Z. Kibar et al., A radiation hybrid map of 48 loci including the Clouston hidrotic ectodermal dysplasia locus in the pericentromeric region of chromosome 13q, GENOMICS, 56(1), 1999, pp. 127-130
To facilitate the identification of the gene responsible for Clouston hidro
tic ectodermal dysplasia (HED), we used a chromosome 13-specific radiation
hybrid panel to map 54 loci in the HED candidate region. The marker retenti
on data were analyzed using RHMAP version 3. The 54 markers have an average
retention frequency of 31.6% with decreasing retention as a function of di
stance from the centromere. Two-point analysis identified three linkage gro
ups with a threshold lod score of 4.00; one linkage group consisted of 49 l
oci including the centromeric marker D13Z1 and the telomeric flanking marke
r for the HED candidate region D13S143. Assuming a centromeric retention mo
del, multipoint maximum likelihood analysis of these 49 loci except D13Z1 p
rovided a 1000:1 framework map ordering 29 loci with 21 unique map position
s and similar to 2000 times more likely than the next order. Loci that coul
d not be ordered with this level of support were positioned within a range
of adjacent intervals. This map spans 347 cR(9000), has an average resoluti
on of 17.3 cR(9000), and includes 3 genes (TUBA2, GJ beta 2, and FGF-9), 18
ESTs, 19 polymorphic loci, and 8 single-copy DNA segments. Comparison of o
ur RH map to a YAC contig showed an inconsistency in order involving a reve
rsed interval of 6 loci. Fiber-FISH and FISH on interphase nuclei analyses
with PACs isolated from this region supported our order. We also describe t
he isolation of 8 new chromosome 13q polymorphic (CA), markers that have an
average PIC value of 0.67. These data and mapping reagents will facilitate
the isolation of disease genes from this region. (C) 1999 Academic Press.