A PANEL OF MINISATELLITE (VNTR) DNA LOCUS-SPECIFIC PROBES FOR POTENTIAL APPLICATION TO PROBLEMS IN SALMONID AQUACULTURE

Eleven minisatellite DNA locus specific probes, isolated from Atlantic salmon (Salmo salar) and brown trout (Salmo trutta) partial genomic D NA libraries, were tested for cross-hybridization to 11 other salmonid species, i.e. sockeye salmon (Oncorhynchus nerka); coho salmon (O. ki sutch), chum salmon (O. keta); pink salmon (O, gorbuscha); chinook sal mon (O. tshawytscha); rainbow trout (O. mykiss); brook trout (Salvelin us fontinalis); Arctic charr (S. alpinus); grayling (Thymallus thymall us); huchen (Hucho hucho); pollan (Coregonus autumnalis). Simple singl e locus profiles for each of these species were revealed by, from two to ten SLP. These markers are likely to be of great value in addressin g several problems in aquaculture of these species.