Abstract

The cDNA clones of two newly discovered genes in the class III region of the human major histocompatibility complex (MHC) were hybridized to chicken DNA. One of these cDNA clones (pG9a-4C7), which detects the single-copy human G9a (BAT8) gene, gave a repeatable restriction pattern. This heterologous cDNA clone was used to detect and map three different PstI restriction fragment length polymorphisms among the two internationally recognized chicken reference populations. Two of the loci were unlinked to previously mapped markers, but one polymorphism cosegregated with the EaB locus in the Compton mapping population. These results provide evidence that some genes of the mammalian class III region, such as G9a, may be linked to the MHC in chickens.

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