Estimates of linkage disequilibrium and effective population size in rainbow trout.

ABSTRACT:

Background

The use of molecular genetic technologies for broodstock management and selective breeding of aquaculture species is becoming increasingly more common with the continued development of genome tools and reagents. Several laboratories have produced genetic maps for rainbow trout to aid in the identification of loci affecting phenotypes of interest. These maps have resulted in the identification of many quantitative/qualitative trait loci affecting phenotypic variation in traits associated with albinism, disease resistance, temperature tolerance, sex determination, embryonic development rate, spawning date, condition factor and growth. Unfortunately, the elucidation of the precise allelic variation and/or genes underlying phenotypic diversity has yet to be achieved in this

SUBMITTER: Rexroad CE 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC2800115 | biostudies-literature | 2009 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature