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Seventy-five EST-linked Atlantic salmon (Salmo salar L.) microsatellite markers and their cross-amplification in five salmonid species

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    Abstract

    An Atlantic salmon (Salmo salar L.) expressed sequence tag (EST) database consisting of 58 146 ESTs was screened for microsatellite sequences. Subsequent development of 75 polymorphic EST-associated microsatellite markers in this species is described together with cross-species amplification results of 133 gene-associated tandem repeat markers in five salmonid species (Salmo trutta, Oncorhynchus mykiss, Salvelinus aplinus, Thymallus thymallus, Coregonus lavaretus). The number of alleles among EST-linked microsatellites in Atlantic salmon ranged from two to 41 with an average of 12 alleles per locus. Cross-species amplification resulted in detection of a total of ill polymorphic locus-species combinations (12-32 loci per species).
    Original languageEnglish
    Pages (from-to)282-288
    Number of pages7
    JournalMolecular Ecology Notes
    Volume5
    Issue number2
    DOIs
    Publication statusPublished - 2005

    Keywords

    • cDNA
    • EST
    • expressed sequence tag
    • microsatellite
    • salmonidae
    • Salmo salar

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