Mapping of five candidate sex-determining loci in rainbow trout (<it>Oncorhynchus mykiss</it>)

<p>Abstract</p> <p>Background</p> <p>Rainbow trout have an XX/XY genetic mechanism of sex determination where males are the heterogametic sex. The homology of the sex-determining gene (SDG) in medaka to <it>Dmrt1 </it>suggested that SDGs evolve from downstre...

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Main Authors: Drew Robert E, Brunelli Joseph P, Alfaqih Mahmoud A, Thorgaard Gary H
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2009-01-01
Series:BMC Genetics
Online Access:http://www.biomedcentral.com/1471-2156/10/2