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Identification of male heterogametic sex-determining regions on the Atlantic herring Clupea harengus genome.
Journal of fish biology - 1 Jul 2020
Í Kongsstovu Sunnvør, Dahl Hans Atli, Gislason Hannes, Homrum Eydna, Jacobsen Jan Arge, Flicek Paul, Mikalsen Svein-Ole
Abstract excerpt
The sex determination system of Atlantic herring Clupea harengus L., a commercially important fish, was investigated. Low coverage whole-genome sequencing of 48 females and 55 males and a genome-wide association study revealed two regions on chromosomes 8 and 21 associated with sex. The genotyping data of the single nucleotide polymorphisms associated with sex showed that 99.4% of the available female genotypes...
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