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Table 1 Atlantic salmon chromosomes and linkage group rankings according to size.

From: Assignment of Atlantic salmon (Salmo salar) linkage groups to specific chromosomes: Conservation of large syntenic blocks corresponding to whole chromosome arms in rainbow trout (Oncorhynchus mykiss)

Chromosome

LG

LG Size in cM

Rank Chromosome Size

1 M*

17

174.2

1

2 M

1 (sex)

110.7

5

3 M

11

104.2

8

4 M

28

91.1

9

5 M

12

104.3

10

6 M

4

100.9

14

7 M

24

104.2

18

8 M

19

78.1

21

9 A

10

105.3

2

10 A

2

95.5

3

11 A

9

86.9

4

12 A

6

77.1

6

13 A

5

90.1

7

14 A

3

53.1

29

15 A

8

65.1

11

16 A

23

97.7

12

17 A

22

92.5

13

18 A

16

95.5

15

19 A

13

72.7

16

20 A

25

77.0

17

21 A

14

60.8

19

22 A

32

70.5

20

23 A

18

55.3

22

24 A

7

56.5

23

25 A

20

71.6

24

26 A

21

35.8

25

27 A

15

37.9

26

28 A

33

50.0

27

29 A

31

57.5

28

  1. *M indicates a metacentric chromosome and A indicates an acroentric chromosome.