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Assignment of the HOX2 and HOX3 gene clusters to the bovine chromosome regions 19q17‐qter and 5q14‐23
Author(s) -
GUNAWARDANA A.,
FRIES R.
Publication year - 1992
Publication title -
animal genetics
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.756
H-Index - 81
eISSN - 1365-2052
pISSN - 0268-9146
DOI - 10.1111/j.1365-2052.1992.tb00035.x
Subject(s) - biology , homeobox , chromosome , synteny , homeobox a1 , chromosome 22 , genetics , chromosome 17 (human) , gene mapping , chromosome 21 , chromosome 16 , chromosome 9 , chromosome regions , microbiology and biotechnology , chromosome 15 , chromosome 19 , gene , transcription factor
Summary. The homeobox 2 (HOX2) and homeobox 3 (HOX3) clusters have been chromosomally assigned in cattle by in situ hybridization. The probes employed were a murine probe for the mapping of HOX2 to 19q17‐qter and human probes for the mapping of HOX3 to 5q1‐23. These assignments confirm the chromosomal assignment of two syntenic groups, consisting of loci located on human chromosome 12 (bovine chromosome 5) and the long arm of human chromosome 17 (bovine chromosome 19).