title: Sheep linkage mapping: nineteen linkage groups derived from the analysis of paternal half-sib families.
abstract: Nineteen linkage groups containing a total of 52 markers have been identified in the sheep genome after typing large paternal half-sib families. The linkage groups range in size from 2 markers showing no recombination to a group containing 6 markers covering approximately 30 cM of the sheep genome. Thirteen of the groups have been assigned to a sheep chromosome. Three groups contain markers from bovine syntenic groups U2, U7 and U29, and one other group contains a marker that has been mapped only in humans. The remaining three groups are unassigned. This information will provide a useful foundation for a genetic linkage map of sheep.
authors.affiliation: Department of Biochemistry, University of Otago, Dunedin, New Zealand.
authors.forename: A M
authors.initials: AM
authors.lastname: Crawford
authors.forename: G W
authors.initials: GW
authors.lastname: Montgomery
authors.forename: C A
authors.initials: CA
authors.lastname: Pierson
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Brown
authors.forename: K G
authors.initials: KG
authors.lastname: Dodds
authors.forename: S L
authors.initials: SL
authors.lastname: Sunden
authors.forename: H M
authors.initials: HM
authors.lastname: Henry
authors.forename: A J
authors.initials: AJ
authors.lastname: Ede
authors.forename: P A
authors.initials: PA
authors.lastname: Swarbrick
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Berryman
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D001483:Base Sequence; D002874:Chromosome Mapping; D003433:Crosses, Genetic; D017931:DNA Primers; D004276:DNA, Satellite / Q000235:genetics*; D005260:Female; D008040:Genetic Linkage; D005819:Genetic Markers; D016678:Genome; D005838:Genotype; D008297:Male; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D012756:Sheep / Q000235:genetics*
chemical_list: D017931:DNA Primers; D004276:DNA, Satellite; D005819:Genetic Markers