Increased ability to compete for food by growth hormone-transgenic coho salmon Oncorhynchus kisutch (Walbaum)

Aquaculture Research

Volumn 30, Issue 7, 1999, Pages 479-482

  Devlin, R H ^a   Johnsson, J I ^b   Smailus, D E ^a   Biagi, C A ^a   Jonsson E ^b   Bjornsson B Th ^b  

^a FISHERIES AND OCEANS CANADA   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GOTHENBURG   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

APPETITE; GROWTH HORMONE; GROWTH REGULATION; METALLOTHIONEIN B; TRANSGENICS;

FEEDING BEHAVIOR; GENETICALLY MODIFIED ORGANISM; GROWTH RATE; HORMONE;

ONCORHYNCHUS KISUTCH; SALMONID;

EID: 0032852912     PISSN: 1355557X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2109.1999.00359.x     Document Type: Article

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