Brian S. Santos, Ph.D. Associate Professor 6 Deputy Director for Academic Affairs (DDAA) Genetics Academic Group Member Ph.D. Biology, University of the Philippines Diliman, 2017 Email: bssantos3@up.edu.ph Research Lab: Molecular and Population Genetics Lab; Fish Lab

BIO 1 (Contemporary topics in Biology)
BIO 11 (Fundamentals of Biology I)
BIO 100 (Statistical Methods in Biology)
BIO 140 (Fundamentals of Genetics)
BIO 240 (Advanced Genetics)
BIO 243 (Population Genetics)
BIO 244 (Evolutionary Genetics)
BIO 281 (Experimental Design and Statistical Analysis)

Genetics of commercially important fish species

Graduate
Shenna Kate M. Torres
Rae Angelei J. Regalado
Maria Theresa T. Tengco

Undergraduate
Alyanna Barbra L. Fausto

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  Santos, B.S., Basiao, Z.U., Quilang, J.P. (2019) Genetic diversity and patterns of demographic expansion in natural populations of milkfish, Chanos chanos (Forsskål, 1775), in the Philippines. Mitochondrial DNA Part A: DNA Mapping, Sequencing, and Analysis, 30 (2), 312-324.
  
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  Romana-Eguia MR, Santos BS, Ikeda M, Basiao ZU, Kijima A. 2018. Genetic assessment of milkfish (Chanos chanos Forsskal) stocks based on novel short tandem repeats for marker‐aided broodstock management. Aquaculture Research. 49(4):1557-68.
  
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  Santos, Brian S., Reynand Jay C. Canoy, Jazzlyn M. Tango-Imperial, and Jonas P. Quilang. 2017. Length–Weight and Length–Length Relationships, Condition Factor, Sex Ratio and Gonadosomatic Index of the Ariid Catfishes Arius dispar and Arius manillensis (Siluriformes: Ariidae) in Laguna de Bay, Philippines. Philippine Journal of Science 146, no. 1: 85-94.
  
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  Oponda, Cecille Vienne L., Brian S. Santos, and Zubaida U. Basiao. 2017. Morphological differences in five strains of genetically improved Nile tilapia (Oreochromis niloticus) using geometric morphometrics. J. ISSAAS 23(1): 44-55.
  
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  Santos, Brian S, Vesagas FP, Tan MT, Jumawan JC, Quilang JP. 2015. Status Assessment of Clarias Species in the Philippines: Insights from DNA Barcodes. Science Diliman. Dec 15;27(2).
  
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  Santos BS, Romana-Eguia MRR, Basiao ZU, Ikeda M. 2015. Development and characterization of nine novel microsatellite markers for the milkfish Chanos chanos. Conservation Genetics Resources 7: 451-453.
  
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  Constantino-Santos, Daisy May A; Santos, Brian S; Soriano, Johanne Myrrh E; Dy, Jon Stewart H; Fontanilla, Ian Kendrich C; 2014. Philippine Survey of Nematode Parasite Infection and Load in the Giant African Snail Achatina fulica indicate Angiostrongylus cantonensis infection in Mindanao. Science Diliman 26 (2) 327-335.
  
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  Cao, Ernelea P; Constantino-Santos, Daisy May; Ramos, Lara Anjela P; Santos, Brian S; Quilang, Jonas P; Mojica, Ruel M. 2014. Molecular and morphological differentiation among Coffea (Rubiaceae) varieties grown in the farms of Cavite Province, Philippines. Philippine Science Letters 7 (2) 387-397.
  
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  Santos, Brian. 2014. Distribution patterns of tiger beetle species in the Philippines and Southeast Asia. Journal of Entomology and Zoology Studies 2 (4) 271-275.
  
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  Constantino-Santos DMA, Basiao ZU, Wade CM, Santos BS, Fontanilla IKC. 2014. Identification of Angiostrongylus cantonensis and othernematodes using the SSU rDNA in Achatina fulica populations of Metro Manila. Tropical Biomedicine 31(2): 327–335.
  
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  Santos B.S. and Quilang J.P. 2012. Genetic diversity analysis of Arius manillensis (Siluriformes: Ariidae) using the mitochondrial control region. Mitochondrial DNA 23(2): 45-52.
  
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  Santos, B.S., Quilang, J.P. 2012. Geometric morphometric analysis of Arius manillensis and Arius dispar (Siluriformes: Ariidae) populations in Laguna de Bay, Philippines. Phlilippine Journal of Science. 141 (1): 1-11
  
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  Quilang J.P., Santos B.S., Ong P.S., Basiao Z.U., Fontanilla I.K.C., and Cao E.P. 2011. DNA Barcoding of the Philippine endemic freshwater sardine Sardinella tawilis (Clupeiformes: Clupeidae) and its marine relatives. Philippine Agricultural Scientist 94(3): 248-257.
  
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  Santos B.S. and Quilang J.P. 2011. DNA barcoding of Arius species (Siluriformes: Ariidae) in Laguna de Bay, Philippines using the cytochrome c oxidase subunit I gene. Philippine Agricultural Scientist 94: 42-47.
  
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  Valenzuela, A.J.F., Santos, B.S., Quilang, J.P., and Cao, E.P. 2012. Comparative Use of Meristic and Geomorphometric Analyses of Vegetative and Floral Characters in Studying Intraspecific Variation in Portulaca grandiflora (Hook). Science Diliman 23(2): 41-53.
  
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  Santos B.S., Fontanilla I.K.C., and Quilang J.P. 2010. Geometric morphometric analysis and gill raker count variation of populations of the endemic Philippine silver perch, Leiopotherapon plumbeus (Perciformes: Terapontidae). Philippine Agricultural Scientist 93: 406-419.