Characterisation of QTL-linked and genome-wide restriction site-associated DNA (RAD) markers in farmed Atlantic salmon

Table 4 Details of the sire-based linkage clusters based on the most frequently observed bi-allelic RAD marker allele segregation patterns in the two families

Putative linkage cluster family 1 (ranked by # of alleles)	Corresponding cluster in family 2^a	RAD allele count family 1	RAD allele count family 2	Number of matching RAD alleles between families
01	02	129	51	20
02	04	91	35	2
03	03	66	51	10
04	08	63	28	12
05	13	61	20	10
06	15	61	17	6
07	05	57	33	8
08	06	50	28	14
09	07	49	28	4
10	11	49	22	12
11	14	49	18	8
12	22	49	15	12
13	12	48	21	8
14	10	47	25	10
15	16	46	17	6
16	27	46	8	1
17	unknown	44	n/a	n/a
18	01	44	57	4
19	unknown	40	n/a	n/a
20	18	38	17	8
21^b	20	31	16	4
21^b	26	31	10	2
22	9	29	26	10
23	17	27	17	4
24	21	27	15	2
25	unknown	25	n/a	n/a
26	19	24	16	2
27	24	19	12	6
28^c	unknown	14	n/a	n/a
29	25	14	11	3

^a Cluster ID (number) represents a ranking of segregation patterns in family 2 by number of alleles.
^b Two alleles from to linkage cluster 21 in family 1 were found in cluster 26 in family 2.
^c IPN QTL-containing chromosome.

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