Quantitative Genetics of Growth Rate and Filet Quality Traits in Atlantic Salmon Inferred From a Longitudinal Bayesian Model for the Left-Censored Gaussian Trait Growth Rate

• Published in: Frontiers in Genetics
• Main Authors: Ólafur H. Kristjánsson, Bjarne Gjerde, Jørgen Ødegård, Marie Lillehammer
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2020
• Subjects: Atlantic salmon; growth rate; filet fat; filet pigment; visceral fat; Gibbs sampler; Genetics; QH426-470; Slaughter
• Online Access: https://doi.org/10.3389/fgene.2020.573265; https://doaj.org/article/c66453804cf744789f21748c7a130f96

In selective breeding programs for Atlantic salmon, test fish are slaughtered at an average body weight where growth rate and carcass traits as filet fat (FF), filet pigment (FP) and visceral fat index (FF) are recorded. The objective of this study was to obtain estimates of genetic correlations bet...