Genome-Wide association study (GWAS) for growth rate and age at sexual maturation in atlantic salmon (Salmo salar)

PLoS ONE

Volumn 10, Issue 3, 2015, Pages

  Gutierrez, Alejandro P ^a   Yáñ Ez, José M ^b   Fukui, Steve ^c   Swift, Bruce ^d   Davidson, William S ^a  

^a SIMON FRASER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CHILE   (Chile)

^c Cermaq Canada Campbell River   (Canada)

^d TRI GEN Fish Improvement Ltd   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGE; ARTICLE; ATLANTIC SALMON; BREEDING; GENE FUNCTION; GENE IDENTIFICATION; GENE LINKAGE DISEQUILIBRIUM; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; GENETIC MARKER; GENOTYPE; GROWTH RATE; NONHUMAN; PHENOTYPE; QUANTITATIVE TRAIT LOCUS; SEXUAL MATURATION; SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE POLYMORPHISM; ANIMAL; AQUACULTURE; CHROMOSOMAL MAPPING; CHROMOSOME; FEMALE; GENETICS; GENOME-WIDE ASSOCIATION STUDY; MALE; SALMO SALAR;

SALMO SALAR;

FISH PROTEIN;

ANIMALS; AQUACULTURE; CHROMOSOME MAPPING; CHROMOSOMES; FEMALE; FISH PROTEINS; GENOME-WIDE ASSOCIATION STUDY; GENOTYPE; LINKAGE DISEQUILIBRIUM; MALE; POLYMORPHISM, SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE; QUANTITATIVE TRAIT LOCI; SALMO SALAR; SEXUAL MATURATION;

EID: 84924411949     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0119730     Document Type: Article

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