Data from: Sex-dependent dominance at a single locus maintains variation in age at maturity in salmon ...

• Main Authors: Barson, Nicola J., Aykanat, Tuku, Hindar, Kjetil, Baranski, Matthew, Bolstad, Geir H., Fiske, Peder, Jacq, Céleste, Jensen, Arne J., Johnston, Susan E., Karlsson, Sten, Kent, Matthew, Moen, Thomas, Niemelä, Eero, Nome, Torfinn, Næsje, Tor F., Orell, Panu, Romakkaniemi, Atso, Sægrov, Harald, Urdal, Kurt, Erkinaro, Jaakko, Lien, Sigbjørn, Primmer, Craig R.
• Format: Dataset
• Language: English
• Published: Dryad 2015
• Subjects: Salmo salar; Evolutionary genetics; Atlantic salmon
• Online Access: https://dx.doi.org/10.5061/dryad.23h4q; https://datadryad.org/stash/dataset/doi:10.5061/dryad.23h4q

Males and females share many traits that have a common genetic basis; however, selection on these traits often differs between the sexes, leading to sexual conflict. Under such sexual antagonism, theory predicts the evolution of genetic architectures that resolve this sexual conflict. Yet, despite intense theoretical and empirical interest, the specific loci underlying sexually antagonistic phenotypes have rarely been identified, limiting our understanding of how sexual conflict impacts genome evolution and the maintenance of genetic diversity. Here we identify a large effect locus controlling age at maturity in Atlantic salmon (Salmo salar), an important fitness trait in which selection favours earlier maturation in males than females and show it is a clear example of sex-dependent dominance that reduces intralocus sexual conflict and maintains adaptive variation in wild populations. Using high-density single nucleotide polymorphism data across 57 wild populations and whole genome re-sequencing, we find ... : Barson_et_al_candidate_region_sequences_and_QTN_tableBarson_et_al_GenABELFile in GenABEL format containing SNP genotype and individual phenotype information ...