1. Alignment of the PiGMaP and USDA linkage maps of porcine chromosomes 3 and 9.
- Author
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Groenen MA, de Vries BJ, and van der Poel JJ
- Subjects
- Animals, Europe, Female, Genetic Markers, Male, Sex Characteristics, United States, United States Department of Agriculture, Chromosome Mapping, Genetic Linkage, Genome, Swine genetics
- Abstract
The European Pig Gene Mapping Project (PiGMaP) and United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) porcine linkage maps for chromosomes 3 and 9 have been aligned by typing three USDA microsatellites from chromosome 3 and five from chromosome 9 on the PiGMaP reference families. Using the CRIMAP linkage analysis package, revised multipoint linkage maps were constructed for chromosome 3 and 9. Inclusion of these USDA markers in the multipoint analysis resulted in an increase in length of 47% and 33% respectively for these two PiGMaP linkage groups. This increase in size is mainly the result of extension of the ends of both linkage groups.
- Published
- 1996
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