Table 1.

Classification of Loci

Type Class Description No. Symbol
1GGene: Transcribed region of the genome252Hugo > UniGene > GDB
gPredicted gene based on UniGene clusters (n = 229)  or sequence analysis (n = 35)264GenBank accession no.
2PPolymorphic: Multiple polymorphisms[ii] 15D-number
VVariable Number of Tandem Repeats (VNTR)2
QTetra-nucleotide repeat20
TTri-nucleotide repeat7
DDi-nucleotide repeat83
RRestriction Fragment Length Polymorphism (RFLP)1
UUnknown polymorphism7
3NNucleic acid[iii] 317GenBank accession no.
Total968

[i] 1, Genes; 2, polymorphisms; 3, DNA sequence.

[ii] Multiple polymorphisms with the same D-number.

[iii] Nucleic acid sequences that may include ESTs not yet associated with predicted genes and sequence-tagged sites.