Development and initial characterization of a HAPPY panel for mapping the X. Tropicalis genome

Zhihua Jiang, Jennifer J. Michal, Kenneth B. Beckman, Jessica B. Lyons, Ming Zhang, Zengxiang Pan, Daniel S. Rokhsar, Richard M. Harland

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Abstract

HAPPY mapping was designed to pursue the analysis of approximately random HAPloid DNA breakage samples using the PolYmerase chain reaction for mapping genomes. In the present study, we improved the method and integrated two other molecular techniques into the process: whole genome amplification and the Sequenom SNP (single nucleotide polymor-phism) genotyping assay in order to facilitate whole genome mapping of X. tropicalis. The former technique amplified enough DNA materials to genotype a large number of markers, while the latter allowed for relatively high throughput marker genotyping with multiplex assays on the HAPPY lines. A total of 58 X. tropicalis genes were genotyped on an initial panel of 383 HAPPY lines, which contributed to formation of a working panel of 146 lines. Further genotyping of 29 markers on the working panel led to construction of a HAPPY map for the X. tropicalis genome. We believe that our improved HAPPY method described in the present study has paved the way for the community to map different genomes with a simple, but powerful approach.

Original languageEnglish (US)
Pages (from-to)1037-1044
Number of pages8
JournalInternational Journal of Biological Sciences
Volume7
Issue number7
DOIs
StatePublished - 2011

Keywords

  • HAPPY mapping
  • Mapping X. tropicalis genome
  • Multiplex genotyping assay
  • Whole genome amplification

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