The first generation of a BAC-based physical map of Brassica rapa.

ABSTRACT:

Background

The genus Brassica includes the most extensively cultivated vegetable crops worldwide. Investigation of the Brassica genome presents excellent challenges to study plant genome evolution and divergence of gene function associated with polyploidy and genome hybridization. A physical map of the B. rapa genome is a fundamental tool for analysis of Brassica "A" genome structure. Integration of a physical map with an existing genetic map by linking genetic markers and BAC clones in the sequencing pipeline provides a crucial resource for the ongoing genome sequencing effort and assembly of whole genome sequences.

Results

A genome-wide physical map of the B. rapa genome was constructed by the capillary electrophoresis-based fingerprinting of 67,468 Bacterial Artificial Ch

SUBMITTER: Mun JH 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC2432078 | biostudies-literature | 2008 Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature