Development and mapping of microsatellites from a microdissected BTA 11-specific DNA library

A chromosome-specific library was developed for Bos taurus autosome 11 by chromosome microdissection and microcloning using a bovine primary fibroblast culture, obtained from a t(X:23) heifer, that spontaneously developed a translocation chromosome involving bovine chromosome 11. The library was screened using (AC)(12) oligos, positive clones selected, sequenced and primers developed to generate bovine chromosome 11-specific microsatellite markers. This study suggests that chromosome-specific libraries have great potential for development of microsatellite markers for the construction of marker-saturated linkage maps for each chromosome.