Abstract
Interspersed repetitive sequence polymerase chain reaction (IRS-PCR) has become a powerful tool for the rapid generation of DNA probes from human chromosomes present in rodent somatic cell hybrids. We have constructed a somatic cell hybrid containing a major portion of the mouse X chromosome in a human background (clone 8.0). IRS-PCR was developed for the specific amplification of mouse DNA using either of two primers from the rodent-specific portion of the murine B1 repeat. Amplification was subsequently performed with clone 8.0 and a subclone, 8.1 1 , which retains a small murine X-chromosomal fragment including Hprt and the Gdx locus. A total of 15–20 discrete PCR products ranging in size from <500 to >3000 bp were obtained from clone 8.0 with each primer. In clone 8.1 1 , a subset of these bands plus some additional bands were observed. Nine bands amplified from clone 8.1 1 have been excised from gels and used as probes on Southern blots. All of the fragments behaved as single-copy probes and detected domesticus/spretus variation. They have been regionally mapped using an interspecific backcross. The probe locations are compatible with those of markers known to be present in clone 8.1 1 . These results demonstrate the feasibility of this method as applied to the mouse genome and the high likelihood of generating useful DNA probes from a targeted region.
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