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MGI Accession ID: MGI:1859424
J Number: J:62654
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Title: Physical mapping of male fertility and meiotic drive quantitative trait loci in the mouse t complex using chromosome deficiencies.
Authors: Planchart A; You Y; Schimenti JC
Journal: Genetics
Volume: 155
Issue: 2
Date: 2000 Jun
Year: 2000
Pages: 803-12
Review Status: Peer Reviewed
Abstract:
The t complex spans 20 cM of the proximal region of mouse chromosome 17. A variant form, the t haplotype (t), exists at significant frequencies in wild mouse populations and is characterized by the presence of inversions that suppress recombination with wild-type (+) chromosomes. Transmission ratio distortion and sterility are associated with t and affect males only. It is hypothesized that these phenomena are caused by trans-acting distorter/sterility factors that interact with a responder locus (Tcr(t)) and that the distorter and sterility factors are the same because homozygosity of the distorters causes male sterility. One factor, Tcd1, was previously shown to be amorphic using a chromosome deletion. To overcome limitations imposed by recombination suppression, we used a series of deletions within the t complex in trans to t chromosomes to characterize the Tcd1 region. We find that the distorter activity of Tcd1 is distinct from a linked sterility factor, originally called tcs1. YACs mapped with respect to deletion breakpoints localize tcs1 to a 1.1-Mb interval flanked by D17Aus9 and Tctex1. We present evidence for the existence of multiple proximal t complex regions that exhibit distorter activity. These studies demonstrate the utility of chromosome deletions for complex trait analysis.
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