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. 1988 Mar;118(3):519–526. doi: 10.1093/genetics/118.3.519

Gene Mapping with Recombinant Inbreds in Maize

B Burr 1, F A Burr 1, K H Thompson 1, M C Albertson 1, C W Stuber 1
PMCID: PMC1203305  PMID: 3366363

Abstract

Recombinant inbred lines of maize have been developed for the rapid mapping of molecular probes to chromosomal location. Two recombinant inbred families have been constructed from F(2) populations of T232 X CM37 and CO159 X Tx303. A genetic map based largely on isozymes and restriction fragment length polymorphisms has been produced that covers virtually the entire maize genome. In order to map a new gene, an investigator has only to determine its allelic distribution among the recombinant inbred lines and then compare it by computer with the distributions of all previously mapped loci. The availability of the recombinant inbreds and the associated data base constitute an efficient means of mapping new molecular markers in maize.

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