PUBLICATION
Genetic screens for mutations affecting adult traits and parental-effect genes
- Authors
- Pelegri, F., Mullins, M.C.
- ID
- ZDB-PUB-160725-33
- Date
- 2016
- Source
- Methods in cell biology 135: 39-87 (Chapter)
- Registered Authors
- Mullins, Mary C., Pelegri, Francisco
- Keywords
- Adult, F(3)-extended family screen, Fertility, Forward genetics, Genetic mapping, Gynogenesis, High-throughput sequencing, Juvenile, Larval, Maternal effect, Molecular cloning, Next generation sequencing, Paternal effect, Zebrafish
- MeSH Terms
-
- Animals
- Chromosome Mapping/methods
- DNA Mutational Analysis/methods*
- Embryonic Development/genetics*
- Female
- Genetic Linkage
- Genetic Testing/methods*
- Genome
- Larva/genetics
- Larva/growth & development
- Male
- Mutation/genetics
- Phenotype
- Zebrafish/genetics
- PubMed
- 27443920 Full text @ Meth. Cell. Biol.
Citation
Pelegri, F., Mullins, M.C. (2016) Genetic screens for mutations affecting adult traits and parental-effect genes. Methods in cell biology. 135:39-87.
Abstract
Forward genetics remains an important approach for the unbiased identification of factors involved in biological pathways. Forward genetic analysis in the zebrafish has until now largely been restricted to the developmental period from zygotic genome activation through the end of embryogenesis. However, the use of the zebrafish as a model system for the analysis of late larval, juvenile and adult traits, including fertility and maternal and paternal effects, continues to gain momentum. Here, we describe two approaches, based on an F3-extended family and gynogenetic methods, that allow genetic screening for, and recovery of mutations affecting post-embryonic stages, including adult traits, fertility, and parental effects. For each approach, we also describe strategies to maintain, map, and molecularly clone the identified mutations.
Genes / Markers
Expression
Phenotype
Mutations / Transgenics
Human Disease / Model
Sequence Targeting Reagents
Fish
Orthology
Engineered Foreign Genes
Mapping