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Quantitative trait loci affecting response to crowding stress in an F(2) generation of rainbow trout produced through phenotypic selection.
Marine biotechnology (New York, N.Y.) - 1 Oct 2013
Rexroad Caird E, Vallejo Roger L, Liu Sixin, Palti Yniv, Weber Gregory M
Abstract excerpt
Selective breeding programs for salmonids typically aim to improve traits associated with growth and disease resistance. It has been established that stressors common to production environments can adversely affect these and other traits which are important to producers and consumers. Previously, we employed phenotypic selection to create families that exhibit high or low plasma cortisol concentrations in...
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