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To construct a physical map of Arabidopsis thaliana chromosome 4 using yeast artificial chromosome clones and analyze its structural organization.

October 20, 1995ScienceOpen Access

Physical Map and Organization of Arabidopsis thaliana Chromosome 4

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RSRenate SchmidtUniversity of Manchester JWJoanne WestJohn Innes Centre KLKarina LoveJohn Innes Centre

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Genome mapping analysis reveals recombination hot spots and centromeric repeats in Arabidopsis thaliana chromosome 4, highlighting structural differences between physical and genetic maps.

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To construct a physical map of Arabidopsis thaliana chromosome 4 using yeast artificial chromosome clones and analyze its structural organization.
Assembled a physical map of chromosome 4 utilizing yeast artificial chromosome (YAC) clones.
Integrated cytogenetic and physical maps by localizing the centromere and the nucleolar organizing region.
Compared physical and genetic distances across the chromosome to evaluate recombination rates.
Recombination frequency varied substantially along chromosome 4, exhibiting distinct hot spots and cold spots.
Identified eight repeated DNA sequence families organized in a complex arrangement restricted exclusively to the centromeric region.

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Schmidt et al. (1995) studied this question.

synapsesocial.com/papers/6a7d24dfe9ddcd9870aa0f00 https://doi.org/10.1126/science.270.5235.480

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Genome mapping analysis reveals recombination hot spots and centromeric repeats in Arabidopsis thaliana chromosome 4, highlighting structural differences between physical and genetic maps.

Physical Map and Organization of Arabidopsis thaliana Chromosome 4

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Physical Map and Organization of Arabidopsis thaliana Chromosome 4

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