Comparative transcriptomics of Atlantic Salmo salar, chum Oncorhynchus keta and pink salmon O. gorbuscha during infections with salmon lice Lepeophtheirus salmonis

• Published in: BMC Genomics
• Main Authors: Sutherland, Ben JG, Koczka, Kim W, Yasuike, Motoshige, Jantzen, Stuart G, Yazawa, Ryosuke, Koop, Ben F, Jones, Simon RM
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Springer Science and Business Media LLC 2014
• Subjects: Genetics; Biotechnology; Keta; Pacific; Atlantic salmon; Pink salmon; Salmo salar
• Online Access: http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1471-2164-15-200; https://link.springer.com/content/pdf/10.1186/1471-2164-15-200.pdf

Abstract Background Salmon species vary in susceptibility to infections with the salmon louse ( Lepeophtheirus salmonis ). Comparing mechanisms underlying responses in susceptible and resistant species is important for estimating impacts of infections on wild salmon, selective breeding of farmed sal...