Atlantic salmon (Salmo salar) age at maturity is strongly affected by temperature, population and age-at-maturity genotype

ER Åsheim, PV Debes, A House… - Conservation …, 2023 - academic.oup.com
Age at maturity is a key life history trait involving a trade-off between survival risk and
reproductive investment, and is an important factor for population structures. In ectotherms, a …

Environmental and Genetic (vgll3) Effects on the Prevalence of Male Maturation Phenotypes in Domesticated Atlantic Salmon

TWK Fraser, TJ Hansen, PG Fjelldal - Fishes, 2023 - mdpi.com
Pre-harvest male maturation is problematic for Atlantic salmon (Salmo salar) farmers and is
regulated by the environment and genetics (eg, vgll3). Five families of all-male salmon parr …

Hypothalamic expression analysis of m6A RNA methylation associated genes suggests a potential role of epitranscriptomics in sexual maturation of Atlantic salmon

EP Ahi, M Frapin, M Hukkanen, CR Primmer - Aquaculture, 2024 - Elsevier
Better understanding the molecular processes contributing to variation in maturation timing
is important for Atlantic salmon (Salmo salar) aquaculture, as early maturation causes …

A pituitary gene network linking vgll3 to regulators of sexual maturation in male Atlantic salmon

EP Ahi, M Sinclair-Waters, I Donner… - … and Physiology Part A …, 2023 - Elsevier
Age at maturity is a key life history trait and a significant contributor to life history strategy
variation. The maturation process is influenced by genetic and environmental factors, but …

Gene co‐expression patterns in Atlantic salmon adipose tissue provide a molecular link among seasonal changes, energy balance and age at maturity

EP Ahi, JP Verta, J Kurko, A Ruokolainen… - Molecular …, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
Sexual maturation in many fishes requires a major physiological change that involves a
rapid transition between energy storage and usage. In Atlantic salmon, this transition for the …

Strong effects of temperature, population and age-at-maturity genotype on maturation probability for Atlantic salmon in a common garden setting

ER Åsheim, PV Debes, A House, PT Niemelä, JP Siren… - bioRxiv, 2022 - biorxiv.org
Age at maturity is a key life history trait and involves a trade-off between survival risk and
reproductive investment, has close connections to fitness, and is an important factor for …

Sex‐specific overdominance at the maturation vgll3 gene for reproductive fitness in wild Atlantic salmon

KB Mobley, HJ Barton, M Ellmén… - Molecular …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Linking reproductive fitness with adaptive traits at the genomic level can shed light on the
mechanisms that produce and maintain sex‐specific selection. Here, we construct a …

Expression of m6A RNA methylation markers in the hypothalamus of Atlantic salmon

EP Ahi, M Frapin, M Hukkanen, CR Primmer - bioRxiv, 2022 - biorxiv.org
Methylation at the N6-position of adenosine, m6A, is the most abundant mRNA modification
in eukaryotes. It is a highly conserved universal regulatory mechanism controlling gene …

Vgll3 knockout as a means to delay male maturity during large smolt production of Atlantic salmon (Salmo salar L.)

S Braathen - 2023 - bora.uib.no
With a 100 billion NOK export value, Atlantic salmon (Salmo salar L.) has become one of the
most important export products for Norway. A highly intensified production in recirculating …