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A Genome-Wide Association Study Identifies Multiple Regions Associated with Head Size in Catfish.
G3 (Bethesda, Md.) - 13 Oct 2016
Geng Xin, Liu Shikai, Yao Jun, Bao Lisui, Zhang Jiaren, Li Chao, Wang Ruijia, Sha Jin, Zeng Peng, Zhi Degui, Liu Zhanjiang
Abstract excerpt
Skull morphology is fundamental to evolution and the biological adaptation of species to their environments. With aquaculture fish species, head size is also important for economic reasons because it has a direct impact on fillet yield. However, little is known about the underlying genetic basis of head size. Catfish is the primary aquaculture species in the United States. In this study, we performed a...
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