Isolation and cross-familial amplification of 41 microsatellites for the brook charr (Salvelinus fontinalis)

Guy M.L. Perry, Tim L. King, Jérôme St.-Cyr, Manon Valcourt, Louis Bernatchez

Research output: Contribution to journalArticlepeer-review

28 Scopus citations

Abstract

The brook charr (Salvelinus fontinalis; Osteichthyes: Salmonidae) is a phenotypically diverse fish species inhabiting much of North America. But relatively few genetic diagnostic resources are available for this fish species. We isolated 41 microsatellites from S. fontinalis polymorphic in one or more species of salmonid fish. Thirty-seven were polymorphic in brook charr, 15 in the congener Arctic charr (Salvelinus alpinus) and 14 in the lake charr (Salvelinus namaycush). Polymorphism was also relatively high in Oncorhynchus, where 21 loci were polymorphic in rainbow trout (Oncorhynchus mykiss) and 16 in cutthroat trout (Oncorhynchus clarkii) but only seven and four microsatellite loci were polymorphic in the more distantly related lake whitefish (Coregonus clupeaformis) and Atlantic salmon (Salmo salar), respectively. One duplicated locus (Sfo228Lav) was polymorphic at both duplicates in S. fontinalis.

Original languageEnglish (US)
Pages (from-to)346-351
Number of pages6
JournalMolecular Ecology Notes
Volume5
Issue number2
DOIs
StatePublished - Jun 2005

All Science Journal Classification (ASJC) codes

  • Biochemistry
  • Ecology
  • Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology(all)

Fingerprint

Dive into the research topics of 'Isolation and cross-familial amplification of 41 microsatellites for the brook charr (Salvelinus fontinalis)'. Together they form a unique fingerprint.

Cite this