A microsatellite linkage map for Atlantic salmon (Salmo salar)

A linkage map of the Atlantic salmon is described here consisting of 15 linkage groups containing 50 microsatellite loci with a 14 additional unlinked markers (including three allozymes). The map shows the largest sex-specific recombination rate differences so far found in any vertebrate species (3....

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Published in:Animal Genetics
Main Authors: Gilbey, J, Verspoor, E, McLay, A, Houlihan, D
Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
Language:English
Published: 2004
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Online Access:https://pure.uhi.ac.uk/en/publications/e449c16a-870a-4d42-a533-112b2c7c4da6
https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1365-2052.2004.01091.x
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Summary:A linkage map of the Atlantic salmon is described here consisting of 15 linkage groups containing 50 microsatellite loci with a 14 additional unlinked markers (including three allozymes). The map shows the largest sex-specific recombination rate differences so far found in any vertebrate species (3.92:1 female:male). Homologies with previous linkage mapping studies of Atlantic salmon and rainbow trout are described. An in silico search of the Genbank database carried out using the microsatellites used in the mapping process identified significant matches between the flanking regions of the microsatellite SS11 and the calcium-binding mitochondrial carrier protein, ‘Aralar1’.