Sex-dependent dominance at a single locus maintains variation in age at maturity in Atlantic salmon
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1Centre for Integrative Genetics (CIGENE) and Department of Animal and Aquacultural Sciences, Norwegian University of Life Sciences, NO-1432 Ås, NORWAY 2Department of Biology, University of Turku, FI-20014, FINLAND 3Norwegian Institute for Nature Research (NINA), NO-7485 Trondheim, NORWAY 4Nofima AS, PO Box 210, NO-1431 Ås, NORWAY 5Natural Resources Institute Finland, Oulu FI90014, FINLAND 6Institute of Evolutionary Biology, University of Edinburgh, Charlotte Auerbach Road, Edinburgh, EH9 3FL, UNITED KINGDOM 7Radgivende Biologer, NO-5003 Bergen, NORWAY
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