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Additive and non-additive genetic components of the jack male life history in Chinook salmon (Oncorhynchus tshawytscha).
Genetica - 1 Aug 2016
Forest Adriana R, Semeniuk Christina A D, Heath Daniel D, Pitcher Trevor E
Abstract excerpt
Chinook salmon, Oncorhynchus tshawytscha, exhibit alternative reproductive tactics (ARTs) where males exist in two phenotypes: large "hooknose" males and smaller "jacks" that reach sexual maturity after only 1 year in seawater. The mechanisms that determine "jacking rate"-the rate at which males precociously sexually mature-are known to involve both genetics and differential growth rates, where individuals that...
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