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A BAC-based physical map of the major autosomes of Drosophila melanogaster

  • Roger A. Hoskins*
  • , Catherine R. Nelson
  • , Benjamin P. Berman
  • , Todd R. Laverty
  • , Reed A. George
  • , Lisa Ciesiolka
  • , Mohammed Naeemuddin
  • , Andrew D. Arenson
  • , James Durbin
  • , Robert G. David
  • , Paul E. Tabor
  • , Michael R. Bailey
  • , Denise R. DeShazo
  • , Joseph Catanese
  • , Aaron Mammoser
  • , Kazutoyo Osoegawa
  • , Pieter J. De Jong
  • , Susan E. Celniker
  • , Richard A. Gibbs
  • , Gerald M. Rubin
  • Steven E. Scherer
*Corresponding author for this work

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Abstract

We constructed a bacterial artificial chromosome (BAC)- based physical map of chromosomes 2 and 3 of Drosophila melanogaster, which constitute 81% of the genome. Sequence tagged site (STS) content, restriction fingerprinting, and polytene chromosome in situ hybridization approaches were integrated to produce a map spanning the euchromatin. Three of five remaining gaps are in repeat-rich regions near the centromeres. A tiling path of clones spanning this map and STS maps of chromosomes X and 4 was sequenced to low coverage; the maps and tiling path sequence were used to support and verify the whole-genome sequence assembly, and tiling path BACs were used as templates in sequence finishing.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)2271-2274
Number of pages4
JournalScience
Volume287
Issue number5461
DOIs
StatePublished - 24 Mar 2000
Externally publishedYes

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