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)[i] Total number of markers Number of gene loci Number of random markers Number of anchor loci Physical relative length[ii] (%) Genetical relative length (%) Coverage[iii]
1181.915186325453109.13.5
2144.8157661745398.947.253.8
3147104492028256.757.366.1
4154.4105652141426.67.733.8
5118.211645738326.035.923.8
683.776401029215.284.194.2
7124.675461529335.126.243.9
8112.997381225244.755.654.9
9854124519134.54.257.1
1062.194502127294.263.112.2
11625018513113.663.16.2
1255.75424717132.532.794.6
1368.75630821133.933.445.7
1479.743241012163.863.995.3
1592.6491721593.694.6311.6
1656.11724716153.362.814.0
1799.85033823173.324.996.2
18854430722173.184.255.3
1944.33817512102.552.224.9
2056.547155952.232.8314.1
X83.24526916115.424.168.3
 Total1998.215097672335114481001004.7

[ii] Based on cytogenetic length: http://www.ratmap.gen.gu.se.

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