Confirmation of the assignment of the Chimpanzee thymidine kinase and galactokinase genes to chromosome 19.
Chimpanzee-mouse hybrid cells were isolated by fusing chimpanzee HGPRT- cells and mouse TK- cells. Both biochemical and cytologic studies of these hybrid cells and BUDR resistant cells isolated from them showed that the TK and GaK genes are located on the chimpanzee chromosome 19.