title: Extending the chicken-human comparative map by placing 15 genes on the chicken linkage map.
abstract: To increase the number of type I loci on the chicken linkage map, chicken genes containing microsatellite sequences (TAn, CAn, GAn, An) were selected from the nucleotide sequence database and primers were developed to amplify the repeats. Initially, 40 different microsatellites located within genes were tested on a panel of animals from diverse breeds, and identified 17 polymorphic microsatellites. These polymorphisms allowed us to add 15 new genes to the chicken linkage map. In addition, two genes were added to the chicken map by fluorescent in situ hybridization. As the map position of the human homologues of 13 of these genes is known, these markers extend the comparative map between chicken and man. Our results confirm and refine conserved regions between chicken and man on chicken chromosomes 2 and 7 and on linkage group E29C09W09. Furthermore, an additional conserved region is identified on chromosome 7.
authors.affiliation: Animal Breeding and Genetics Group, Wageningen Institute of Animal Sciences, Wageningen Agricultural University, The Netherlands.
authors.forename: M A
authors.initials: MA
authors.lastname: Groenen
authors.forename: R P
authors.initials: RP
authors.lastname: Crooijmans
authors.forename: R J
authors.initials: RJ
authors.lastname: Dijkhof
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Acar
authors.forename: J J
authors.initials: JJ
authors.lastname: van der Poel
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D002645:Chickens / Q000235:genetics*; D002874:Chromosome Mapping / Q000662:veterinary*; D016208:Databases, Factual; D006801:Humans; D017404:In Situ Hybridization, Fluorescence / Q000662:veterinary; D018895:Microsatellite Repeats; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D016133:Polymerase Chain Reaction; D009626:Terminology as Topic