Wild and domesticated Atlantic salmon males display large variation for sea age at sexual
maturation, which varies between 1–5 years. Previous studies have uncovered a genetic …

Abstract Background In Atlantic salmon in the wild, age at maturity is strongly influenced by
the vgll3 locus. Under farming conditions, light, temperature and feeding regimes are known …

In Atlantic salmon, age at maturation is a life history trait governed by a sex‐specific trade‐off
between reproductive success and survival. Following environmental changes across large …

Sexual maturation timing is a life‐history trait central to the balance between mortality and
reproduction. Maturation may be triggered when an underlying compound trait, called …

Understanding the mechanisms by which populations adapt to their environments is a
fundamental aim in biology. However, it remains challenging to identify the genetic basis of …

Understanding the genetic basis of repeated evolution of the same phenotype across taxa is
a fundamental aim in evolutionary biology and has applications in conservation and …

Background Understanding genetic architecture is essential for determining how traits will
change in response to evolutionary processes such as selection, genetic drift and/or gene …

Early sexual maturation is considered a serious drawback for Atlantic salmon aquaculture as
it retards growth, increases production times and affects flesh quality. Although both growth …

In Atlantic salmon aquaculture, early sexual maturation represents a major problem for
producers. This is especially true for grilse, which mature after one sea winter before …

Over the past decades, Atlantic salmon (Salmo salar, Salmonidae) has emerged as a model
system for sexual maturation research, owing to the high diversity of life history strategies …