Localization of Two New X-Linked Quantitative Trait Loci Controlling Corpus Callosum Size in the Mouse
- UNCG Author/Contributor (non-UNCG co-authors, if there are any, appear on document)
- Douglas Wahlsten, Visiting Professor (Creator)
- Institution
- The University of North Carolina at Greensboro (UNCG )
- Web Site: http://library.uncg.edu/
Abstract: Corpus callosum (CC) size is a complex trait, characterized by a gradation of values within a normal range, as well as abnormalities that include a small or totally absent CC. Among inbred mouse strains with defects of the CC, BTBR T+ tf/J(BTBR) mice have the most extreme phenotype; all animals show total absence of the CC and severe reduction of the hippocampal commissure (HC). In contrast, the BALB/cByJ (BALB) strain has a low frequency of small CC and consistently normal HC. Reciprocal F1 crosses between BTBR and BALB suggest the presence of X-linked quantitative trait loci (QTLs) affecting CC size. Through linkage analysis of backcross male progeny, we have localized two regions on the X chromosome, having peaks at 68.5 Mb (~29.5 cM) and at 134.5 Mb (~60.5 cM) that are largely responsible for the reciprocal differences, with the BTBR allele showing X-linked dominant inheritance associated with CC defects.
Localization of Two New X-Linked Quantitative Trait Loci Controlling Corpus Callosum Size in the Mouse
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Additional Information
- Publication
- Genes, Brain and Behavior, 6: 359-363.
- Language: English
- Date: 2007
- Keywords
- Axon guidance, BTBR, Corpus callosum, Hippocampal commissure, Quantitative trait locus (QTL), X-linked