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Sex determination in the GIFT strain of tilapia is controlled by a locus in linkage group 23.
BMC genetics - 29 Apr 2020
Taslima Khanam, Wehner Stefanie, Taggart John B, de Verdal Hugues, Benzie John A H, Bekaert Michaël, McAndrew Brendan J, Penman David J
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BACKGROUND: Tilapias (Family Cichlidae) are the second most important group of aquaculture species in the world. They have been the subject of much research on sex determination due to problems caused by early maturation in culture and their complex sex-determining systems. Different sex-determining loci (linkage group 1, 20 and 23) have been detected in various tilapia stocks. The 'genetically improved farmed...
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