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Genetic (co)variation in skin pigmentation patterns and growth in rainbow trout.
Animal : an international journal of animal bioscience - 1 Apr 2019
Rodríguez F H, Cáceres G, Lhorente J P, Newman S, Bangera R, Tadich T, Neira R, Yáñez J M
Abstract excerpt
From a physiological-behavioral perspective, it has been shown that fish with a higher density of black eumelanin spots are more dominant, less sensitive to stress, have higher feed intake, better feed efficiency and therefore are larger in size. Thus, we hypothesized that genetic (co)variation between skin pigmentation patterns and growth exists and it is advantageous in rainbow trout. The objective of this...
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