TY - JOUR AU - Poissant, Jocelyn AU - Hogg, John T. AU - Davis, Corey S. AU - Miller, Joshua M. AU - Maddox, Jillian F. AU - Coltman, David W. PY - 2010 DA - 2010/09/28 TI - Genetic linkage map of a wild genome: genomic structure, recombination and sexual dimorphism in bighorn sheep JO - BMC Genomics SP - 524 VL - 11 IS - 1 AB - The construction of genetic linkage maps in free-living populations is a promising tool for the study of evolution. However, such maps are rare because it is difficult to develop both wild pedigrees and corresponding sets of molecular markers that are sufficiently large. We took advantage of two long-term field studies of pedigreed individuals and genomic resources originally developed for domestic sheep (Ovis aries) to construct a linkage map for bighorn sheep, Ovis canadensis. We then assessed variability in genomic structure and recombination rates between bighorn sheep populations and sheep species. SN - 1471-2164 UR - https://doi.org/10.1186/1471-2164-11-524 DO - 10.1186/1471-2164-11-524 ID - Poissant2010 ER -