Jonas P. Quilang

Administrative Positions

• Deputy Director for Research and Extension, Institute of Biology

• Genetics Academic Group Head, Institute of Biology

Courses handled

• Bio 11 (Fundamentals of Biology I)
• Bio 140 (Principles of Genetics)
• Bio 241 (Advanced Molecular Genetics)
• Bio 246 (Population Genetics)

Publications

• Santos BS and Quilang JP. 2012. Genetic diversity analysis of Arius manillensis (Siluriformes: Ariidae) using the mitochondrial control region. Mitochondrial DNA 23(2): 45-52.

• Santos BS and Quilang JP. 2012. Geometric Morphometric Analysis of Arius manillensis and Arius dispar (Siluriformes: Ariidae) Populations in Laguna de Bay, Philippines. Philippine Journal of Science 141(1): 1-11.

• Aquino LMG, Tango JM, Canoy RJC, Fontanilla IKCF, Basiao ZU, Ong PS, Quilang JP. 2011. DNA barcoding of fishes of Laguna de Bay, Philippines. Mitochondrial DNA 22(4): 143–153.

• Quilang JP, Santos BS, Ong PS, Basiao ZU, Fontanilla IKC, and Cao EP. 2011. DNA Barcoding of the Philippine endemic freshwater sardine Sardinella tawilis (Clupeiformes: Clupeidae) and its marine relatives. Philippine Agricultural Scientist 94(3): 248-257.

• Aquilino SVL, Tango JM, Fontanilla IKC, Pagulayan RC, Basiao ZU, Ong PS, and Quilang JP. 2011. DNA barcoding of the ichthyofauna of Taal Lake, Philippines. Molecular Ecology Resources 11: 612-619.

• Santos BS and Quilang JP. 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.

• Santos BS, Fontanilla IKC, and Quilang JP. 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.

• Luczon AU, Mohammad Isa AHM, Quilang JP, Ong PS, and Fontanilla IKC. 2010. DNA barcoding of the White-Collared Kingfisher Todiramphus chloris (Boddaert 1783) (Alcedinidae) using the mitochondrial cytochrome c oxidase subunit I gene. Philippine Science Letters 3: 74-77.

• Ong PS, Luczon A U, Quilang JP, Sumaya AMT, Ibañez JC, Salvador DJ, and Fontanilla IKC. 2011. DNA barcodes of Philippine accipitrids. Molecular Ecology Resources 11: 245-254.

• Wang S, Peatman E, Liu H, Bushek D, Ford SE, Kucuktas H, Quilang J, Li P, Wallace R, Wang Y, Guo X, and Liu Z. 2010. Microarray analysis of gene expression in eastern oyster (Crassostrea virginica) reveals a novel combination of antimicrobial and oxidative stress host responses after dermo (Perkinsus marinus) challenge. Fish & Shelffish Immunology 29: 921-929.

• Wang S, Peatman E, Abernathy J, Waldbieser G, Lindquist E, Richardson P, Lucas S, Wang M, Li P, Thimmapuram J, Liu L, Vullaganti D, Kukcuktas H, Murdock C, Small BC, Wilson M, Liu H, Jiang Y, Lee Y, Chen F, Lu J, Wang W, Somridhivej B, Baoprasertkul P, Quilang J, Sha Z, Bao B, Wang Y, Wang Q, Takano T, Nandi S, Liu S, Wong L, Kaltenboeck L, Xu P, Quiniou S, Bengten E, Miller N, Trant J, Rokhsar D, Liu Z, and The Catfish Genome Consortium. 2010. Assembly of 500,000 inter-specific catfish expressed sequence tags and large scale gene-associated marker development for whole genome association studies. Genome Biology 11:R8 (14 pages).

• Quilang JP, de Guzman MC, de Hitta-Catalan MH, Rubio RO, Jacinto SD, Santiago EC, and Cao EP. 2008. Effects of polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs) on root meristem cells of common onion (Allium cepa L.) and on early life stages of zebrafish (Danio rerio). Philippine Journal of Science 137(2): 141 – 151.

• Somridhivej B, Wang S, Sha Z, Liu H, Quilang J, Xu P, Li P, Hu Z, and Liu Z. 2008. Characterization, polymorphism assessment, and database construction for microsatellites from BAC end sequences of channel catfish (Ictalurus punctatus): A resource for integration of linkage and physical maps. Aquaculture 275: 76 – 80.

• Quilang JP, Basiao ZU, Pagulayan RC, Roderos RR, and Cao EP. 2008. Low isozyme variation in native and transplanted populations of the endemic Philippine silver perch, Leiopotherapon plumbeus (Kner, 1864), from three lakes in the Philippines. The Philippine Agricultural Scientist 91: 99 – 103.

• Quilang JP, Basiao ZU, Pagulayan RC, Roderos RR, and Barrios EB. 2007. Meristic and morphometric variation in the silver perch, Leiopotherapon plumbeus (Kner, 1864), from three lakes in the Philippines. Journal of Applied Ichthyology. 23: 561-567.

• Quilang J, Wang S, Li P, Abernathy J, Peatman E, Wang Y, Wang L, Shi Y, Wallace R, Guo X, and Liu Z. 2007. Generation and analysis of ESTs from the eastern oyster, Crassostrea virginica Gmelin and identification of microsatellite and SNP markers. BMC Genomics 8:157 (11 pages).