title: Mapping of microsatellite loci and association of aorta atherosclerosis with LG VI markers in the rabbit.
abstract: Twenty-three rabbit microsatellites were extracted from the EMBL nucleotide database. Nine of these markers, together with nine earlier published microsatellite markers, were found to be polymorphic between the AX/JU and IIIVO/JU inbred strains. By using an F(2) intercross we could integrate five markers into the rabbit linkage map. One anonymous microsatellite marker could be assigned to chromosome 1, and one microsatellite marker, located within the metallothionein-1 gene, could be added to linkage group VI (LG VI). Three microsatellite markers (one anonymous, one located within the PMP2 gene, and one located within the FABP6 gene) constitute a new linkage group (LG XI). We also measured the degree of dietary cholesterol-induced aorta atherosclerosis in the F(2) animals. A significant cosegregation was found between the degree of aorta atherosclerosis and the allelic variation of the biochemical marker Est-2 on LG VI in male rabbits. This association was not found in female rabbits.
authors.affiliation: Department of Laboratory Animal Science, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Utrecht University, 3508 TD Utrecht, The Netherlands. rkorstan@jax.org
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Korstanje
authors.forename: G F
authors.initials: GF
authors.lastname: Gillissen
authors.forename: L P
authors.initials: LP
authors.lastname: Kodde
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Den Bieman
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Lankhorst
authors.forename: L F
authors.initials: LF
authors.lastname: Van Zutphen
authors.forename: H A
authors.initials: HA
authors.lastname: Van Lith
mesh_terms: D000483:Alleles; D000818:Animals; D001018:Aortic Diseases / Q000235:genetics* / Q000473:pathology; D001161:Arteriosclerosis / Q000235:genetics* / Q000473:pathology; D002874:Chromosome Mapping; D004268:DNA-Binding Proteins; D004036:Diet, Atherogenic; D005260:Female; D008040:Genetic Linkage; D005819:Genetic Markers; D008297:Male; D018895:Microsatellite Repeats; D019655:Quantitative Trait, Heritable; D011817:Rabbits / Q000235:genetics*; D019098:Telomerase / Q000235:genetics
chemical_list: D004268:DNA-Binding Proteins; D005819:Genetic Markers; D019098:Telomerase