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Thomas Delomas
National Cold Water Marine Aquaculture Center
Research Geneticist (Plants)

Phone: (401) 474-7031
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Projects
Genetic Improvement of North American Atlantic Salmon and the Eastern Oyster for Aquaculture Production
In-House Appropriated (D)
  Accession Number: 437429
Genetic Improvement of North American Atlantic Salmon and the Eastern Oyster for Aquaculture Production (BRIDGE)
In-House Appropriated (D)
  Accession Number: 447446
Establishment and Operation of the Regional Northeast Oyster Breeding Center (NOBC)
Non-Funded Cooperative Agreement (N)
  Accession Number: 441840
Oyster Aquaculture, Genomics, and Disease Research
Non-Funded Cooperative Agreement (N)
  Accession Number: 443577
On-Farm Grow-Out and Evaluation of USDA ARS Eastern Oyster Germplasm in Rhode Island
Non-Assistance Cooperative Agreement (S)
  Accession Number: 446360
Production of Pedigreed Families to Correlate Laboratory Disease Challenge Trials with Disease Acquisition in the Field
Non-Assistance Cooperative Agreement (S)
  Accession Number: 446363

Publications (Clicking on the reprint icon Reprint Icon will take you to the publication reprint.)
Microhaplotypes generate higher breeding value accuracy compared to SNPs for imputation-based breeding strategies Reprint Icon - (Peer Reviewed Journal)
Delomas, T.A., Hollenbeck, C.M., Matt, J.L., Thompson, N.F. 2024. Microhaplotypes generate higher breeding value accuracy compared to SNPs for imputation-based breeding strategies. Aquaculture. 586:740779. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.aquaculture.2024.740779.
Sex-specific gene expression in eastern oyster gonad and mantle tissues Reprint Icon - (Peer Reviewed Journal)
Proestou, D.A., Delomas, T.A., Sullivan, M.E., Markey Lundgren, K.R. 2024. Sex-specific gene expression in eastern oyster gonad and mantle tissues. Invertebrate Biology. 143(1):e12418. https://doi.org/10.1111/ivb.12418.
Microhaplotpes boost power for relatedness analysis from SNP-based amplicon sequence panels in Pacific oyster - (Abstract Only)
Thompson, N., Sutherland, B., Green, T., Delomas, T.A. 2024. Microhaplotpes boost power for relatedness analysis from SNP-based amplicon sequence panels in Pacific oyster. Plant and Animal Genome Conference.
Estimating microhaplotype allele frequencies from low-coverage or pooled sequencing data Reprint Icon - (Peer Reviewed Journal)
Delomas, T.A., Willis, S.C. 2023. Estimating microhaplotype allele frequencies from low-coverage or pooled sequencing data. Bioinformatics. https://doi.org/10.1186/s12859-023-05554-z.
Efficient population representation with more genetic markers increases performance of a steelhead (Oncorhynchus mykiss) genetic stock identification baseline Reprint Icon - (Peer Reviewed Journal)
Hargrove, J.S., Delomas, T.A., Powell, J.H., Hess, J.E., Narum, S.R., Campbell, M.R. 2023. Efficient population representation with more genetic markers increases performance of a steelhead (Oncorhynchus mykiss) genetic stock identification baseline. Evolutionary Applications. 17(2):e13610. https://doi.org/10.1111%2Feva.13610.
Introducing the USDA/NEFSC Northeast Oyster Breeding Center (NOBC) - (Abstract Only)
Evaluating cost-effective genotyping strategies for genomic selection in oysters Reprint Icon - (Peer Reviewed Journal)
Delomas, T.A., Hollenbeck, C.M., Matt, J.L., Thompson, N. 2023. Evaluating cost-effective genotyping strategies for genomic selection in oysters. Aquaculture. 562:738844. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.aquaculture.2022.738844.