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A linkage map of the rat genome derived from three F2 crosses

  • Marie Thérèse Bihoreau
  • , Dominique Gauguier
  • , Norihiro Kato
  • , Gina Hyne
  • , Klaus Lindpaintner
  • , John P. Rapp
  • , Michael R. James
  • , G. Mark Lathrop
  • University of Oxford
  • Brigham and Women’s Hospital
  • University of Toledo

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Abstract

We report the construction of a dense linkage map of the rat genome integrating 767 simple sequence length polymorphism markers, combined over three crosses with high rates of polymorphism. F2 populations from WKY x S (n = 159), BN x S (n = 91), and BN x GK (n = 139) were selected and genotyped for combinations of microsatellite markers. The loci define 21 linkage groups corresponding to the 20 rat autosomal chromosomes and the X chromosome. The map spans a genetic length of 1998 cM. This combined linkage map should facilitate the advancement of genetic studies for a wide variety of rat models characterized for complex phenotypes.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)434-440
Number of pages7
JournalGenome Research
Volume7
Issue number5
DOIs
StatePublished - May 1997
Externally publishedYes

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