A Linkage Map of the Rat Genome Derived from Three F2 Crosses

Table 3.

Statistics on the Distribution of Markers in the Rat Genetic Linkage Maps Combined Over the Crosses WKY × S, BN × S, and BN × GK

Chr. Genetic length (cM) Genetic length (cM) Total number of markers Number of gene loci Number of random markers Number of anchor loci Physical relative length (%) Genetical relative length (%) Coverage
1 181.9 151 86 32 54 53 10 9.1 3.5
2 144.8 157 66 17 45 39 8.94 7.25 3.8
3 147 104 49 20 28 25 6.75 7.36 6.1
4 154.4 105 65 21 41 42 6.6 7.73 3.8
5 118.2 116 45 7 38 32 6.03 5.92 3.8
6 83.7 76 40 10 29 21 5.28 4.19 4.2
7 124.6 75 46 15 29 33 5.12 6.24 3.9
8 112.9 97 38 12 25 24 4.75 5.65 4.9
9 85 41 24 5 19 13 4.5 4.25 7.1
10 62.1 94 50 21 27 29 4.26 3.11 2.2
11 62 50 18 5 13 11 3.66 3.1 6.2
12 55.7 54 24 7 17 13 2.53 2.79 4.6
13 68.7 56 30 8 21 13 3.93 3.44 5.7
14 79.7 43 24 10 12 16 3.86 3.99 5.3
15 92.6 49 17 2 15 9 3.69 4.63 11.6
16 56.1 17 24 7 16 15 3.36 2.81 4.0
17 99.8 50 33 8 23 17 3.32 4.99 6.2
18 85 44 30 7 22 17 3.18 4.25 5.3
19 44.3 38 17 5 12 10 2.55 2.22 4.9
20 56.5 47 15 5 9 5 2.23 2.83 14.1
X 83.2 45 26 9 16 11 5.42 4.16 8.3
 Total 1998.2 1509 767 233 511 448 100 100 4.7
  • Jacob et al. (1995).

  • Based on cytogenetic length: http://www.ratmap.gen.gu.se.

  • Coverage per chromosome is calculated as d/n,where d = genetic distance and n = number of intervals between adjacent anchor loci.

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