title: Assignment of Atlantic salmon (Salmo salar) linkage groups to specific chromosomes: conservation of large syntenic blocks corresponding to whole chromosome arms in rainbow trout (Oncorhynchus mykiss).
abstract: BACKGROUND
  Most teleost species, especially freshwater groups such as the Esocidae which are the closest relatives of salmonids, have a karyotype comprising 25 pairs of acrocentric chromosomes and 48-52 chromosome arms. After the common ancestor of salmonids underwent a whole genome duplication, its karyotype would have 100 chromosome arms, and this is reflected in the modal range of 96-104 seen in extant salmonids (e.g., rainbow trout). The Atlantic salmon is an exception among the salmonids as it has 72-74 chromosome arms and its karyotype includes 12 pairs of large acrocentric chromosomes, which appear to be the result of tandem fusions. The purpose of this study was to integrate the Atlantic salmon's linkage map and karyotype and to compare the chromosome map with that of rainbow trout.
  
  
  RESULTS
  The Atlantic salmon genetic linkage groups were assigned to specific chromosomes in the European subspecies using fluorescence in situ hybridization with BAC probes containing genetic markers mapped to each linkage group. The genetic linkage groups were larger for metacentric chromosomes compared to acrocentric chromosomes of similar size. Comparison of the Atlantic salmon chromosome map with that of rainbow trout provides strong evidence for conservation of large syntenic blocks in these species, corresponding to entire chromosome arms in the rainbow trout.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  It had been suggested that some of the large acrocentric chromosomes in Atlantic salmon are the result of tandem fusions, and that the small blocks of repetitive DNA in the middle of the arms represent the sites of chromosome fusions. The finding that the chromosomal regions on either side of the blocks of repetitive DNA within the larger acrocentric chromosomes correspond to different rainbow trout chromosome arms provides support for this hypothesis.
authors.affiliation: Department of Molecular Biology and Biochemistry, Simon Fraser University, Burnaby, British Columbia V5A 1S6, Canada. phillipsr@vancouver.wsu.edu
authors.forename: Ruth B
authors.initials: RB
authors.lastname: Phillips
authors.forename: Kimberly A
authors.initials: KA
authors.lastname: Keatley
authors.forename: Matthew R
authors.initials: MR
authors.lastname: Morasch
authors.forename: Abigail B
authors.initials: AB
authors.lastname: Ventura
authors.forename: Krzysztof P
authors.initials: KP
authors.lastname: Lubieniecki
authors.forename: Ben F
authors.initials: BF
authors.lastname: Koop
authors.forename: Roy G
authors.initials: RG
authors.lastname: Danzmann
authors.forename: William S
authors.initials: WS
authors.lastname: Davidson
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D002874:Chromosome Mapping; D002875:Chromosomes / Q000235:genetics; D055028:Comparative Genomic Hybridization; D019143:Evolution, Molecular; D005260:Female; D008040:Genetic Linkage; D005819:Genetic Markers; D007621:Karyotyping; D008297:Male; D018895:Microsatellite Repeats; D017686:Oncorhynchus mykiss / Q000235:genetics*; D020317:Salmo salar / Q000235:genetics*; D017422:Sequence Analysis, DNA; D026801:Synteny
chemical_list: D005819:Genetic Markers
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