Prof.  Amir Sagi:  Publications

(a) Refereed articles in scientific journals

1. Ra'anan, Z. and Sagi, A., 1985. Alternative mating strategies in male morphotypes of the freshwater prawn Macrobrachium rosenbergii (de Man). Biol. Bull., 169:592-601.

2. Sagi, A., Cohen, D., Ra'anan, Z., Zohar, G., Hulata, G. and Karplus, E., 1987. Production of the freshwater prawn Macrobrachium rosenbergii: The improvement in yields by production in monosex populations. Fisheries and Fishbreeding in Israel, 2(20):9-21.

3. Sagi, A. and Ra'anan, Z., 1985. Rapid identification of reproductive state and the receptive period of females in pond populations of Macrobrachium rosenbergii - a new technique. Aquaculture, 48:361-367.

4. Ra'anan, Z., Sagi, A. and D. Cohen, 1985. Production of Macrobrachium rosenbergii in intensive monoculture, Kalia - 1984. Fisheries and Fishbreeding in Israel, 18 (2):20-24.

5. Sagi, A., Ra'anan, Z., Cohen, D. and Y. Wax, 1986. Production of Macrobrachium rosenbergii in monosex populations: yield characteristics under intensive monoculture conditions in cages. Aquaculture, 51:265-275.

6. Kuris, M.A., Ra'anan, Z., Sagi, A. and D. Cohen, 1987. Morphotypic differentiation of male Malaysian giant prawn, Macrobrachium rosenbergii. J. Crust. Biol., 7(2):219-237.

7. Sagi, A., 1988. The androgenic gland in Crustacea - with emphasis on the cultured freshwater prawn Macrobrachium rosenbergii - a review. Israeli J. Aquacult., 40:107-112.

8. Cohen, D., Sagi, A., Ra'anan, Z. and G. Zohar, 1988. The production of Macrobrachium rosenbergii in monosex populations: III. Yield characteristics under intensive monoculture conditions in earthen ponds. Israeli J. Aquacult., 40(2):57-63.

9. Hulata, G., Karplus, I., Wohlfarth, G.W., Halevy, A., Cohen, D., Sagi, A. and Z. Ra'anan, 1988. The production of Macrobrachium rosenbergii in monosex populations. II. Yield characteristics in polyculture ponds. Israeli J. Aquacult., 40(1):9-16.

10. Sagi, A., Milner, Y. and Cohen, D., 1988. Spermatogenesis and sperm storage in the testes of behaviourly distinctive male morphotypes of Macrobrachium rosenbergii (Decapoda, Palaemonidae). Biol. Bull., 174:330-336.

11. Sagi, A. and Z. Ra'anan, 1988. Morphotypic differentiation of the freshwater prawn Macrobrachium rosenbergii males: changes in the midgut glands and the reproductive system. J. Crust. Biol., 8:43-47.

12. Sagi, A., Cohen, D. and Y. Milner, 1990. Effect of androgenic gland ablation on morphotypic differentiation and sexual characteristics of male freshwater prawn Macrobrachium rosenbergii. Gen. Comp. Endocrinol. 77:15-22.

13. Sagi, A. and D. Cohen, 1990. Growth, Maturation and Progeny of Sex-Reversed Macrobrachium rosenbergii males. World Aquacult. 21(4):87-90.

14. Sagi, A., Karp, L., Milner, Y., Cohen, D., Kuris, A.M. and E. Chang, 1991. Testicular thymidine incorporation in the prawn Macrobrachium rosenbergii: molt cycle variation and ecdysteroid effect in vitro. J. Exp. Zool. 259(2):229-237.

15. Sagi, A., Homola, E., and Laufer, H., 1991. Methyl farnesoate in the prawn Macrobrachium rosenbergii: In vitro synthesis by the mandibular organ and titer in the hemolymph. Comp. Biochem. Physiol. 99B(4):879-882.

16. Ra'anan, Z., Sagi, A., Kuris, A., Hulata, G., Karplus, I., and Wax, Y. 1991. Growth, rank and maturation of the freshwater prawn Macrobrachium rosenbergii analysis of marked prawns in an experimental population. Biol. Bull. 181:379-385.

17. Homola, E., Sagi, A., and Laufer, H., 1991. Relationship of claw form and exoskeleton condition to reproductive system size and methyl farnesoate in male spider crab, Libinia emarginata. Invert. Reprod. Devel. 20(3):219-225.

18. Laufer, H., Sagi, A., Ahl, J.S.B., and Homola, E., 1992. Methyl farnesoate appears to be a crustacean reproductive hormone. Invert. Reprod. Devel. 22(1-3):17-20.

