Distribution of ancestral proto-Actinopterygian chromosome arms within the genomes of 4R-derivative salmonid fishes (Rainbow trout and Atlantic salmon)

<p>Abstract</p> <p>Background</p> <p>Comparative genomic studies suggest that the modern day assemblage of ray-finned fishes have descended from an ancestral grouping of fishes that possessed 12–13 linkage groups. All jawed vertebrates are postulated to have experienced...

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Main Authors: Lubieniecki Krzysztof P, Lien Sigbjorn, Hoyheim Bjorn, Koop Ben F, Gharbi Karim, Ferguson Moira M, Davidson Evelyn A, Danzmann Roy G, Moghadam Hooman K, Park Jay, Phillips Ruth B, Davidson William S
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2008-11-01
Series:BMC Genomics
Online Access:http://www.biomedcentral.com/1471-2164/9/557