Genetic variation within and among domesticated Atlantic salmon broodstocks in British Columbia, Canada

• Published in: Animal Genetics
• Main Authors: Withler, R. E., Supernault, K. J., Miller, K. M.
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Wiley 2005
• Subjects: British Columbia; Canada; Norway; Atlantic salmon
• Online Access: http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1365-2052.2004.01220.x; https://api.wiley.com/onlinelibrary/tdm/v1/articles/10.1111%2Fj.1365-2052.2004.01220.x; https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/pdf/10.1111/j.1365-2052.2004.01220.x

Summary Atlantic salmon have been reared in the British Columbia, Canada aquaculture industry since the early 1980s. No breeding programmes spanned the entire production period and pedigree records were not kept for broodstocks prior to or since importation. Of the three recognized industry strains,...