Genetic organization of the unc-60 region in Caenorhabditis elegans.

Genetics
K S McKimD L Baillie

Abstract

We have investigated the chromosomal region around unc-60 V, a gene affecting muscle structure, in the nematode Caenorhabditis elegans. The region studied covers 3 map units and lies at the left end of linkage group (LG) V. Compared to the region around dpy-11 (at the center of LGV), the unc-60 region has relatively few visible genes per map unit. We found the same to be true for essential genes. By screening simultaneously for recessive lethals closely linked to either dpy-11 or unc-60, we recovered ethyl methanesulfonate-induced mutations in 10 essential genes near dpy-11 but in only two genes near unc-60. Four deficiency breakpoints were mapped to the unc-60 region. Using recombination and deficiency mapping we established the following gene order: let-336, unc-34, let-326, unc-60, emb-29, let-426. Regarding unc-60 itself, we compared the effect of ten alleles (including five isolated during this study) on hermaphrodite mobility and fecundity. We used intragenic mapping to position eight of these alleles. The results show that these alleles are not distributed uniformly within the gene, but map to two groups approximately 0.012 map unit apart.

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