Journal
ANIMAL GENETICS
Volume 40, Issue 5, Pages 753-755Publisher
WILEY-BLACKWELL PUBLISHING, INC
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2052.2009.01883.x
Keywords
Atlantic salmon; harvest traits; marker-assisted selection; QTL; recombination
Funding
- British Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council
- BBSRC [BBS/E/R/00001604] Funding Source: UKRI
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P>Genetic variation in performance and quality traits measured at harvest has previously been demonstrated in Atlantic salmon aquaculture populations. To map major loci underlying this variation, we utilized data from 10 families from a commercial breeding programme. Significant QTL were detected affecting harvest weight and length traits on linkage group 1, and affecting waste weight on linkage group 5. In total, 11 of the 29 linkage groups examined showed at least suggestive evidence for a QTL. These data suggest that major loci affecting economically important harvest characteristics are segregating in commercial salmon populations.
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