Genomic arrangement of salinity tolerance QTLs in salmonids: A comparative analysis of Atlantic salmon (Salmo salar) with Arctic charr (Salvelinus alpinus) and rainbow trout (Oncorhynchus mykiss)

BMC Genomics

Volumn 13, Issue 1, 2012, Pages

  Norman, Joseph D ^a   Robinson, Mike ^a,b   Glebe, Brian ^c   Ferguson, Moira M ^a   Danzmann, Roy G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GUELPH   (Canada)

^b GOLDER ASSOCIATES LTD   (Canada)

^c ST ANDREWS BIOLOGICAL STATION   (Canada)

Author keywords

Arctic charr; Atlantic salmon; Candidate genes; Genome rearrangements; Genome synteny; Rainbow trout; Salinity tolerance; Teleost fishes; Whole genome duplications

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; ATLANTIC SALMON; CHROMOSOME; CHROMOSOME 12P; CHROMOSOME 14Q; CHROMOSOME 17Q; CHROMOSOME 22; CHROMOSOME 23; CHROMOSOME 4P; CHROMOSOME 4Q; CHROMOSOME 5; CHROMOSOME 9; CHROMOSOME PAIRING; COMPARATIVE GENE MAPPING; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENE REARRANGEMENT; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENOME ANALYSIS; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PLANT GENETICS; QUANTITATIVE TRAIT LOCUS; RAINBOW TROUT; SALMONID; SALT TOLERANCE; SALVELINUS ALPINUS; SPECIES COMPARISON;

ANIMALS; CHROMOSOME MAPPING; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; GENETIC LINKAGE; GENOMICS; KARYOTYPING; ONCORHYNCHUS MYKISS; QUANTITATIVE TRAIT LOCI; SALMO SALAR; SALT-TOLERANCE; SYNTENY; TROUT;

GASTEROSTEUS ACULEATUS; ONCORHYNCHUS MYKISS; SALMO SALAR; SALMONIDAE; SALVELINUS ALPINUS; SALVELINUS FONTINALIS; TELEOSTEI;

EID: 84865303879     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712164     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2164-13-420     Document Type: Article

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