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. 1996 Apr;142(4):1277–1288. doi: 10.1093/genetics/142.4.1277

Centromere-Linkage Analysis and Consolidation of the Zebrafish Genetic Map

S L Johnson 1, M A Gates 1, M Johnson 1, W S Talbot 1, S Horne 1, K Baik 1, S Rude 1, J R Wong 1, J H Postlethwait 1
PMCID: PMC1207124  PMID: 8846904

Abstract

The ease of isolating mutations in zebrafish will contribute to an understanding of a variety of processes common to all vertebrates. To facilitate genetic analysis of such mutations, we have identified DNA polymorphisms closely linked to each of the 25 centromeres of zebrafish, placed centromeres on the linkage map, increased the number of mapped PCR-based markers to 652, and consolidated the number of linkage groups to the number of chromosomes. This work makes possible centromere-linkage analysis, a novel, rapid method to assign mutations to a specific linkage group using half-tetrads.

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