Evidence of recent signatures of selection during domestication in an Atlantic salmon population

• Published in: Marine Genomics
• Main Authors: Gutierrez, A.P., Yáñez López, José, Davidson, W.S.
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Elsevier 2016
• Subjects: Atlantic salmon; SNP array; Domestication; Signatures of selection; Grilsing; Canada; Norway; British Columbia
• Online Access: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.margen.2015.12.007; https://repositorio.uchile.cl/handle/2250/141584

Selective breeding practices in Atlantic salmon aquaculture have been carried out intensively since the 1970s. Along with the phenotypic improvement of fish, we expect to observe genomic regions showing evidence of selection for traits related to growth and age at sexual maturation, as well as trait...