The Comprehensive Mouse Radiation Hybrid Map Densely Cross-Referenced to the Recombination Map: A Tool to Support the Sequence Assemblies
Abstract
We have developed a unique comprehensive mouse radiation hybrid (RH) map of nearly 23,000 markers integrating data from three international genome centers and over 400 independent laboratories. We have cross-referenced this map to the 0.5-cM resolution recombination-based Jackson Laboratory (TJL) backcross panel map, building a complete set of RH framework chromosome maps based on a high density of known-ordered anchor markers. We have systematically typed markers to improve coverage and resolve discrepancies, and have reanalyzed data sets as needed. The cross-linking of the RH and recombination maps has resulted in a highly accurate genome-wide map with consistent marker order. We have compared these linked framework maps to the Ensembl mouse genome sequence assembly, and show that they are a useful medium resolution tool for both validating sequence assembly and elucidating chromosome biology.
[Supplemental material is available online at www.genome.org.]
Footnotes
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↵1 Corresponding author.
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E-MAIL lbr{at}jax.org; FAX (207) 288-6072.
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Article and publication are at http://www.genome.org/cgi/doi/10.1101/gr.858103. Article published online before print in December 2002.
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- Received September 30, 2002.
- Accepted October 31, 2002.
- Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory Press
