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A Genome-Wide Association Study Reveals That Genes with Functions for Bone Development Are Associated with Body Conformation in Catfish.
Marine biotechnology (New York, N.Y.) - 1 Dec 2017
Geng Xin, Liu Shikai, Yuan Zihao, Jiang Yanliang, Zhi Degui, Liu Zhanjiang
Abstract excerpt
Body conformation is of great scientific and commercial interest for aquaculture fish species because it affects biological adaptation of the organism to environments, and is of economic importance to the aquaculture industry considering its direct effect on fillet yield. Catfish is the primary aquaculture species in the USA. Two major species used in the aquaculture industry, channel catfish and blue catfish,...
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