Table 3.

Summary of DNA Markers Used for Contig Verification and Integration of the Physical Map Contigs with the Chicken Genetic Map


Number of positive clones in total:

1124
   Positive clones in contigs 1069
   Positive clones in singletons 55
   Positive clones for each markera 1-15
   Positive clones per marker 3.1
Number of markers used in total: 367
   Number of markers in contigs: 350
      One marker in one contig 287
      One marker in multiple contigs 63
   Number of markers in singletons 17
Number of contigs containing DNA markers: 361
   Contigs containing one marker 310
   Contigs containing more than one marker
51

a Only ∼1/3 of the source BAC clones were screened with each DNA marker