A genetic map of Xenopus tropicalis |
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Authors: | Dan E. Wells Laura Gutierrez Zhenkang Xu Vladimir Krylov Jaroslav Macha Kerstin P. Blankenburg Matthew Hitchens Larry J. Bellot Mary Spivey Derek L. Stemple Andria Kowis Yuan Ye Shiran Pasternak Jenetta Owen Thu Tran Renata Slavikova Lucie Tumova Tereza Tlapakova Eva Seifertova Steven E. Scherer Amy K. Sater |
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Affiliation: | aDepartment of Biology and Biochemistry, University of Houston, Houston TX USA;bDepartment of Cell Biology, Charles University in Prague, Faculty of Science, Czech Republic;cHuman Genome Sequencing Center, Baylor College of Medicine, One Baylor Plaza, Houston, TX USA;dSanger Institute, Wellcome Trust Genome Campus, Hinxton, Cambridge CB10 1HH, UK |
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Abstract: | We present a genetic map for Xenopus tropicalis, consisting of 2886 Simple Sequence Length Polymorphism (SSLP) markers. Using a bioinformatics-based strategy, we identified unique SSLPs within the X. tropicalis genome. Scaffolds from X. tropicalis genome assembly 2.0 (JGI) were scanned for Simple Sequence Repeats (SSRs); unique SSRs were then tested for amplification and polymorphisms using DNA from inbred Nigerian and Ivory Coast individuals. Thus identified, the SSLPs were genotyped against a mapping cross panel of DNA samples from 190 F2 individuals. Nearly 4000 SSLPs were genotyped, yielding a 2886-marker genetic map consisting of 10 major linkage groups between 73 and 132 cM in length, and 4 smaller linkage groups between 7 and 40 cM. The total effective size of the map is 1658 cM, and the average intermarker distance for each linkage group ranged from 0.27 to 0.75 cM. Fluorescence In Situ Hybridization (FISH) was carried out using probes for genes located on mapped scaffolds to assign linkage groups to chromosomes. Comparisons of this map with the X. tropicalis genome Assembly 4.1 (JGI) indicate that the map provides representation of a minimum of 66% of the X. tropicalis genome, incorporating 758 of the approximately 1300 scaffolds over 100,000 bp. The genetic map and SSLP marker database constitute an essential resource for genetic and genomic analyses in X. tropicalis. |
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Keywords: | Xenopus X. tropicalis Genetic map Genome Simple sequence length polymorphism |
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