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W-derived BAC probes as a new tool for identification of the W chromosome and its aberrations in Bombyx mori
Title: | W-derived BAC probes as a new tool for identification of the W chromosome and its aberrations in Bombyx mori |
Authors: | Sahara, Ken1 Browse this author →KAKEN DB | Yoshido, Atsuo Browse this author | Kawamura, Naoko Browse this author | Ohnuma, Akio Browse this author | Abe, Hiroaki Browse this author | Mita, Kazuei Browse this author | Oshiki, Toshikazu Browse this author | Shimada, Toru Browse this author | Asano, Shin-ichiro Browse this author | Bando, Hisanori Browse this author →KAKEN DB | Yasukochi, Yuji Browse this author |
Authors(alt): | 佐原, 健1 |
Keywords: | comparative genomic hybridization | ephestia-kuehniella lapidoptera | sex-chromosomes | domesticated silkworm | translocation strains | linkage map | dna | chromatin | insects | moth |
Issue Date: | 24-Jun-2003 |
Publisher: | Springer-Verlag GmbH |
Journal Title: | Chromosoma |
Volume: | 112 |
Issue: | 1 |
Start Page: | 48 |
End Page: | 55 |
Publisher DOI: | 10.1007/s00412-003-0245-5 |
PMID: | 12827381 |
Abstract: | We isolated four W chromosome-derived bacterial artificial chromosome (W-BAC) clones from Bombyx mori BAC libraries by the polymerase chain reaction and used them as probes for fluorescence in situ hybridization (FISH) on chromosome preparations from B. mori females. All four W-BAC probes surprisingly highlighted the whole wild-type W sex chromosome and also identified the entire original W-chromosomal region in W chromosome-autosome translocation mutants. This is the first successful identification of a single chromosome by means of BAC-FISH in species with holokinetic chromosomes. Genomic in situ hybridization (GISH) by using female-derived genomic probes highlighted the W chromosome in a similar chromosome-painting manner. Besides the W, hybridization signals of W-BAC probes also occurred in telomeric and/or subtelomeric regions of the autosomes. These signals coincided well with those of female genomic probes except one additional GISH signal that was observed in a large heterochromatin block of one autosome pair. Our results support the opinion that the B. mori W chromosome accumulated transposable elements and other repetitive sequences that also occur, but scattered, elsewhere in the respective genome. Edited by: E.R. Schmidt |
Rights: | The original publication is available at www.springerlink.com |
Type: | article (author version) |
URI: | http://hdl.handle.net/2115/893 |
Appears in Collections: | 農学院・農学研究院 (Graduate School of Agriculture / Faculty of Agriculture) > 雑誌発表論文等 (Peer-reviewed Journal Articles, etc)
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Submitter: 佐原 健
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