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A physical map of the chicken genome

2004; Nature Portfolio; Volume: 432; Issue: 7018 Linguagem: Inglês

10.1038/nature03030

1476-4687

John W. Wallis, Jan Aerts, Martien A. M. Groenen, R.P.M.A. Crooijmans, Dan Layman, Tina Graves, Debra E. Scheer, Colin Kremitzki, Mary J. Fedele, Nancy K. Mudd, Marco Cardenas, Jamey Higginbotham, Jason Carter, Rebecca McGrane, Tony Gaige, Kelly Mead, Jason Walker, Derek Albracht, Jonathan Davito, Shiaw‐Pyng Yang, Shin Leong, Asif Chinwalla, Mandeep Sekhon, Kristine M. Wylie, Jerry B. Dodgson, Michael N Romanov, Hans H. Cheng, Pieter J. de Jong, Kazutoyo Osoegawa, Mikhail Nefedov, Hong‐Bin Zhang, John D. McPherson, Martin Krzywinski, Jacquie Schein, LaDeana Hillier, Elaine R. Mardis, Richard K. Wilson, Wesley C. Warren,

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Strategies for assembling large, complex genomes have evolved to include a combination of whole-genome shotgun sequencing and hierarchal map-assisted sequencing1,2. Whole-genome maps of all types can aid genome assemblies, generally starting with low-resolution cytogenetic maps and ending with the highest resolution of sequence. Fingerprint clone maps are based upon complete restriction enzyme digests of clones representative of the target genome, and ultimately comprise a near-contiguous path of clones across the genome. Such clone-based maps are used to validate sequence assembly order, supply long-range linking information for assembled sequences, anchor sequences to the genetic map and provide templates for closing gaps. Fingerprint maps are also a critical resource for subsequent functional genomic studies, because they provide a redundant and ordered sampling of the genome with clones3. In an accompanying paper4 we describe the draft genome sequence of the chicken, Gallus gallus, the first species sequenced that is both a model organism and a global food source. Here we present a clone-based physical map of the chicken genome at 20-fold coverage, containing 260 contigs of overlapping clones. This map represents approximately 91% of the chicken genome and enables identification of chicken clones aligned to positions in other sequenced genomes.