Mapping Genes in C. elegans

 

Robert Johnsen and Denise Clark

Tested Studies in Laboratory Teaching, 1989, Volume 10

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)