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Mouse linkage cytogenetics (L-C) probes
M C Liechty1, A C Clase, K L Puschus
1Applied Genetics Laboratories, Inc., Melbourne, FL 32901, USA. liechty@appliedgenetics.com
Cytogenetics and Cell Genetics
|April 25, 2000
Abstract:
We have identified 149 hybridization probes at 10-cM intervals in the mouse and have confirmed their order and linkage by fluorescence in situ hybridization. These probes represent a new resource for mapping in the mouse and can be used to correlate linkage and cytogenetic maps, to map novel sequences to within a few centimorgans, to relate cytogenetic abnormalities to the genetic map, and to make cross-species comparisons.
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