19. Laufer, H., Wainwright, G., Young, N.J., Sagi, A., Ahl J.S.B., and Rees, H.H., 1993. Ecdysteroids and juvenoids in two male morphotypes of Libinia emarginata. Insect Biochem. Mol. Biol. 23:171-174.

20. Sagi, A., Homola, E., and Laufer, H., 1993. Distinct reproductive types of male spider crab Libinia emarginata differ in circulating and synthesizing methyl farnesoate. Biol. Bull. 185:168-173.

21. Betancourt, I., Calderon, J., and Sagi, A., 1993. Estadios de muda en hembras adultas Penaeus vannamei. Acui. Trop. 1:13-15.

22. Garcia, F., Calderon, J., Palacios, M., and Sagi, A., 1993. Identification de los estadios de maduracion ovarica en Penaeus vannamei. Acui. Trop. 1:23-26.

23. Laufer, H., Sagi, A., and Ahl, J.S.B., 1994. Alternative mating strategies of the polymorphic males of Libinia emarginata appear to depend on methyl farnesoate. Invert. Reprod. Devel. 26:41-44.

24. Sagi, A., Ahl, J.S.B., Danaee H., and Laufer, H., 1994. Methyl farnesoate levels in male spider crab exhibiting active reproductive behavior. Horm. Behave. 28:261-272.

25. Sagi, A., Soroka, Y., Snir, E., Chomsky, O., Calderon J., and Milner Y., 1995. Ovarian protein synthesis in the prawn Macrobrachium rosenbergii: Does ovarian vitellin synthesis exist? Invert. Reprod. Devel. 27 (1): 41-47.

26. Sagi, A., Rise, M., Khalaila, I., and Arad (Malis) S., 1995. Carotenoids and their derivatives in organs of the maturing female crayfish Cherax quadricarinatus. Comp. Biochem. Physiol. 112(2): 309-313.

27. Sagi, A., Silkovsky, J., Fleisher-Berkovich, S., Danon, A., and Chayoth R., 1995. Prostaglandin E2 in pre-vitellogenic ovaries of the prawn Macrobrachium rosenbergii: synthesis and effect on the level of cAMP. Gen. Comp. Endocrinol. 100:(3) 308-313.

28. Sagi, A., Snir, E., and Zimmermann S., 1995. Effects of Androgenic gland ablation on somatic growth and sex reversal in Macrobrachium rosenbergii (de Man) males. Rev. Soc. Brasil. Zoo. 24(2):300-309.

29. Sagi, A., Khalaila, I., Barki, I., Hulata, G., and Karplus, I., 1996. Intersex red claw crayfish, Cherax quadricarinatus (von Martens): functional males with pre-vitellogenic ovaries. Biol. Bull. 190: 16-23.

30. Sagi, A., Shoukrun, R., Khalaila, I., and Rise, M., 1996. Gonad maturation, morphological and physiological changes during the first reproductive cycle of the crayfish Cherax quadricarinatus female. Invert. Reprod. Devel. 29: 235-242.

31. Sagi, A., Snir, E., and Khalaila, I., 1997. Sexual differentiation in decapod crustaceans: role of the androgenic gland. Invert. Reprod. Devel. 31:55-61.

32. Sagi, A., Shoukrun, R., Levy, T., Barki, I., Hulata, G., and Karplus, I., 1997. Reproduction and molt in previously spawned and first-time spawning red-claw crayfish Cherax quadricarinatus females following eyestalk ablation during the winter reproductive-arrest period. Aquaculture 156:101-111.

33. Sagi, A., Milstein A., Eran, Y., Joseph, D., Khalaila, I., Abdu, U., Harpaz, S., and Karplus, I., 1998. Culture of the Australian red-claw crayfish (Cherax quadricarinatus) in israel. II. Second growout season of overwintered populations. Israeli J. Aquacult. 49(4):222-229

34. Abdu, u., Takac, p., Yehezkel, g., Chayoth r., and Sagi A., 1998. Administration of Methyl Farnesoate through the Artemia Vector, and its effect on Macrobrachium rosenbergii Larvae. Israeli J. Aquacult. 50:73-81.

35. Abdu, u., Takac, p., Laufer, H, and Sagi A., 1998. Effect of Methyl Farnesoate on Late Larval Development and Metamorphosis in the Prawn Macrobrachium rosenbergii (Decapoda, Palaemonidae): A Juvenoid-Like Effect? Biol. Bull. 195(2):112-119.

