Mapping Genes in C. elegans

 

Robert Johnsen and Denise Clark

Tested Studies in Laboratory Teaching, 1989, Volume 10

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Abstract

The advantages of using Caenorhabditis elegans in introductory genetics courses will be demonstrated in this exercise in which an “unknown” visible mutation will be assigned to a linkage group and mapped relative to known markers. The nematode can be cultured easily, has a short generation time, reproduces either as self-fertilizing hermaphrodites or in outcrosses yields large numbers of progeny, and has a simple genome.

Keywords:  mutation, gene mapping, nematode, linkage group, markers, Caenorhabditis elegans, culturing, genome

University of British Columbia (1988)

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