Assignment of the gene for beta-casein (CSN2) to 4q13 --> q21 in humans and 3p13 --> p12 in chimpanzees.
The human beta-casein gene (CSN2) has been mapped by fluorescence in situ hybridization to human chromosome 4q13 --> q21 and to the homologous chimpanzee chromosome at 3p13 --> p12. This confirms the presence of a pericentric inversion that distinguishes the two species, as first observed by chromosomal banding studies.
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Department of Molecular, Cellular and Developmental Biology, University of Colorado, Boulder 80309, USA. mcconkey@beagle.Colorado.edu
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D000818:Animals; D005075:Biological Evolution; D002364:Caseins / Q000235:genetics*; D002874:Chromosome Mapping; D002894:Chromosomes, Human, Pair 4; D006801:Humans; D017404:In Situ Hybridization, Fluorescence; D002679:Pan troglodytes / Q000235:genetics*
D002364:Caseins