First evidence for family-specific QTL for temperature-dependent sex reversal in Nile tilapia (Oreochromis niloticus)

Sexual Development

Volumn 6, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 247-256

  Luhmann L M ^a   Knorr, C ^b   Horstgen Schwark G ^a   Wessels, S ^a  

^a Division of Aquaculture and Water Ecology   (Germany)

^b Division of Reproduction and Biotechnology of Livestock   (Germany)

Author keywords

GSD; Nile tilapia; QTL; Sex determination; Sex reversal; Temperature; TSD

Indexed keywords

OREOCHROMIS; OREOCHROMIS NILOTICUS;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CHROMOSOME MAP; CICHLID; CROSS BREEDING; FEMALE; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; GENETIC LINKAGE; GENETIC MARKER; GENETICS; MALE; PHENOTYPE; POPULATION GENETICS; QUANTITATIVE TRAIT LOCUS; SEX DETERMINATION PROCESS; TEMPERATURE;

ANIMALS; CHROMOSOME MAPPING; CICHLIDS; CROSSES, GENETIC; FEMALE; GENETIC ASSOCIATION STUDIES; GENETIC LINKAGE; GENETIC MARKERS; GENETICS, POPULATION; MALE; PHENOTYPE; QUANTITATIVE TRAIT LOCI; SEX DETERMINATION PROCESSES; TEMPERATURE;

EID: 84865499867     PISSN: 16615425     EISSN: 16615433     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000339705     Document Type: Article

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