Quantitative trait loci for body growth and sex determination in the hermaphrodite teleost fish Sparus aurata L.

Animal Genetics

Volumn 43, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 753-759

  Loukovitis, D ^a,b,d   Sarropoulou, E ^c   Batargias, C ^d   Apostolidis, A P ^b   Kotoulas, G ^c   Tsigenopoulos, C S ^c   Chatziplis, D ^a  

^a ALEXANDER TECHNOLOGICAL EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTE OF THESSALONIKI   (Greece)

^b ARISTOTLE UNIVERSITY OF THESSALONIKI   (Greece)

^c INSTITUTE OF OCEANOGRAPHY   (Greece)

^d TECHNOLOGICAL EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTE OF PATRAS   (Greece)

Author keywords

aquaculture; body weight; quantitative trait loci; sex reversal; Sparus aurata

Indexed keywords

MICROSATELLITE DNA;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; BODY WEIGHT; CHROMOSOME; CHROMOSOME MAP; FEMALE; GENETIC LINKAGE; GENETICS; GENOTYPE; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; HERMAPHRODITIC SPECIES; MALE; QUANTITATIVE TRAIT LOCUS; SEA BREAM; SEX DETERMINATION PROCESS;

ANIMALS; BODY WEIGHT; CHROMOSOME MAPPING; CHROMOSOMES; FEMALE; GENETIC LINKAGE; GENOTYPE; HERMAPHRODITIC ORGANISMS; MALE; MICROSATELLITE REPEATS; QUANTITATIVE TRAIT LOCI; SEA BREAM; SEX DETERMINATION PROCESSES;

ANIMALIA; ARCHOSARGUS RHOMBOIDALIS; SPARUS AURATA; TELEOSTEI;

EID: 84867582764     PISSN: 02689146     EISSN: 13652052     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2052.2012.02346.x     Document Type: Article

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