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Discordance for genotypic sex in phenotypic female Atlantic salmon (Salmo salar) is related to a reduced sdY copy number.
Scientific reports - 15 Jun 2020
Brown Morgan S, Evans Brad S, Afonso Luis O B
Abstract excerpt
The master sex determinant in rainbow trout (Oncorhynchus mykiss), sexually dimorphic on the Y chromosome (sdY), is strongly but not perfectly associated with male phenotype in several other species from the family Salmonidae. Currently, the cause and implications of discordance for sdY-predicted genotypic sex and phenotypic sex in these species is unclear. Using an established multiplex PCR test for exons 2 and...
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