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Genome evolution in the fish family salmonidae: generation of a brook charr genetic map and comparisons among charrs (Arctic charr and brook charr) with rainbow trout

Evan R Timusk1,2, Moira M Ferguson1, Hooman K Moghadam1,3, Joseph D Norman1, Chris C Wilson4 and Roy G Danzmann1*

1 Department of Integrative Biology, University of Guelph, Guelph, Ontario, N1G 2W1, Canada

2 Great Lakes Laboratory for Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences, Fisheries and Oceans, Sault Ste. Marie, Ontario, P6A 2E5, Canada

3 Department of Zoology, University of Oxford, South Parks Rd., Oxford, OX1 3PS, UK

4 Aquatic Research and Development Section, Ontario Ministry of Natural Resources, Trent University, Peterborough, Ontario, K9J7B8, Canada

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BMC Genetics 2011, 12:68 doi:10.1186/1471-2156-12-68

Published: 28 July 2011

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Additional file 1:

Assignment of polymorphic markers to the various identified brook charr linkage groups in three mapping panels (HL3, HL7, and LN4).

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Composite female linkage maps derived from mapping data in the HL3 and HL7 mapping panel female parents.

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Linkage map based upon genotypic segregation data from the HL3 and HL7 mapping panel male parents.

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Assignment of polymorphic markers to the various identified Arctic charr linkage groups in two mapping panels (Family 2 and Family 3).

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Within family comparisons (Hills Lake strain) of recombination rate differences between female and male brook charr mapping parents.

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Intra-sex comparisons of the recombination rates between the Hills Lake brook charr female and male mapping parents.

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Observed deviations from Mendelian expectations in the brook charr mapping parents of families HL3 and HL7.

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Comparative genetic maps between Arctic charr, brook charr, and rainbow trout, using the combined female of Arctic charr as a template.

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Oxford Grid of the linkage group arm assignments between Salvelinus (based primarily upon the Arctic charr) and rainbow trout.

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Complete listing of all the genetic markers screened in the brook charr mapping panels.

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