Fifteen new synteny assignments of microsatellites to the bovine genome

A panel of 36 hamster-bovine hybrid cell lines was used to assign 15 bovine microsatellites. Locus identification, synteny group and/or chromosome assignment and registration number were as follows: ILSTS001 (U22, Chr07, D7S13), ILSTS002 (U09, Chr18, D18S7), ILSTS004 (U10, Chr01, D1S28), ILSTS005 (U05, Chr10, D10S25), ILSTS006 (U22, Chr07, D7S8), ILSTS008 (U24, Chr14, D14S15), ILSTS010 (U27, DU27S11), ILSTS011 (U24, Chr14, D14S16), ILSTS012 (U16, Chr11, D11S26), ILSTS015 (U07, Chr25, D25S3), ILSTS016 (U04, Chr21, D21S22), ILSTS017 (X, DXS11), ILSTS018 (U15, Chr06, D6S15), ILSTS019 (U07, Chr25, D25S7) and ILSTS020 (U05, Chr10, D10S27). These results contribute to the international effort to improve the bovine genetic map.