of
Chile and is directed at selection for improved growth rate, advanced spawning
season, and high meat quality, using standard selection methods and animal model
estimates of breeding values as selection criteria.
The tilapia project produced four-way crosses from four species of tilapia, in
cooperation with colleagues at the Agricultural Research Organization in Israel.
Crosses were utilized to identify species specific DNA markers, prepare a
genomic map of tilapia and search for quantitative trait loci.
