W-specific microsatellite loci detected by in silico analysis map to chromosome Z of the chicken genome.

摘要

A total of 25 microsatellite loci were tested using polymerase chain reaction (PCR) and linkage mapping for gender specificity on male and female chickens. 14 previously unreported microsatellites were mapped to the Z chromosome. These results also indicate that the majority of the mapped microsatellites in chromosome W are incorrectly assigned..