36. Silkovsky, J., Chayoth, R., and Sagi, A., 1998. A comparative study on the effect of prostaglandin E2 on cAMP levels in the gonads of the prawn Macrobrachium rosenbergii: and the crayfish Cherax quadricarinatus. J. Crust. Biol. 18(4):643-649.

37. Karplus, I., Zoran, M., Milstein, A., Harpaz, S., Eran, Y., Joseph, D., and Sagi, A., 1998. Culture of the Australian red-claw crayfish (Cherax quadricarinatus) in Israel III. Survival in earthen ponds under ambient winter temperatures. Aquaculture. 166(3-4):259-267.

38. Khalaila, I., Weil, S., and Sagi, A., 1999. Endocrine balance between male and female components of the reproductive system in intersex Cherax quadricarinatus (Decapoda: Parastacidae). J. Exp. Zool. 283:286-294.

39. Sagi, A., Khalaila, I., Abdu, u., Shoukrun, R., and Weil, S., 1999. A newly established ELISA showing the effect of the androgenic gland on secondary vitellogenic specific protein in the hemolymph of the crayfish Cherax quadricarinatus. Gen. Comp. Endocrinol. 115:37-45.

40. Soroka, Y., Milner Y., and Sagi, A., 2000. The hepatopancreas as a site of yolk protein synthesis in the prawn Macrobrachium rosenbergii. Invert. Reprod. Devel. 37:61-68.

41. Abdu, u., Yehezkel, G., and Sagi, A., 2000. Oocyte development and polypeptide dynamics during ovarian maturation in the red-claw crayfish Cherax quadricarinatus. Invert. Reprod. Devel. 37:75-83.

42. Soroka, Y., Sagi, A., Khalaila, I., Abdu, u., and Milner Y., 2000. Changes in protein kinase C during vitellogenesis in the crayfish Cherax quadricarinatus – possible activation by methyl farnesoate. Gen. Comp. Endocrinol. 118:200-208.

43. Yehezkel, G., Chayoth, R., Abdu, u., Khalaila, I., and Sagi, A., 2000. High-density lipoprotein associated with secondary vitellogenesis in the hemolymph of the crayfish Cherax quadricarinatus. Comp Biochem. Physiol. B 127:411-421.

44. Khalaila, I., Katz, T., Abdu, U., Yehezkel G., and Sagi A., 2001. Effects of Implantation of Hypertrophied Androgenic Glands on Sexual Characters and Physiology of the Reproductive System in the Female Red Claw Crayfish Cherax quadricarinatus. Gen Comp. Endocrinol. 121:242-249.

45. Abdu, U., Barki, A., Karplus, I., Barel, S., Takac, P., Yehezkel, G., Laufer, H., and Sagi, A., 2001. Physiological effects of methyl farnesoate and pyriproxyfen on wintering female crayfish Cherax quadricarinatus. Aquaculture 202(1-2) 163-175.

46. Abdu, U., Yehezkel G., Weil, S., Ziv, T., and Sagi, A., 2001. Is the unique negatively charged polypeptide of crayfish yolk HDL a component of crustacean vitellin? J. Exp. Zool. 290:218-226.

47. Sagi, A., and Khalaila, I., 2001. The crustacean androgen: a hormone in an isopod and androgenic activity in decapods. Am. Zool. 41:477-484.

48. Sagi, A., Manor, R., Segall, C., Davis, C., and Khalaila, I., 2002. On intersexuality in the crayfish Cherax quadricarinatus: an inducible sexual plasticity model. Invert. Reprod. Devel. 41:27-33.

49. Abdu, U., Davis, C., Khalaila, I., and Sagi, A., 2002. The vitellogenin cDNA of Cherax quadricarinatus encodes a lipoprotein with calcium binding ability, and its expression is induced following the removal of the androgenic gland in a sexually plastic system. Gen Comp. Endocrinol. 127:263-272.

50. Parnes, S., and Sagi, A., 2002. Intensification of redclaw crayfish Cherax quadricarinatus culture: I. Hatching and nursery system. Aquacult. Eng. 26:251-262.

51. Manor, R., Segev, R., Pimenta-Leibovitz, M., and Sagi, A., 2002. Intensification of redclaw crayfish Cherax quadricarinatus culture: II. Growout in a separate cell system. Aquacult. Eng. 26:263-276.

52. Khalaila, I., Manor, R., Weil, S., Granot, Y., Keller, R., and Sagi, A., 2002. The eyestalk-androgenic gland-testis endocrine axis in the crayfish Cherax quadricarinatus. Gen Comp. Endocrinol. 127(2):147-156.

