Abstract
Dde I-digested DNA fragments from 11 inbred mouse strains were separated by electrophoresis, blotted and probed with a labeled oligomer, TELO, containing five repeats of the consensus mammalian telomere sequence, TTAGGG. Each strain produced a unique set of hybridizing fragments. Segregation analysis of TELO-hybridizing fragments from the BXD RI strains indicated that each fragment segregated as expected for a single gene. One fragment from strain DBA/2J was genetically linked to locusXmv-9, previously mapped near the distal end of the map of chromosome (Chr) 4 and three fragments toCck, near the distal end of Chr 9, suggesting that these fragments are telomeric and represent the ends of the chromosome maps. Confirmation of these map positions was obtained from a backcross. Fragments associated with the short arm of the Y Chr were found in DNA from strains C57BL/6J and DBA/2J. TELO-hybridizing fragments from DBA/2J were digested by the exonuclease Bal 31, under conditions in which fragments hybridizing to a cDNA probe for themetallothioneine locus, located at the middle of mouse Chr 8, remained intact. Thus both biochemical and genetic tests indicate that several TELO-hybridizing fragments fromDde I-digested DNA are at the ends of chromosomes and probably derive from mouse telomeres. Using this approach should allow the mapping of genes relative to the ends of other mouse chromosomes.
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Elliott, R.W., Yen, CH. DNA variants with telomere probe enable genetic mapping of ends of mouse chromosomes. Mammalian Genome 1, 118–122 (1991). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02443788
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