A restriction enzyme map of the sex-linked late-feathering locus of chickens

Poult Sci. 1995 Sep;74(9):1515-9. doi: 10.3382/ps.0741515.

Abstract

A 34-kb restriction endonuclease map of the region associated with an endogenous virus integration site and K, the gene that confers sex-linked late-feathering (LF) in chickens, is presented. Hybridizations of genomic blots of DNA from early-feathering and LF White Leghorns indicated that the region also contains additional repetitive elements upstream from a chicken repetitive (CR1) element. This extended map and the probes described should be useful in identifying the molecular alterations associated with this locus.

MeSH terms

  • Alpharetrovirus
  • Animals
  • Chickens / genetics*
  • Chickens / physiology
  • Conserved Sequence
  • Feathers / physiology*
  • Female
  • Genes, Viral / genetics
  • Genetic Linkage*
  • Male
  • Nucleic Acid Hybridization
  • Repetitive Sequences, Nucleic Acid
  • Restriction Mapping*
  • Sex Chromosomes / genetics*