A Comprehensive Genetic Map of the Cattle Genome Based on 3802 Microsatellites

Table 1.

Parameters of the Bovine Linkage Map








No. of intervals
BTA/Xa
Length (cM)
No. of markers
No. of positions
Average interval (cM)
Maximum interval (cM)
10-15 cM
5-10 cM
1 154.7* 263* 150* 1 4.6 0 0
2 128.9 186 112 1.2 6.2 0 2
3 128.9 171 101 1.3 5.2 0 1
4 119.9 130 81 1.5 4.7 0 0
5 135.6 181 115 1.2 4.7 0 0
6 134.4 232 128 1.1 9.2 0 3
7 135.6 138 88 1.6 8.6 0 5*
8 128.6 123 84 1.5 7.9 0 4
9 116.2 127 79 1.5 4.9 0 0
10 118.8 125 88 1.4 4.4 0 0
11 131 195 103 1.3 7.6 0 2
12 110 122 74 1.5 8.9 0 1
13 105.4 114 80 1.3 4.9 0 0
14 103.9 133 77 1.4 5.1 0 1
15 109.8 144 94 1.2 5.6 0 1
16 98.6 103 67 1.5 4 0 0
17 95.9 103 69 1.4 5.5 0 1
18 84.4 111 70 1.2 5.1 0 1
19 109.6 134 89 1.2 6.7 0 3
20 82.9 120 64 1.3 5.2 0 1
21 83.8 125 72 1.2 4 0 0
22 88.1 79 57 1.6 7.1 0 1
23 80 76 48 1.7 6.3 0 2
24 78.1 94 61 1.3 3.8 0 0
25 68.4 72 48 1.5 6.8 0 2
26 79.4 64# 43# 1.9* 7.4 0 3
27 71.2 72 43# 1.7 6.2 0 1
28 61.7# 80 43# 1.5 4.7 0 0
29 69.7 154 78 0.9# 3.3# 0 0
X 146.5 189 83 1.8 10.2* 1 5*
Total
3159.9
3960
2389
1.4 (average)
10.2 (maximum)
1
40
  • Maximum number and minimum number in each column were shown by* and #, respectively.

  • a Data for 29 sex-averaged autosomal linkage groups and a sex-specific X-chromosome linkage group.

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  1. Genome Res. 14: 1987-1998

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