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Heritability of Tolerance for Infectious Hematopoietic Necrosis in Sockeye Salmon (Oncorhynchus nerka)

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1978

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Abstract

A hierarchical breeding design was used to demonstrate the heritability of tolerance for infectious hematopoietic necrosis (IHN) in sockeye salmon. Oncorhynchus nerka. Heritability was about 30%, indicating that artificial selection may increase the number of fish that can tolerate the disease.