A high-density linkage map enables a second-generation collared flycatcher genome assembly and reveals the patterns of avian recombination rate variation and chromosomal evolution

Molecular Ecology

Volumn 23, Issue 16, 2014, Pages 4035-4058

  Kawakami, Takeshi ^a   Smeds, Linnéa ^a   Backström, Niclas ^a,b   Husby, Arild ^a   Qvarnström, Anna ^a   Mugal, Carina F ^a   Olason, Pall ^a,c   Ellegren, Hans ^a  

^a UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b NORWEGIAN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Norway)

^c UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

collared flycatcher; linkage map; recombination rate; SNP array

Indexed keywords

AVES; TAENIOPYGIA GUTTATA;

ANIMAL; CHICKEN; CHROMOSOME MAP; DNA SEQUENCE; FEMALE; FINCH; GENETIC LINKAGE; GENETIC RECOMBINATION; GENETICS; GENOME; GENOTYPING TECHNIQUE; MALE; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; MOLECULAR GENETICS; SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE POLYMORPHISM; SONGBIRD; SYNTENY;

ANIMALS; CHICKENS; CHROMOSOME MAPPING; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; FEMALE; FINCHES; GENETIC LINKAGE; GENOME; GENOTYPING TECHNIQUES; MALE; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; POLYMORPHISM, SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE; RECOMBINATION, GENETIC; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; SONGBIRDS; SYNTENY;

EID: 84905465421     PISSN: 09621083     EISSN: 1365294X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/mec.12810     Document Type: Article

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