53. Karplus, I., Sagi, A., Khalaila, I., and Barki, A., 2003. The soft red-patch of the Australian freshwater crayfish Cherax quadricarinatus (von Martens): a review and prospects for future research. J. Zool. Lond., 259, 1-5.

54. Barki, A., Karplus, I., Khalaila, I., Manor, R., and Sagi, A., 2003. Male-like behavioral patterns and physiological alterations induced by androgenic gland implantation in female crayfish. J. Exp. Biol. 206:1791-1797.

55. Karplus, I., Khalaila, I., Sagi, A., and Barki A., 2003. The influence of androgenic gland implantation on the agonistic behavior of female crayfish (Cherax quadricarinatus) in interactions with males. Behaviour, 140:649-663.

56. Parnes, S., Khalaila, I., Hulata, G., and Sagi, A. 2003. Sex determination in crayfish: Are intersex Cherax quadricarinatus (Decapoda, Crustacea) genetically females? Genet. Res., Camb. 82:107-116.

57. Parnes, S., Mills, E., Segall, C., Raviv, S., Davis, C., and Sagi, A. 2004. Reproductive readiness of the shrimp Litopenaeus vannamei in fossil brackish water system. Aquaculture 236:593-606.

58. Manor, R., Aflalo, D.E., Segall, C., Weill, S., Azulay, D., and Sagi, A. 2004. Androgenic gland implantation promotes growth and inhibits vitellogenesis in Cherax quadricarinatus females grown in individual compartments. Invert. Reprod. Devel. 45(2):151-159.

59. Khalaila, I., Peter-Katalinic, J., Tsang, C., Radcliffe, CM., Aflalo. D.E., Harvey, DJ., Dwek, RA., Rudd, PM. and Sagi, A. 2004. Structural characterization of the N-glycan moiety and site of glycosylation in vitellogenin from the decapod crustacean Cherax quadricarinatus. Glycobiol. 14(9):767-774.

60. Shechter, A., Aflalo, E. D., Davis, C., and Sagi A. 2005, Expression of the reproductive female specific vitellogenin gene in endocrinologically induced male and intersex crayfish Cherax quadricarinatus. Biol. Reprod. 73, 72–79.

61. Raviv, S., Parnes, S., Segall, C., Davis, C., and Sagi, A. 2006. Complete sequence of Litopenaeus vannamei (Crustacea: Decapoda) vitellogenin cDNA and its expression in endocrinologically induced sub-adult females. Gen. Comp. Endocrinol. 145:39-50.

62. Barki, A., Karplus, I., Manor, R., Parnes, S., Aflalo, E. D., and Sagi, A. 2006. Growth of redclaw crayfish (Cherax quadricarinatus) in a three-dimensional individual cells system: does a neighbor matter? Aquaculture 252:348-355.

63. Aflalo, E.D., Hoang, T.T.T., Nguyen, V.H., Lam, Q., Nguyen, D.M., Trinh, Q.S., Raviv, S., and Sagi A. 2006. A novel two-step procedure for mass production of all male populations of the giant freshwater prawn Macrobrachium rosenbergii. Aquaculture 256: 468-478.

64. Barki, A., Karplus, I., Manor, R., and Sagi, A., 2006. Intersexuality and behavior in crayfish: the de-masculinization effects of androgenic gland ablation. Horm. Behave. 50:322-331.

65. Aflalo, E.D., Bakhrat, A., Raviv, S., Harari, D., Sagi, A. and Abdu, U., 2006. Characterization of a Vasa-like gene from the Pacific White Shrimp Litopenaeus vannamei and its expression during oogenesis. Mol. Reprod. Devel. (in press).

66. Parnes, S., Raviv, S., Shechter, A., and Sagi, A. 2006. Males also have their time of the month! Cyclic disposal of old spermatophores, timed by the molt cycle, in a marine shrimp. J. Exp. Biol. 209: 4974-4983.

67. Manor, R., Weil, S., Oren, S., Glazer, L., Aflalo, E.D., Ventura, T., Chalifa-Caspi, V., Lapidot, M., and Sagi A. 2007. Insulin and gender: an insulin-like gene expressed exclusively in the androgenic gland of the male crayfish. Gen. Comp. Endocrinol. 150(2):326-336.

68. Parnes, S., Raviv, S., Azulay, D. and Sagi, A. 2007. Dynamics of reproduction in a captive shrimp broodstock: unequal contribution of the female shrimp and a hidden shortage in competent males. Invert. Reprod. Devel. (In press).

