Functional genomics reveals increases in cholesterol biosynthetic genes and highly unsaturated fatty acid biosynthesis after dietary substitution of fish oil with vegetable oils in Atlantic salmon (<it>Salmo salar</it>)

<p>Abstract</p> <p>Background</p> <p>There is an increasing drive to replace fish oil (FO) in finfish aquaculture diets with vegetable oils (VO), driven by the short supply of FO derived from wild fish stocks. However, little is known of the consequences for fish health...

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Main Authors: Bron James E, Jensen Linda, Obach Alex, Villeneuve Laure AN, Leaver Michael J, Tocher Douglas R, Taggart John B
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2008-06-01
Series:BMC Genomics
Online Access:http://www.biomedcentral.com/1471-2164/9/299