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Animal Science

Description

Ch. 14 Gene Mapping in Livestock

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Subject

Agriculture

Level

Undergraduate 2

Created

04/28/2011

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Term

what are markers?

Definition

-are essentially bookmarks on the DNA chromosome
-microsatellites
-distributed across genome

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Candidate Gene Approach

Definition

Identify candidate genes based on physiological function

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Positional Cloning

Definition

Look for associations between markers and phenotypes

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Positional Candidate Gene Approach

Definition

Use comparative mapping information from human and mouse to identify positional candidate genes

Term

The Genome

Definition

Cattle: 30 pairs of chromosomes
Sheep: 27 pairs
SwineL 19 pairs
Goat: 30 pairs
Horse: 32 pairs