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Variable incidences and morphological characteristics of female masu salmon Oncorhynchus masou with growth hormone pseudogene.
Journal of fish biology - 1 Feb 2012
Yamamoto T, Kitanishi S
Abstract excerpt
The genetic sex of mature masu salmon Oncorhynchus masou (212 males and 243 females) collected from three rivers located in the mid-western part of Hokkaido was determined using the male-specific genetic marker growth hormone pseudogene (GHp). A total of 72 phenotypic females were found to have GHp, whereas none of the phenotypic males lacked GHp. The occurrence of females with incongruence between genotypic and...
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