Lack of sex specificity for growth hormone pseudogene in fall-run chinook salmon from the Columbia River

Transactions of the American Fisheries Society

Volumn 134, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 279-282

  Chowen, Trevor R ^a   Nagler, James J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF IDAHO   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GENETIC MARKER; HORMONE; SALMONID; SEX DETERMINATION;

COLUMBIA RIVER; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES; WASHINGTON [UNITED STATES]; WESTERN HEMISPHERE; WORLD;

ONCORHYNCHUS TSHAWYTSCHA;

EID: 13844308287     PISSN: 00028487     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1577/T03-224.1     Document Type: Article

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