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Identification of a sex-linked SNP marker in the salmon louse (Lepeophtheirus salmonis) using RAD sequencing.
PloS one - 1 Jan 2013
Carmichael Stephen N, Bekaert Michaël, Taggart John B, Christie Hayden R L, Bassett David I, Bron James E, Skuce Philip J, Gharbi Karim, Skern-Mauritzen Rasmus, Sturm Armin
Abstract excerpt
The salmon louse (Lepeophtheirus salmonis (Krøyer, 1837)) is a parasitic copepod that can, if untreated, cause considerable damage to Atlantic salmon (Salmo salar Linnaeus, 1758) and incurs significant costs to the Atlantic salmon mariculture industry. Salmon lice are gonochoristic and normally show sex ratios close to 1:1. While this observation suggests that sex determination in salmon lice is genetic, with...
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