3.1 Papers
3.1.6 Chronological list
3.1.6.61 Gates, M., Kim, L., Egan, E., Cardozo, T., Sirotkin, H., Dougan, S., Lashkari, D., Davis, R., Abagyan, R., Schier, A,. and Talbot, W. (1999). An integrated genetic linkage map of the zebrafish genome. Genome Research 9, 334-47
Genetic screens in zebrafish (Danio rerio) have isolated mutations in hundreds of genes with essential functions. To facilitate
the identification of candidate genes for these mutations, we have genetically mapped 104 genes and expressed sequence tags
by scoring single-strand conformational polymorphisms in a panel of haploid siblings. To integrate this map with existing
genetic maps, we also scored 275 previously mapped genes, microsatellites, and sequence-tagged sites in the same haploid
panel. Systematic phylogenetic analysis defined likely mammalian orthologs of mapped zebrafish genes, and comparison of
map positions in zebrafish and mammals identified significant conservation of synteny. This comparative analysis also
identified pairs of zebrafish genes that appear to be orthologous to single mammalian genes, suggesting that these genes
arose in a genome duplication that occurred in the teleost lineage after the divergence of fish and mammal ancestors. This
comparative map analysis will be useful in predicting the locations of zebrafish genes from mammalian gene maps and in
understanding the evolution of the vertebrate genome.