(b) Book chapters, Chapters in collective volumes, Conference proceedings and Reviews.

69. Sagi, A., 1990. Male reproduction in the freshwater prawn Macrobrachium rosenbergii (Decapoda, Palaemonidae): Physiology and endocrine regulation. In: Advances in Invertebrate Reproduction 5. M. Hoshi, and O. Yamashita, Eds., Elsevier publishers, Amsterdam. 209-215.

70. Sagi, A., Snir, E., Cohen, D., Laufer, H., and Milner, Y., 1992. Gonad stimulation in Crustacea: an interspecies approach. In Aquaculture and Schistosomiasis, B.A. Harrison, E.G. Shay, and F.R. Ruskin, Eds., National Academy Press. Washington D.C. 47-55.

71. Laufer, H., Sagi, A., and Ahl, J.S.B., 1992. Juvenile Hormone-like compounds in Crustacea and their implications for reproductive behavior. In: Advances in regulation of insect reproduction. B. Bennetova, I. Gelbic, and T. Soldan, Eds., Institute of Entomology, Czech Acad. Sci. 153-156.

72. Laufer, H., and Sagi, A., 1991. Juvenile hormone-like compounds and reproduction in male and female crustaceans: with implications for aquaculture. Bull. Inst. Zool. Academia Sinica. 16:541-551.

73. Laufer, H., Sagi, A., and Ahl, J.S.B., 1992. Do Juvenile hormone- like compounds in Crustacea have a role in the regulation of reproductive diapause? In: Insect Juvenile Hormone Research: Fundamental and Applied Approaches. B. Mauchamp, F. Couilland, J.C. Baehr, Eds., Institut National De La Recherche Agronomique, Paris, France. 119-123.

74. Laufer, H., Ahl, J.S.B., and Sagi, A., 1993. The role of Juvenile hormones in crustacean reproduction. Am. Zool. 33:365-374.

75. Sagi, A., and Soroka, Y., 1995. Stimulation of pre-vitellogenic ovaries in crustaceans: a possible role for a juvenile hormone-like compound. In: Memorias II Congresso Ecuatoriano de Acuicultura, J. Calderon, and P. Sorgeloos, Eds., ESPOL, Ecuador. 35-39.

76. Khalaila, I., and Sagi, A., 1997. Intersexuality and its control by the androgenic gland in the crayfish Cherax quadricarinatus. J. Reprod. Devel. 43: 69-70.

77. Karplus, I., Malecha, S., and Sagi, A., 2000. The biology and management of size variation. In: Freshwater Prawn Culture, M. B. New and W. C. Valenti. Eds., Blackwell Science. 259-289.

78. Manor, R., Segev, R., Aflalo, D.E., Azulay, D., and Sagi, A., 2003. Culture of the crayfish Cherax quadricarinatus in an intensive growout separate cell system- is it feasible? A. Differences in growth rate between genders. Fisheries and fish breeding in Israel. 34(4):592-599.

79. Manor, R., Segev, R., Aflalo, D.E., Azulay, D., and Sagi, A., 2004. Culture of the crayfish Cherax quadricarinatus in an intensive growout separate cell system- is it feasible? B. Effects of cell size on all male culture yield. Fisheries and fish breeding in Israel. 35(1):621-631.

80. Sagi, A. and Aflalo E., 2005. The androgenic gland and monosex culture of freshwater prawn Macrobrachium rosenbergii  – a biotechnological perspective. J. Aquacult. Res. 36:231-237.

(c) Encyclopedia articles:

Sagi, A., and Khalaila, I., 1998. Crayfish. McGraw Hill Yearbook of Science and Technology, supp. to the Encyclopedia of Science and Technology. McGraw Hill Book Company, N.Y. 85-87.

Sagi, A., 1988. Decapoda (Crustacea). McGraw Hill Yearbook of Science and Technology, supp. to 6th ed. 1978 Encyclopedia of Science and Technology. McGraw Hill Book Company, N.Y. 90-92.

(d) Gene Bank entries

Abdu, U., Davis, C., Kerkhof, L. and Sagi A., 2000. Crayfish, Cherax quadricarinatus, vg mRNA for vitellogenin, yolk HDL, complete cds. Accession number AF306784.

Raviv, S., Parnes, S., Segall, C., Davis, C. and Sagi., A., 2003. Litopenaeus vannamei vitellogenin (Vg) mRNA, partial cds. Accession number AY321153.

 
Last Updated: 06/06/2007