title: Molecular characterization of a deletion encompassing the splotch mutation on mouse chromosome 1.
abstract: We have used a set of markers newly assigned to the proximal portion of mouse chromosome 1 to characterize the chromosomal segment deleted in the splotch-retarded (Spr) mouse mutant. Among nine markers tested in the heterozygote Spr/+mouse, we have identified four genes, Vil, Des, Inha, and Akp-3, which map within the Spr deletion. The closest distal marker to the deletion is the Acrg gene, with the distal deletion breakpoint mapping within the 0.8-cM segment separating Akp-3 and Acrg. The most proximal gene to the Spr deletion is Tp1. The proximal deletion breakpoint maps within the 0.8-cM segment separating Tp1 and Vil. The minimum size of the Spr deletion would therefore be limited to 14 cM, the genetic distance between Vil and Akp-3. The maximum size of the Spr deletion is estimated to be 16 cM, the genetic distance between Tp1 and Acrg.
authors.affiliation: Department of Biology, McGill University, Montreal, Quebec, Canada.
authors.forename: D J
authors.initials: DJ
authors.lastname: Epstein
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Malo
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Vekemans
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Gros
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D015139:Blotting, Southern; D002872:Chromosome Deletion; D002874:Chromosome Mapping; D002889:Chromosomes, Human, Pair 2; D005260:Female; D005819:Genetic Markers / Q000235:genetics; D006579:Heterozygote; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D051379:Mice; D008809:Mice, Inbred C3H; D008817:Mice, Mutant Strains; D009154:Mutation; D010641:Phenotype
chemical_list: D005819:Genetic Markers