Recently, the copper toxicosis (CT) locus in Bedlington terriers was assign
ed to canine chromosome region CFA10q26, which is homologous to human chrom
osome region HSA2p13-21. A comparative map between CFA10q21-26 and HSA2p13-
21 was constructed by using genes already localized to HSA2p13-21. A high-r
esolution radiation map of CFA10q21-26 was constructed to facilitate positi
onal cloning of the CT gene. For this map, seven Type I and eleven Type II
markers were mapped. Using homozygosity mapping, the CT locus could be conf
ined to a 42.3 cR(3000) region, between the FH2523 and C10.602 markers. On
the basis of a partial BAC contig, it was estimated that 1-cR(3000) is equi
valent to approximately 210 kb, implying that the CT candidate region is th
erefore estimated to be about 9 Mb.