DNA fingerprinting used to test for family effects on precocious sexual maturation in two populations of Oncorhynchus tshawytscha (Chinook salmon).

doi:10.1038/hdy.1994.169

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DNA fingerprinting used to test for family effects on precocious sexual maturation in two populations of Oncorhynchus tshawytscha (Chinook salmon).

Heredity - 1 Dec 1994

Heath D D, Iwama G K, Devlin R H

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Two single locus Variable Number Tandem Repeat (VNTR) DNA probes were used to test for differences in allele distribution between precociously mature male and immature chinook salmon, Oncorhynchus tshawytscha. Two populations were examined: Robertson Creek (RC) adult salmon, and Nicola River (NR)...

Topics

Alleles
Animals
DNA Fingerprinting
DNA Probes
Female
Gene Frequency
Heterozygote
Male
Repetitive Sequences, Nucleic Acid
Salmon
Sexual Maturation

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