title: Preliminary genetic linkage map of Indian major carp, Labeo rohita (Hamilton 1822) based on microsatellite markers.
abstract: Linkage map with wide marker coverage is an essential resource for genetic improvement study for any species. Sex-averaged genetic linkage map of Labeo rohita, popularly known as 'rohu', widely cultured in the Indian subcontinent, was developed by placing 68 microsatellite markers generated by a simplified method. The parents and their F1 progeny (92 individuals) were used as segregating populations. The genetic linkage map spans a sex-averaged total length of 1462.2 cM, in 25 linkage groups. The genome length of rohu was estimated to be 3087.9 cM. This genetic linkage map may facilitate systematic searches of the genome to identify genes associated with commercially important characters and marker-assisted selection programmes of this species.
authors.affiliation: Central Institute of Freshwater Aquaculture, Bhubaneswar 751 002, India. pdas77@hotmail.com.
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Sahoo
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Patel
authors.forename: B P
authors.initials: BP
authors.lastname: Sahu
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Mitra
authors.forename: P K
authors.initials: PK
authors.lastname: Meher
authors.forename: K D
authors.initials: KD
authors.lastname: Mahapatra
authors.forename: S K
authors.initials: SK
authors.lastname: Dash
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Jayasankar
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Das
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D002347:Carps / Q000235:genetics*; D002874:Chromosome Mapping / Q000379:methods*; D003433:Crosses, Genetic; D005260:Female; D008040:Genetic Linkage; D008297:Male; D018895:Microsatellite Repeats / Q000235:genetics*; D011995:Recombination, Genetic / Q000235:genetics