title: Construction, characterization, and chromosomal mapping of a fosmid library of the white-cheeked gibbon (Nomascus leucogenys).
abstract: Gibbons have experienced extensive karyotype rearrangements during evolution and represent an ideal model for studying the underlying molecular mechanism of evolutionary chromosomal rearrangements. It is anticipated that the cloning and sequence characterization of evolutionary chromosomal breakpoints will provide vital insights into the molecular force that has driven such a radical karyotype reshuffle in gibbons. We constructed and characterized a high-quality fosmid library of the white-cheeked gibbon (Nomascus leucogenys) containing 192,000 non- redundant clones with an average insert size of 38 kb and 2.5-fold genome coverage. By end sequencing of 100 randomly selected fosmid clones, we generated 196 sequence tags for the library. These end-sequenced fosmid clones were then mapped onto the chromosomes of the white-cheeked gibbon by fluorescence in situ hybridization, and no spurious chimeric clone was detected. BLAST search against the human genome showed a good correlation between the number of hit clones and the number of chromosomes, an indication of unbiased chromosomal distribution of the fosmid library. The chromosomal distribution of the mapped clones is also consistent with the BLAST search result against human and white-cheeked gibbon genomes. The fosmid library and the mapped clones will serve as a valuable resource for further studying gibbons' chromosomal rearrangements and the underlying molecular mechanism as well as for comparative genomic study in the lesser apes.
authors.affiliation: Key Laboratory of Cellular and Molecular Evolution, Kunming Institute of Zoology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Kunming 650223, China.
authors.forename: Liping
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Chen
authors.forename: Jianping
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Ye
authors.forename: Yan
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Liu
authors.forename: Jinghuan
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Wang
authors.forename: Weiting
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Su
authors.forename: Fengtang
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Yang
authors.forename: Wenhui
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Nie
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D001483:Base Sequence; D002874:Chromosome Mapping; D041322:Chromosomes, Human, Y / Q000235:genetics; D003001:Cloning, Molecular; D017931:DNA Primers / Q000235:genetics; D019143:Evolution, Molecular; D015723:Gene Library; D005822:Genetic Vectors; D006570:Heterochromatin / Q000235:genetics; D006801:Humans; D006922:Hylobates / Q000235:genetics*; D017404:In Situ Hybridization, Fluorescence; D007621:Karyotyping; D008297:Male; D016324:Sequence Tagged Sites; D013045:Species Specificity; D014998:Y Chromosome / Q000235:genetics
chemical_list: D017931:DNA Primers; D006570:Heterochromatin