Rapid single nucleotide polymorphism mapping in C-elegans -: art. no. 118
Rapid single nucleotide polymorphism mapping in C-elegans -: art. no. 118
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DOI:
10.1186/1471-2164-6-118
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发表时间:
2005-09-12
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4.4
通讯作者:
Jorgensen, EM
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作者:
Davis, MW;Hammarlund, M;Jorgensen, EM
Background: In C. elegans, single nucleotide polymorphisms ( SNPs) can function as silent genetic markers, with applications ranging from classical two- and three-factor mapping to measuring recombination across whole chromosomes.Results: Here, we describe a set of 48 primer pairs that flank SNPs evenly spaced across the C. elegans genome and that work under identical PCR conditions. Each SNP in this set alters a DraI site, enabling rapid and parallel scoring. We describe a procedure using these reagents to quickly and reliably map mutations. We show that these techniques correctly map a known gene, dpy-5. We then use these techniques to map mutations in an uncharacterized strain, and show that its behavioral phenotype can be simultaneously mapped to three loci.Conclusion: Together, the reagents and methods described represent a significant advance in the accurate, rapid and inexpensive mapping of genes in C. elegans.