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. 1994 Jun;137(2):573–579. doi: 10.1093/genetics/137.2.573

Sheep Linkage Mapping: Nineteen Linkage Groups Derived from the Analysis of Paternal Half-Sib Families

A M Crawford 1, G W Montgomery 1, C A Pierson 1, T Brown 1, K G Dodds 1, SLF Sunden 1, H M Henry 1, A J Ede 1, P A Swarbrick 1, T Berryman 1, J M Penty 1, D F Hill 1
PMCID: PMC1205979  PMID: 8070667

Abstract

Nineteen linkage groups containing a total of 52 markers have been identified in the sheep genome after typing large paternal half-sib families. The linkage groups range in size from 2 markers showing no recombination to a group containing 6 markers covering approximately 30 cM of the sheep genome. Thirteen of the groups have been assigned to a sheep chromosome. Three groups contain markers from bovine syntenic groups U2, U7 and U29, and one other group contains a marker that has been mapped only in humans. The remaining three groups are unassigned. This information will provide a useful foundation for a genetic linkage map of sheep.

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