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A genetic marker map of Atlantic salmon would facilitate the identification of loci influencing economically important traits. In the present paper we describe five new Atlantic salmon microsatellites. Segregation studies and linkage analysis of these and previously published microsatellites were carried out in pedigrees consisting of diploid dams and haploid gynogenetic offspring. We confirm earlier reports that salmon microsatellites tend to have a higher number of repeat units than those of mammals. Linkage analysis revealed that three microsatellites belong to a linkage group spanning ≍ 50 cM of the genome, whereas the remaining 10 markers seem to be unlinked.
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Slettan, A., Olsaker, I. & Lie, Ø. Segregation studies and linkage analysis of Atlantic salmon microsatellites using haploid genetics. Heredity 78, 620–627 (1997). https://doi.org/10.1038/hdy.1997.101
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