A Medaka Gene Map: The Trace of Ancestral Vertebrate Proto-Chromosome Revealed by Comparative Gene Mapping.

Authors :: Naruse, Kiyoshi
Tanaka, Minoru
Mita, Kazuei
Shima, Akihiro
Postlethwait, John
Mitani, Hiroshi
Source :: Genome Research. May2004, Vol. 14 Issue 5, p820-828. 9p. 6 Diagrams, 2 Charts, 1 Graph.
Publication Year :: 2004
Abstract: Compares the linkage relationships of orthologous gene pairs in medaka, zebrafish and human. Mapping of Hox gene clusters; Extra whole-genome duplications; Divergence time estimates; Distribution of genetic markers in each medaka linkage group; Chromosome number in the last common ancestor of ray-finned and lobbed-finned fish; Gene sequences; Differential gene silencing in duplicated chromosomes.

Subjects :: *LINKAGE (Genetics)
*GENETICS
*GENES
*PLOIDY
*CHROMOSOMES
*GENE silencing

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