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R D Blank

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PubMed1989

Chromosomal location of N-myc and L-myc genes in the mouse.

The myc family of proto-oncogenes consists of at least three members, whose expression is tightly and co-ordinately regulated. The genes are nevertheless dispersed to three distinct chromosomal sites in humans. We have now used somatic cell genetics and the analysis of restriction fragment length polymorphisms (RFLPs) to identify and chromosomally map two mouse N-myc loci, to chromosomes 12 and 5, and two L-myc loci, provisionally to chromosomes 4 and 12. The second locus in each pair may be a pseudogene.

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PubMed1988

A linkage map of mouse chromosome 12: localization of Igh and effects of sex and interference on recombination.

Inheritance of restriction fragment length polymorphisms associated with four anonymous DNA markers (D12Nyu1, 2, 3 and 4), the Fos proto-oncogene, the Mtv-9 viral integration site, and the alpha 1-antitrypsin (Aat-1) and immunoglobulin heavy chain (Igh) gene families in the mouse has been followed in a backcross experiment. A Bayesian multilocus map-building strategy yielded the map: centromere-D12Nyu2-10 cM-D12Nyu1-2 cM-D12Nyu3-15 cM-Fos-1 cM-D12Nyu4-2 cM-Mtv-9-8 cM-Aat-1-17 cM-Igh-C. A map constructed from male meiotic data was substantially shorter than one constructed from female meiotic data. Significant interference was observed for the linkage group. Two groups of markers studied in recombinant inbred strains of mice could be interpolated into the map: Es-25, D12Nyu10, D12Nyu7 and Apob form a cluster proximal to D12Nyu2, and Ly-18, Ah, and D12Nyu5 form a cluster between D12Nyu2 and D12Nyu1. These data establish an unambiguously ordered linkage group including Igh and Aat-1 that spans most of chromosome 12.

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PubMed1986

Possible derivation of the laboratory mouse genome from multiple wild Mus species.

Laboratory strains of mice are thought to be derived from wild populations of Mus domesticus. Many instances of non-domesticus genetic information fixed in these strains have been described, however, and the amount of strain-to-strain genetic variation exceeds that found in wild domesticus populations. In order to estimate the extent of the non-domesticus contribution to laboratory mouse genomes, and to determine whether it could account for observed variation, we have used computer simulations to investigate the properties of genetically marked chromosomal segments and the distribution of residual allogenicity at various times during inbreeding. A locus or chromosomal segment is allogenic if it is unfixed within a lineage at a given time. The odds of fixation of a foreign chromosome segment are predicted to be an exponentially decreasing function of its length. The median segment length is predicted to be 17 centimorgans. Available data for markers of chromosomes 1, 9 and 12 in recombinant inbred strain sets conform to these predictions. Together, the results suggest that introgression of non-domesticus chromosomes and segregation of residual allogenicity are sufficient to account for the genetic diversity observed among inbred mouse strains and substrains.

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