RESPONSE TO INDIVIDUAL SELECTION FOR AGE AT SEXUAL MATURITY IN ATLANTIC SALMON
RESPONSE TO INDIVIDUAL SELECTION FOR AGE AT SEXUAL MATURITY IN ATLANTIC SALMON
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DOI:
10.1016/0044-8486(84)90147-9
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发表时间:
1984-01-01
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影响因子:
4.5
通讯作者:
GJERDE, B
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作者:
GJERDE, B
S. salar that mature sexually at 1 yr of age (as parr or precocious males), at 4 yr of age (after 2 winters in the sea) and at 5 yr of age (after 3 winters in the sea) were used to study response to individual selection for age at sexual maturity. Six mating groups were made: between fish of the same age (4 .times. 4 and 5 .times. 5); reciprocal matings between 4- and 5-year-old fish (4 .times. 5 and 5 .times. 4); and matings between 1-yr-old precocious males and 4- and 5-yr-old females (1 .times. 4 and 1 .times. 5). Parental age at sexual maturity was found to influence markedly the offspring age at sexual maturity. The heritability for age at maturity in the sea was estimated at 0.48 .+-. 0.20 from the offspring-dam regression. There is considerable opportunity to alter the age at sexual maturity in Atlantic salmon through selection. Maturation of parr is probably a heritable trait and independently inherited from maturation in the sea.