The relationship between growth rate and precocious sexual maturation in rainbow trout (Oncorhynchus mykiss) and coho salmon (O. kisutch)

Rainbow trout {Oncorhynchus mykiss) and coho salmon (0. kisutch) produce males which mature at an abnormally early age. The objectives of this study were to critically describe the role of growth rate in early sexual maturation of male salmonids by monitoring growth rate and precocious sexual develo...

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Main Author: Lamont, Carole Ann
Language:English
Published: University of British Columbia 2010
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Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/2429/30006