Microsatellites represent codominant molecular genetic markers, which are ubiquitously
distributed within genomes. Due to their high level of polymorphism, relatively small size and …

The historical, political and scientific aspects of salmon hatchery programmes designed to
enhance fishery production, or to recover endangered populations, are reviewed. We start …

The foundation of quantitative genetics theory was developed during the last century and
facilitated many successful breeding programs for cultivated plants and t-restrial livestock …

Background Infectious pancreatic necrosis (IPN) is one of the most prevalent and
economically devastating diseases in Atlantic salmon (Salmo salar) farming worldwide. The …

Fish species that have external fertilization can be reproduced by induced parthenogenesis.
The nuclear content of either the sperm or egg is destroyed by UV or gamma irradiation, and …

Fascinating about classical major histocompatibility complex (MHC) molecules is their
polymorphism. The present study is a review and discussion of the fish MHC situation. The …

An allele of a microsatellite, Poli9-8TUF, has a dominant effect at a single major locus and is
responsible for resistance to lymphocystis disease (LD-R) in Japanese flounder. We …

Myxozoans are highly specialized metazoan parasites of aquatic hosts with a very wide host
range. This diverse group of organisms is characterized by multicellular spores with polar …

Japanese flounder (Paralichthys olivaceus) is an economically important fish as a food, and
has been widely cultured in Asian countries such as Japan, Korea and China. We chose to …

Myxozoans are microscopic, metazoan, obligate parasites, belonging to the phylum
Cnidaria. In contrast to the free-living lifestyle of most members of this taxon, myxozoans …