Fig. 7. Assignment of Genes to Specific Chromosomes.

Fig. 7. Assignment of Genes to Specific Chromosomes. The number of genes assigned (mapped) to specific chromosomes has greatly increased since the first autosomal (i.e., not on the X or Y chromosome) marker was mapped in 1968. Most of these genes have been mapped to specific bands on chromosomes. The acceleration of chromosome assignments is due to (1) a combination of improved and new techniques in chromosome sorting and band analysis, (2) data from family studies, and (3) the introduction of recombinant DNA technology. [Source: adapted from Victor A. McKusick, Current Trends in Mapping Human Genes, The FASEB Journal 5(1), 12 (1991).]

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