QTL for body weight and condition factor in Atlantic salmon (Salmo salar): comparative analysis with rainbow trout (Oncorhynchus mykiss) and Arctic charr (Salvelinus alpinus)

Genotypes at 91 microsatellite loci in three full-sib families were used to search for QTL affecting body weight (BW) and condition factor in North American Atlantic salmon (Salmo salar). More than one informative marker was identified on 16-18 linkage groups in each family, allowing at least one ch...

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Veröffentlicht in:Heredity 2005-02, Vol.94 (2), p.166-172
Hauptverfasser: Reid, D.P, Szanto, A, Glebe, B, Danzmann, R.G, Ferguson, M.M
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Zusammenfassung:Genotypes at 91 microsatellite loci in three full-sib families were used to search for QTL affecting body weight (BW) and condition factor in North American Atlantic salmon (Salmo salar). More than one informative marker was identified on 16-18 linkage groups in each family, allowing at least one chromosomal interval to be analyzed per linkage group. Two significant QTL for BW on linkage groups AS-8 and AS-11, and four significant QTL for condition factor on linkage groups AS-2, AS-5, AS-11, and AS-14 were identified. QTL for both BW and condition factor were located on linkage groups AS-1, 6, 8, 11, and 14 when considering both significant and suggestive QTL effects. The largest QTL effects for BW (AS-8) and for condition factor (AS-14) accounted for 20.1 and 24.9% of the trait variation, respectively. Three of the QTL for BW occur on linkage groups where similar effects have been detected on the homologous regions in either rainbow trout (Oncorhynchus mykiss) or Arctic charr (Salvelinus alpinus).
ISSN:0018-067X
1365-2540
DOI:10.1038/sj.hdy.6800590