Identification and verification of QTL associated with growth traits in two genetic backgrounds of Barramundi (Lates calcarifer)

Animal Genetics

Volumn 39, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 34-39

  Wang, C M ^a   Lo, L C ^a   Feng, F ^a   Zhu, Z Y ^a   Yue, G H ^a  

^a NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

Author keywords

Barramundi; Growth; QTL; Verification

Indexed keywords

DNA; MICROSATELLITE DNA; PARVALBUMIN; SOMATOMEDIN B; TYROSINE 3 MONOOXYGENASE;

ALLELE; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BREEDING; CHROMOSOME MAP; CLASSIFICATION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; FEMALE; FOOD INDUSTRY; GENETIC EPISTASIS; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENETICS; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; MALE; PERCIFORMES; PHENOTYPE; QUANTITATIVE TRAIT LOCUS; SINGAPORE; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; THAILAND; WILD ANIMAL;

ALLELES; ANIMALS; ANIMALS, WILD; BREEDING; CHROMOSOME MAPPING; DNA; EPISTASIS, GENETIC; FEMALE; FISHERIES; INSULIN-LIKE GROWTH FACTOR II; MALE; MICROSATELLITE REPEATS; PARVALBUMINS; PERCIFORMES; PHENOTYPE; QUANTITATIVE TRAIT LOCI; SINGAPORE; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; THAILAND; TYROSINE 3-MONOOXYGENASE; VARIATION (GENETICS);

LATES; LATES CALCARIFER;

EID: 38749100976     PISSN: 02689146     EISSN: 13652052     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2052.2007.01672.x     Document Type: Article

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