PCR-based markers detect genetic variation at growth and immune function-related loci in chinook salmon (Oncorhynchus tshawytscha)

Molecular Ecology Notes

Volumn 2, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 606-609

  Docker, Margaret F ^a   Heath, Daniel D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WINDSOR   (Canada)

Author keywords

Growth hormone introns; Insulin like growth factor; MHC B1; Oncorhynchus tshawytscha; PCR RFLP; Transferrin

Indexed keywords

BODY GROWTH; GENE FREQUENCY; GENETIC LINKAGE; GENETIC POLYMORPHISM; GENETIC VARIABILITY; IMMUNITY; NATURAL POPULATION; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; WILD SPECIES;

ONCORHYNCHUS TSHAWYTSCHA; SALMONIDAE;

EID: 0036899965     PISSN: 14718278     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1471-8286.2002.00315.x     Document Type: Article

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