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- Title
A consensus linkage map of the grass carp(Ctenopharyngodon idella) based onmicrosatellites and SNPs.
- Authors
Jun Hong Xia; Feng Liu; Ze Yuan Zhu; Jianjun Fu; Jianbin Feng; Jiale Li; Gen Hua Yue
- Abstract
Background: Grass carp (Ctenopharyngodon idella) belongs to the family Cyprinidae which includes more than 2000 fish species. It is one of the most important freshwater food fish species in world aquaculture. A linkage map is an essential framework for mapping traits of interest and is often the first step towards understanding genome evolution. The aim of this study is to construct a first generation genetic map of grass carp using microsatellites and SNPs to generate a new resource for mapping QTL for economically important traits and to conduct a comparative mapping analysis to shed new insights into the evolution of fish genomes. Results: We constructed a first generation linkage map of grass carp with a mapping panel containing two F1 families including 192 progenies. Sixteen SNPs in genes and 263 microsatellite markers were mapped to twentyfour linkage groups (LGs). The number of LGs was corresponding to the haploid chromosome number of grass carp. The sex-specific map was 1149.4 and 888.8 cM long in females and males respectively whereas the sexaveraged map spanned 1176.1 cM. The average resolution of the map was 4.2 cM/locus. BLAST searches of sequences of mapped markers of grass carp against the whole genome sequence of zebrafish revealed substantial macrosynteny relationship and extensive colinearity of markers between grass carp and zebrafish. Conclusions: The linkage map of grass carp presented here is the first linkage map of a food fish species based on co-dominant markers in the family Cyprinidae. This map provides a valuable resource for mapping phenotypic variations and serves as a reference to approach comparative genomics and understand the evolution of fish genomes and could be complementary to grass carp genome sequencing project.
- Subjects
GENOMES; ZEBRA danio; CTENOPHARYNGODON idella; GENETIC research; MICROSATELLITE repeats
- Publication
BMC Genomics, 2010, Vol 11, p135
- ISSN
1471-2164
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1186/1471-2164-11-135