Table 1 Review of previously published linkage maps in amphibians

From: First-generation linkage map for the common frog Rana temporaria reveals sex-linkage group

Order, family

Species

Marker no.

Genome size (pg)

Marker no./genome size

LG found (karyotype=n)

Reference

Anura, Discoglossidae

Bombina bombina and B. variegata

38

10.3

3.7

20 (12)

Nürnberger et al. (2003)

Anura, Pipidae

Xenopus laevis

29

3

9.7

10 (18)

Graf (1989a, 1989b, 1993)

Anura, Pipidae

Xenopus tropicalis

1558

1.7

916.5

10 (10)

Hellsten et al. (2010)

Anura, Ranidae

Rana pipiens

27

6.7

4.0

10 (13)

Wright et al. (1980,1983); Wright and Richards (1983, 1993)

Anura, Ranidae

Rana nigromaculata and R. brevipoda

34

5.85

5.8

10 (13)

Nishioka et al. (1980, 1987); Nishioka and Ohtani (1986); Nishioka and Sumida (1994a, 1994b)

Anura,Hylidae

Hyla arborea

20

4.4

4.5

6 (12)

Berset-Brändli et al. (2008)

Anura, Ranidae

Rana japonica

21

5.1

4.1

9 (13)

Sumida and Nishioka (1994a, 1994b, 2000); Sumida (1996)

Anura, Ranidae

Rana esculenta

15

5.6

2.7

4 (13)

Hotz et al. (1997)

Anura, Ranidae

Rana temporaria

104

4.1

25.4

15 (13)

This paper

Urodela, Ambystomatidae

Ambystoma t. tigrinum and A. mexicanum

790

30.7

25.7

14 (14)

Smith et al. (2005)

  1. For each map number of markers, genome size, ratio of number of markers to genome size, and number of linkage groups found are reported. In bold appear the map size and coverage in this article.
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