title: Integration of the cytogenetic, genetic, and physical maps of the human genome by FISH mapping of CEPH YAC clones.
abstract: The physical locations on human metaphase chromosomes of over 950 yeast artificial chromosome (YAC) clones from the CEPH library have been determined by fluorescence in situ hybridization and described as fractional chromosome length relative to the terminus of the short arm. Collectively, these clones contain approximately 1 billion basepairs of human DNA, about one-third of the human genome. In addition, the locations of 337 of these clones were established in terms of cytogenetic bands for chromosomes 1-18, 20, and X. Since most clones are positive for one or more of the Généthon polymorphic STS markers with defined genetic linkage distances corresponding to their physical locations, these data facilitate the integration of the cytogenetic, genetic, and physical maps of the human genome. Use of these mapping data in conjunction with public database information on CEPH YACs greatly facilitates the identification of YACs or polymorphic markers at specific locations in the genome.
authors.affiliation: Department of Genetics, Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, Connecticut 06510, USA. ward@biomed.med.yale.edu
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Bray-Ward
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Menninger
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Lieman
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Desai
authors.forename: N
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Mokady
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Banks
authors.forename: D C
authors.initials: DC
authors.lastname: Ward
mesh_terms: D002871:Chromosome Banding; D002874:Chromosome Mapping; D018244:Chromosomes, Artificial, Yeast; D002877:Chromosomes, Human / Q000235:genetics / Q000648:ultrastructure; D003582:Cytogenetics; D016208:Databases, Factual; D005260:Female; D005819:Genetic Markers; D015894:Genome, Human; D006801:Humans; D017404:In Situ Hybridization, Fluorescence; D008297:Male; D011110:Polymorphism, Genetic; D016324:Sequence Tagged Sites
chemical_list: D005819:Genetic Markers