Comparative genomic analysis of Atlantic salmon, Salmo salar, from Europe and North America.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Several lines of evidence including allozyme analysis, restriction digest patterns and sequencing of mtDNA as well as mini- and micro-satellite allele frequencies indicate that Atlantic salmon (Salmo salar) from North America and Europe are genetically distinct. These observations are supported by karyotype analysis, which revealed that North American Atlantic salmon have 27 pairs of chromosomes whereas European salmon have 29 pairs. We set out to construct a linkage map for a North American Atlantic salmon family and to compare this map with the well developed map for European Atlantic salmon.

Results

We used microsatellite markers, which had previously been mapped in the two Atlantic salmon SALMAP mapping families from the River Tay, Scotland, to carry out linka

SUBMITTER: Lubieniecki KP 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC2995484 | biostudies-literature | 2010 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature