Gene mapping

gene mapping
the strategies that locate the position of gene loci on chromosomes
Source: Jenkins, John B. 1990. Human Genetics, 2nd Edition. New York: Harper & Row ...
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Dr. Leslie Biesecker, of the National Human Genome Research Institute's Laboratory of Genetic Disease Research, defines gene mapping.
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base pair, chromosome, deoxyribonucleic acid (DNA), gene, genome, linkage, nucleotide, physical map ...
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Gene Mapping with a Three-Point Cross
The page Genetic Linkage and Linkage Maps shows how carrying out three different dihybrid test crosses in the corn plant reveals:
the order of the gene loci
the distance between them (in centiMorgans, cM) ...
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Gene mapping
Determination of the relative positions of different genes on a DNA molecule.
Gene transfer agent
A phage-like agent from Rhodobacter capsulates species which can transfer DNA from the donor host to recipient cells.
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Gene mapping: Determining the relative positions of genes on a DNA molecule.
Gene product: The biochemical material, either RNA or protein, resulting from expression of a gene.
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Gene mapping: Determination of the relative positions of genes on a DNA molecule (chromosome or plasmid) and of the distance, in linkage units or physical units, between them.
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Mapping See: gene mapping, linkage map, physical map
Mapping population The group of related organisms used in constructing a genetic map.
Marker See: genetic marker ...
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A technique used to map bacterial genes by determining the sequence in which donor genes enter recipient cells. A gene mapping technique in which bacterial conjugation is disrupted after specified time intervals.
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A hybrid cell line derived from fusion of cells from different sources. Human/rodent hybrids containing small amount of human genetic material such as a single chromosome are used in human gene mapping.
Back-cross ...
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Yeasts are part of the Human Genome Project and serve as easily studied models for eukaryotic gene systems. Yeast chromosomes have also been modified to serve as vectors for transporting human DNA fragments for use in gene mapping.
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to nineteenth-century biology as a descriptive science, Morgan's findings about genes and their location on chromosomes helped transform biology into an experimental science." The centimorgan, a unit of recombinant frequency used in gene mapping, ...
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