Detection of QTL affecting harvest traits in a commercial Atlantic salmon population

Animal Genetics

Volumn 40, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 753-755

  Houston, R D ^a   Bishop, S C ^a   Hamilton, A ^b   Guy, D R ^b   Tinch, A E ^b   Taggart, J B ^c   Derayat, A ^c   McAndrew, B J ^c   Haley, C S ^a,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF STIRLING   (United Kingdom)

^c Landcatch Natural Selection Ltd   (United Kingdom)

^d WESTERN GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Atlantic salmon; Harvest traits; Marker assisted selection; QTL; Recombination

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; ATLANTIC SALMON; BODY CONSTITUTION; BREEDING; CHROMOSOME MAP; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENETICS; MORPHOMETRICS; QUANTITATIVE TRAIT LOCUS;

ANIMALS; BODY CONSTITUTION; BODY WEIGHTS AND MEASURES; BREEDING; CHROMOSOME MAPPING; GENETIC VARIATION; QUANTITATIVE TRAIT LOCI; SALMO SALAR;

SALMO SALAR;

EID: 69949153126     PISSN: 02689146     EISSN: 13652052     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2052.2009.01883.x     Document Type: Article

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