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Characterization of a highly conserved microsatellite marker with utility potentials in cyprinid fishes
Author(s) -
Tong J.,
Yu X.,
Liao X.
Publication year - 2005
Publication title -
journal of applied ichthyology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.392
H-Index - 62
eISSN - 1439-0426
pISSN - 0175-8659
DOI - 10.1111/j.1439-0426.2005.00625.x
Subject(s) - biology , microsatellite , mendelian inheritance , locus (genetics) , genetics , population , evolutionary biology , genetic marker , allele , gene , demography , sociology
Summary A microsatellite locus, MFW1, originating from common carp is highly conserved in flanking nucleotides but variable in repeat length in some fishes from different families of the Cypriniformes. This orthologous locus is polymorphic in approximately 58% of the species tested in the order and is inherited by Mendelian law. It proved to be a potentially good marker in population genetics and in the cyprinid species‐breeding programme in which no microsatellite markers were available.