Microsatellite marker based genetic linkage maps of Oreochromis aureus and O. niloticus (Cichlidae): Extensive linkage group segment homologies revealed

Animal Genetics

Volumn 31, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 214-218

  McConnell, S K J ^a   Beynon, C ^a   Leamon, J ^a   Skibinski, D O F ^a  

^a SWANSEA UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Comparative mapping; O. aureus; O. niloticus; Tilapia; Type II markers

Indexed keywords

BACKCROSSING; GENETIC CONSERVATION; GENETIC MARKER; INTERSPECIFIC HYBRIDIZATION; LINKAGE GROUP; MICROSATELLITE DNA; OREOCHROMIS AUREUS; OREOCHROMIS NILOTICUS; SYNTENY;

ANIMALS; BASE SEQUENCE; CHROMOSOME MAPPING; DNA PRIMERS; FEMALE; GENOME; LINKAGE (GENETICS); MALE; MICROSATELLITE REPEATS; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; TILAPIA;

CICHLIDAE; OREOCHROMIS AUREUS; OREOCHROMIS NILOTICUS; TILAPIA;

EID: 0034047478     PISSN: 02689146     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2052.2000.00631.x     Document Type: Article

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