Differentiation and growth of kype skeletal tissues in anadromous male Atlantic Salmon (Salmo salar)

• Main Authors: Witten, Paul Eckhard, Hall, Brian K.
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: 2002
• Subjects: Biology and Life Sciences; Grilse; bone growth; spawning migration; kype; Sharpey fiber bone; chondroid bone; BREAMS ACANTHOPAGRUS-AUSTRALIS; RHABDOSARGUS-SARBA SPARIDAE; BONE-RESORBING CELLS; EXTRACELLULAR-MATRIX; CONNECTIVE TISSUES; MATE COMPETITION; PAGRUS-AURATUS; IDENTIFICATION; METABOLISM; CARTILAGE; The Needles; Atlantic salmon; Salmo salar
• Online Access: https://biblio.ugent.be/publication/8646187; http://hdl.handle.net/1854/LU-8646187; https://biblio.ugent.be/publication/8646187/file/8646189

The re-initiation of bone development in adult starving Atlantic salmon (Salmo salar) during their energetically expensive upstream migration is remarkable and deserves closer examination. Dramatic alterations of the skull bones and teeth, most prominently, the development of a kype in males, are wi...