EIMERIA SPP OF THE DOMESTIC-FOWL - RESOLUTION OF CHROMOSOMES BY FIELD INVERSION GEL-ELECTROPHORESIS

被引:20
作者
FERNANDO, MA [1 ]
PASTERNAK, JJ [1 ]
机构
[1] UNIV WATERLOO,DEPT BIOL,WATERLOO N2L 3G1,ONTARIO,CANADA
基金
加拿大自然科学与工程研究理事会;
关键词
EIMERIA SPP; DOMESTIC FOWL; MOLECULAR KARYOTYPE; FIELD INVERSION GEL ELECTROPHORESIS (FIGE); DNA;
D O I
10.1016/0014-4894(91)90150-U
中图分类号
R38 [医学寄生虫学]; Q [生物科学];
学科分类号
07 ; 0710 ; 09 ; 100103 ;
摘要
The molecular karyotypes of five species of chicken coccidia, viz., Eimeria acervulina, E. brunetti, E. maxima, E. necatrix, and E. tenella, were determined using field inversion gel electrophoresis (FIGE). Each species has a distinctive set of resolvable chromosomes which range from about 1 to greater than 5.7 megabases. We were able to resolve at least 8 chromosomes for E. acervulina, 5 for E. brunetti, 10 for E. maxima, 6 for E. necatrix, and 9 for E. tenella. If the value of 67 megabases for the genomic DNA of E. tenella is accurate, then under the conditions used here only about 60% of its chromosomal complement has been resolved. © 1991.
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页码:306 / 310
页数:5
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