PUBLICATION
Genetic analysis of chromosomal rearrangements in the cyclops region of the zebrafish genome
- Authors
- Talbot, W.S., Egan, E.S., Gates, M.A., Walker, C., Ullmann, B., Neuhauss, S.C.F., Kimmel, C.B., and Postlethwait, J.H.
- ID
- ZDB-PUB-980212-3
- Date
- 1998
- Source
- Genetics 148: 373-380 (Journal)
- Registered Authors
- Egan, Elizabeth S., Gates, Michael A., Kimmel, Charles B., Neuhauss, Stephan, Postlethwait, John H., Talbot, William S., Ullmann, Bonnie, Walker, Charline
- Keywords
- none
- MeSH Terms
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- Alleles
- Animals
- Chromosome Mapping
- Gene Rearrangement/genetics*
- Genetic Markers/genetics
- Translocation, Genetic*
- Zebrafish/embryology
- Zebrafish/genetics*
- PubMed
- 9475747 Full text @ Genetics
Citation
Talbot, W.S., Egan, E.S., Gates, M.A., Walker, C., Ullmann, B., Neuhauss, S.C.F., Kimmel, C.B., and Postlethwait, J.H. (1998) Genetic analysis of chromosomal rearrangements in the cyclops region of the zebrafish genome. Genetics. 148:373-380.
Abstract
Genetic screens in zebrafish have provided mutations in hundreds of genes with essential functions in the developing embryo. To investigate the possible uses of chromosomal rearrangements in the analysis of these mutations, we genetically characterized three gamma-ray induced alleles of cyclops (cyc), a gene required for development of midline structures. We show that cyc maps near one end of Linkage Group 12 (LG 12) and that this region is involved in a reciprocal translocation with LG 2 in one gamma-ray induced mutation, cyc(b213). The translocated segments together cover approximately 5% of the genetic map, and we show that this rearrangement is useful for mapping cloned genes that reside in the affected chromosomal regions. The other two alleles, cyc(b16) and cyc(b229), have deletions in the distal region of LG 12. Interestingly, both of these mutations suppress recombination between genetic markers in LG 12, including markers at a distance from the deletion. This observation raises the possibility that these deletions affect a site required for meiotic recombination on the LG 12 chromosome. The cyc(b16) and cyc(b229) mutations may be useful for balancing other lethal mutations located in the distal region of LG 12. These results show that chromosomal rearrangements can provide useful resources for mapping and genetic analyses in zebrafish.
Genes / Markers
Expression
Phenotype
Mutations / Transgenics
Human Disease / Model
Sequence Targeting Reagents
Fish
Orthology
Engineered Foreign Genes
Mapping