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Relationship between physical and genetic distances along the zebra finch Z chromosome.

Chromosome research : an international journal on the molecular, supramolecular and evolutionary aspects of chromosome biology ·Vol. 16 ·No. 6 ·2008-00-00 ·Pages 839-49

Pigozzi MI

Abstract

Nine bacterial artificial chromosomes containing genes linked to the Z chromosome of the zebra finch (Taeniopygia guttata) were localized using FISH on synaptonemal complex spreads. Their positions were correlated with those previously reported on the mitotic Z chromosome, showing a linear relationship between positions along the mitotic chromosome and its synaptonemal complex. Distances in cM between the genes were calculated using a cytological map of the crossing-over based on the distribution of MLH1 foci along the ZZ synaptonemal complex (MLH1-cM map). It is shown that physical and genetic distances lack a linear relationship along most of the chromosome length, due to clustering of crossover events around the telomeres. This relationship departs strongly from that observed in the chicken Z chromosome and reflects the existence of different recombination rates and patterns among birds in spite of wide genomic conservation.

MeSH Terms
Animals Centromere/genetics Chromosome Mapping Chromosomes/genetics Finches/genetics Gene Order In Situ Hybridization, Fluorescence Male Meiosis Mitosis Nuclear Proteins/genetics Pachytene Stage Physical Chromosome Mapping Spermatozoa/cytology Synaptonemal Complex/metabolism
Chemicals
Nuclear Proteins
Authors & Affiliations
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Pigozzi María Inés
Instituto de Investigaciones en Reproducción, Universidad de Buenos Aires, Buenos Aires, Argentina. [email protected]
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Article Info
Journal
Chromosome research : an international journal on the molecular, supramolecular and evolutionary aspects of chromosome biology
Abbr.
Chromosome Res
ISSN
0967-3849
DOI
10.1007/s10577-008-1243-5
Email
[email protected]
Published
2008-00-00
Epub
2008-00-02
Pages
839-49
Language
English
Region
Netherlands
NLM ID
9313452
Subset
IM
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