REFERENCE FAMILIES

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East Lansing reference population: Red Jungle Fowl x White Leghorn Backcross

400 progeny. Subset of 52 BC serves as routinely genotyped population. DNA available

Contact: J.B. Dodgson dodgson@pilot.msu.edu, H.H. Cheng, hcheng@pilot.msu.edu

Wageningen reference population: F2 of two extreme White Plymouth Rock broiler lines

465 progeny

Contact: M.A.M Groenen, Martien.Groenen@alg.vf.wau.nl

 

WEBSITES/DATABASES

Site Location Maintained by: URL
Roslin Inst. Homepage (Chickgbase) Roslin Inst., Edinburgh Dave Burt, Dave.Burt@bbsrc.ac.uk www.ri.bbsrc.ac.uk/chickmap/ChickMapHomePage.html
NAGRP Chickgbase mirror site Iowa State U., Ames Max Rothschild http://www.genome.iastate.edu
NAGRP Poultry Homepage Mich. State U., East Lansing J. Dodgson & H. Cheng http://poultry.mph.msu.edu
Wageningen Homepage Wageningen Agricultural U. M.A.M Groenen www.zod.wau.nl/vf/chickensite/chicken.html

 

PRIMER KITS

Kit

No. of primer pairs

More info:

Notes

Microsatellite #1

120

http://poultry.mph.msu.edu

 

Microsatellite #2

124

http://poultry.mph.msu.edu

 

Microsatellite #3

275

http://poultry.mph.msu.edu

 

Microsatellite #4

56

http://poultry.mph.msu.edu

 

Microsatellite #5

37

http://poultry.mph.msu.edu

 

Microsatellite #6

35

http://poultry.mph.msu.edu

 

Population starter kit:

9

http://poultry.mph.msu.edu

microsatellites with 6 to 10 alleles each

Gene Kit #1

200

http://poultry.mph.msu.edu

available individually or groups of up to 20

Microsatellites are polymorphic in at least one of the 3 reference families

Contact J.B. Dodgson/H.H. Cheng, dodgson@msu.edu , hcheng@msu.edu

 

RADIATION HYBRID PANELS

  • N. Bumstead (status unknown; as reported at PAG VI quail-chicken hybrids are being tested.)
  • C. Kwok et al., NAR 26:3562-3566. Contact C. Kwok, cheni_kwok-1@sbphrd.com (Chicken-hamster hybrid panel was incomplete at time of publication.)
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    EST (expressed sequence tags)

  • Joan Burnside in collaboration with DuPont and the State of Delaware (contact: Joan Burnside for availability, joan@Udel.edu).
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    LIBRARIES

    Type

    Constructed by:

    Contact:

    BAC

    M.A.M Groenen and R.P.M.A Crooijmans

    richard.crooijmans@alg.vf.wau.nl

    BAC

    J.B. Dodgson

    dodgson@msu.edu

    BAC

    C. Auffrey, R. Zoorob, and A. Vignal

    vignal@autan.toulouse.inra.fr

    PAC

    C. Auffrey, R. Zoorob, and A. Vignal

    vignal@autan.toulouse.inra.fr

    YAC

    A.A. Toye, L. Schalkwyk, H. Lehrach, and N. Bumstead

    Ressourcenzentrum im Deutschen Humangenomprojekt (http://www.rzpd.de)

    Cosmid

    L. Schalkwyk, H.R. Fries, M. Weiher, and J. Buitkamp

    Ressourcenzentrum im Deutschen Humangenomprojekt (http://www.rzpd.de)

    Cosmid

    Stratagene

    (http://www.stratagene.com)

    Cosmid

    Clontech

    (http://www.clontech.com)

    E1 chick embryo cDNA

    H.H Arnold, B. Andree, and T. Brand

    Ressourcenzentrum im Deutschen Humangenomprojekt (http://www.rzpd.de)

    Erythroid and total embryo cDNA libraries

    M. Yamamoto, J.D. Engel, J.B. Dodgson

    dodgson@msu.edu

    Early embryonic developmental stage cDNAs

    A. Gibbins

    agibbins@aps.uoguelph.ca

    Various cell line cDNAs

    D. Foster

    foste001@maroon.tc.umn.edu

    Lymphoid (and other) cDNAs

    J. Burnside

    joan@Udel.edu

    Adipose, secondary fibroblast, heart, intestinal mucosa, liver, and muscle cDNAs

    Stratagene

    http://www.stratagene.com

    Embryo, brain cDNAs

    Clontech

    http://www.clontech.com

    lambda genomic

    Stratagene

    http://www.stratagene.com

    lambda genomic

    Clontech

    http://www.clontech.com

    lambda genomic

    J.B. Dodgson

    dodgson@msu.edu

    Chromosome-specific libraries

    A. Ponce de Leon; Richard Griffiths

  • apl@tc.umn.edu
  • r.griffiths@bio.gla.ac.uk

     

    TURKEY GENOME RESOURCES

    Turkey resources

     
    Various including BYU map population maintained by E. Smith edsmith@acd.tusk.edu. See Turkey genome website at Tuskegee Turkey genome website at Tuskegee
    British United Turkey mapping population ?
    U. Minn./ISU microsatellites, resource population, other resources in prep. Craig Beattie, cbeattie@tc.umn.edu