Quantitative trait loci for body weight, condition factor and age at sexual maturation in Arctic charr (Salvelinus alpinus): Comparative analysis with rainbow trout (Oncorhynchus mykiss) and Atlantic salmon (Salmo salar)

Molecular Genetics and Genomics

Volumn 277, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 647-661

  Moghadam, Hooman K ^a   Poissant, Jocelyn ^a,b   Fotherby, Heather ^a   Haidle, Lisa ^a   Ferguson, Moira M ^a   Danzmann, Roy G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GUELPH   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Arctic charr; Comparative analysis; Genetic map; QTL; Salmonids; Tetraploid

Indexed keywords

AGE DISTRIBUTION; ARCTIC CHARR; ARTICLE; ATLANTIC SALMON; BODY WEIGHT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEVELOPMENTAL GENETICS; FEMALE; FISH; FISH GENETICS; GENE FUNCTION; GENE LOCATION; GENETIC LINKAGE; GENETIC MARKER; MALE; NONHUMAN; PHENOTYPIC VARIATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE TRAIT LOCUS; RAINBOW TROUT; REGULATORY MECHANISM; SEXUAL MATURATION; SPECIES DIFFERENCE;

AGING; ANIMALS; BODY WEIGHT; FEMALE; MALE; MICROSATELLITE REPEATS; ONCORHYNCHUS MYKISS; QUANTITATIVE TRAIT LOCI; SALMO SALAR; SEXUAL MATURATION; TROUT;

ONCORHYNCHUS MYKISS; PISCES; SALMO SALAR; SALMONIDAE; SALVELINUS ALPINUS; SALVELINUS FONTINALIS;

EID: 34248632804     PISSN: 16174615     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00438-007-0215-3     Document Type: Article

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