Inheritance studies implicate a genetic mechanism for apparent sex reversal in Chinook salmon

Transactions of the American Fisheries Society

Volumn 134, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 1253-1261

  Williamson, Kevin S ^a   May, Bernie ^b  

^a ALASKA FISHERIES SCIENCE CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DIFFERENTIATION; GENETIC MARKER; MUTATION; SALMONID; SEX REVERSAL;

CALIFORNIA; CENTRAL VALLEY; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES; WESTERN HEMISPHERE; WORLD;

ONCORHYNCHUS; ONCORHYNCHUS TSHAWYTSCHA;

EID: 27144497508     PISSN: 00028487     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1577/T04-208.1     Document Type: Article

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