Salmonine fishes are commonly subjected to strong, novel selective pressures due to
anthropogenic activities and global climate change, often resulting in population extinction …

Many species of fish produced in aquaculture or for the ornamental fish trade exhibit sexual
dimorphism in growth, age at maturity, secondary sexual characters, or other traits of …

Since the discovery of Sry in mammals [1, 2], few other master sex-determining genes have
been identified in vertebrates [3–7]. To date, all of these genes have been characterized as …

Background Dense single nucleotide polymorphism (SNP) genoty** arrays provide
extensive information on polymorphic variation across the genome of species of interest …

Abstract Background The Atlantic salmon genome is in the process of returning to a diploid
state after undergoing a whole genome duplication (WGD) event between 25 and100 million …

Infectious pancreatic necrosis (IPN) is a viral disease currently presenting a major problem
in the production of Atlantic salmon (Salmon salar). IPN can cause significant mortality to …

Salmonid fishes exhibit extensive local adaptations owing to abundant environmental
variation and precise natal homing. This extensive local adaptation makes conservation and …

In contrast to the rather stable regulatory regimes established over more that 100 million
years in birds and mammals, sex determination in fish might frequently undergo evolutionary …

Background Selective breeding is a relatively recent practice in aquaculture species
compared to terrestrial livestock. Nevertheless, the genetic variability of farmed salmonid …

Background Genetic linkage maps are useful tools for map** quantitative trait loci (QTL)
influencing variation in traits of interest in a population. Genoty**-by-sequencing …