Article
Phase-unknown linkage mapping in ants.
Cold Spring Harbor protocols - 1 Jul 2009
Gadau Jürgen
Abstract excerpt
To create a genetic linkage map of an ant genome, the phase of a marker (i.e., which marker/allele came from the grandmother and which came from the grandfather of the individuals used for linkage mapping) must be known. However, field colonies contain only two generations: the queen(s) and their offspring. Normally, virgin queens disperse from their nest, mate with one or multiple males who die after mating, and...
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