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Testing mate choice and overdominance at MH in natural families of Atlantic salmon Salmo salar.
Journal of fish biology - 1 Apr 2017
Tentelier C, Barroso-Gomila O, Lepais O, Manicki A, Romero-Garmendia I, Jugo B M
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This study aimed to test mate choice and selection during early life stages on major histocompatibility (MH) genotype in natural families of Atlantic salmon Salmo salar spawners and juveniles, using nine microsatellites to reconstruct families, one microsatellite linked to an MH class I gene and one minisatellite linked to an MH class II gene. MH-based mate choice was only detected for the class I locus on the...
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