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Training the salmon's genes: influence of aerobic exercise, swimming performance and selection on gene expression in Atlantic salmon.
BMC genomics - 15 Dec 2017
Robinson Nicholas A, Timmerhaus Gerrit, Baranski Matthew, Andersen Øivind, Takle Harald, Krasnov Aleksei
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BACKGROUND: Farmed and wild Atlantic salmon are exposed to many infectious and non-infectious challenges that can cause mortality when they enter the sea. Exercise before transfer promotes growth, health and survival in the sea. Swimming performance in juveniles at the freshwater parr stage is positively associated with resistance to some diseases. Genetic variation is likely to affect response to exercise. In...
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