Discordance for genotypic sex in phenotypic female Atlantic salmon (Salmo salar) is related to a reduced sdY copy number

Abstract 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 -...

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Published in:Scientific Reports
Main Authors: Brown, Morgan S., Evans, Brad S., Afonso, Luis O. B.
Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
Language:English
Published: Springer Science and Business Media LLC 2020
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Online Access:http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/s41598-020-66406-x
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