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Heritability of Tolerance for Infectious Hematopoietic Necrosis in Sockeye Salmon (Oncorhynchus nerka)
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Sockeye SalmonInfectious Hematopoietic NecrosisMedicineGeneticsPathogenesisImmunologyEvolutionary BiologyAquacultureArtificial SelectionFishery ScienceZoonotic DiseaseGenetic VariationFish ImmunologyInfection ControlFish FarmingPopulation GeneticsHierarchical Breeding Design
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.