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The susceptibility of Atlantic salmon fry to freshwater infectious pancreatic necrosis is largely explained by a major QTL.
Heredity - 1 Sept 2010
Houston R D, Haley C S, Hamilton A, Guy D R, Mota-Velasco J C, Gheyas A A, Tinch A E, Taggart J B, Bron J E, Starkey W G, McAndrew B J, Verner-Jeffreys D W, Paley R K, Rimmer G S E, Tew I J, Bishop S C
Abstract excerpt
Infectious pancreatic necrosis (IPN) is a viral disease with a significant negative impact on the global aquaculture of Atlantic salmon. IPN outbreaks can occur during specific windows of both the freshwater and seawater stages of the salmon life cycle. Previous research has shown that a proportion of the variation seen in resistance to IPN is because of host genetics, and we have shown that major quantitative...
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