PMID- 19546120 OWN - NLM STAT- MEDLINE DCOM- 20090917 LR - 20211020 IS - 1465-7333 (Electronic) IS - 0022-1503 (Print) IS - 0022-1503 (Linking) VI - 100 Suppl 1 IP - Suppl 1 DP - 2009 Jul-Aug TI - Chromosomal mapping of canine-derived BAC clones to the red fox and American mink genomes. PG - S42-53 LID - 10.1093/jhered/esp037 [doi] AB - High-quality sequencing of the dog (Canis lupus familiaris) genome has enabled enormous progress in genetic mapping of canine phenotypic variation. The red fox (Vulpes vulpes), another canid species, also exhibits a wide range of variation in coat color, morphology, and behavior. Although the fox genome has not yet been sequenced, canine genomic resources have been used to construct a meiotic linkage map of the red fox genome and begin genetic mapping in foxes. However, a more detailed gene-specific comparative map between the dog and fox genomes is required to establish gene order within homologous regions of dog and fox chromosomes and to refine breakpoints between homologous chromosomes of the 2 species. In the current study, we tested whether canine-derived gene-containing bacterial artificial chromosome (BAC) clones can be routinely used to build a gene-specific map of the red fox genome. Forty canine BAC clones were mapped to the red fox genome by fluorescence in situ hybridization (FISH). Each clone was uniquely assigned to a single fox chromosome, and the locations of 38 clones agreed with cytogenetic predictions. These results clearly demonstrate the utility of FISH mapping for construction of a whole-genome gene-specific map of the red fox. The further possibility of using canine BAC clones to map genes in the American mink (Mustela vison) genome was also explored. Much lower success was obtained for this more distantly related farm-bred species, although a few BAC clones were mapped to the predicted chromosomal locations. FAU - Kukekova, Anna V AU - Kukekova AV AD - James A. Baker Institute for Animal Health, College of Veterinary Medicine, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY 14853, USA. avk5@cornell.edu FAU - Vorobieva, Nadegda V AU - Vorobieva NV FAU - Beklemisheva, Violetta R AU - Beklemisheva VR FAU - Johnson, Jennifer L AU - Johnson JL FAU - Temnykh, Svetlana V AU - Temnykh SV FAU - Yudkin, Dmitry V AU - Yudkin DV FAU - Trut, Lyudmila N AU - Trut LN FAU - Andre, Catherine AU - Andre C FAU - Galibert, Francis AU - Galibert F FAU - Aguirre, Gustavo D AU - Aguirre GD FAU - Acland, Gregory M AU - Acland GM FAU - Graphodatsky, Alexander S AU - Graphodatsky AS LA - eng GR - EY006855/EY/NEI NIH HHS/United States GR - R03TW008098/TW/FIC NIH HHS/United States GR - R01 EY006855/EY/NEI NIH HHS/United States GR - MH077811/MH/NIMH NIH HHS/United States GR - R03 TW008098-01/TW/FIC NIH HHS/United States GR - R03 TW008098/TW/FIC NIH HHS/United States GR - R03 TW008098-02/TW/FIC NIH HHS/United States GR - R01 EY006855-22/EY/NEI NIH HHS/United States GR - R01 MH077811/MH/NIMH NIH HHS/United States PT - Journal Article PT - Research Support, N.I.H., Extramural PT - Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't DEP - 20090621 PL - United States TA - J Hered JT - The Journal of heredity JID - 0375373 SB - IM MH - Animals MH - Chromosome Mapping/*veterinary MH - Chromosomes, Artificial, Bacterial/*genetics MH - Dogs/*genetics MH - Foxes/*genetics MH - Genome MH - Genomics/methods MH - In Situ Hybridization, Fluorescence MH - Mink/*genetics PMC - PMC3139363 EDAT- 2009/06/24 09:00 MHDA- 2009/09/18 06:00 PMCR- 2010/07/01 CRDT- 2009/06/24 09:00 PHST- 2009/06/24 09:00 [entrez] PHST- 2009/06/24 09:00 [pubmed] PHST- 2009/09/18 06:00 [medline] PHST- 2010/07/01 00:00 [pmc-release] AID - esp037 [pii] AID - 10.1093/jhered/esp037 [doi] PST - ppublish SO - J Hered. 2009 Jul-Aug;100 Suppl 1(Suppl 1):S42-53. doi: 10.1093/jhered/esp037. Epub 2009 Jun 21.