title: Genetic and physical mapping of the cerebellar deficient folia (cdf) locus on mouse chromosome 6.
abstract: Cerebellar deficient folia (cdf) is a recessive mouse mutation causing ataxia and cerebellar cytoarchitectural abnormalities, including hypoplasia, foliation defects, and Purkinje cell ectopia. To identify the cdf gene, we have generated a high-resolution genetic map of a 3.24 +/- 0.55 cM (95% CI) region encompassing the cdf gene using 1997 F2 mice generated from a (C3H/HeSnJ-cdf/cdf x CAST/Ei)F1 intercross. Linkage analysis showed that the cdf gene cosegregates with D6Mit208, D6Mit359, and D6Mit225. A contig of five YACs, nine BACs, and three P1s was constructed across the cdf nonrecombinant region. Based on genetic and physical maps, the cdf gene was localized to the 0.28 +/- 0.23 cM (95% CI) interval between D6Mit209 and D6Ack1. These results will greatly facilitate the map-based cloning of the cdf gene, which in turn should further knowledge of the molecular mechanisms of neuronal positioning and foliation during cerebellar development.
authors.affiliation: The Jackson Laboratory, 600 Main Street, Bar Harbor, Maine, 04609, USA.
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Park
authors.forename: C M
authors.initials: CM
authors.lastname: Longo
authors.forename: S L
authors.initials: SL
authors.lastname: Ackerman
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D002526:Cerebellar Diseases / Q000235:genetics*; D002531:Cerebellum / Q000002:abnormalities*; D002875:Chromosomes / Q000235:genetics*; D020451:Contig Mapping; D005260:Female; D008297:Male; D051379:Mice; D008809:Mice, Inbred C3H; D008810:Mice, Inbred C57BL; D018895:Microsatellite Repeats; D020161:Physical Chromosome Mapping; D016324:Sequence Tagged Sites