A first AFLP-based genetic linkage map for brine shrimp Artemia franciscana and its application in mapping the sex locus.

We report on the construction of sex-specific linkage maps, the identification of sex-linked markers and the genome size estimation for the brine shrimp Artemia franciscana. Overall, from the analysis of 433 AFLP markers segregating in a 112 full-sib family we identified 21 male and 22 female linkag...

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Main Authors: Stephanie De Vos, Peter Bossier, Gilbert Van Stappen, Ilse Vercauteren, Patrick Sorgeloos, Marnik Vuylsteke
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2013-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC3587612?pdf=render