Integrated maps in quail (Coturnix japonica) confirm the high degree of synteny conservation with chicken (Gallus gallus) despite 35 million years of divergence

Table 2 Location by BLASTN of quail genetic map Type I markers on the chicken genome assembly

Marker	Gene¹	Chicken chr.²	Fragment Position³	Size (bp)	Quail LG⁴	Chicken Chr:Mb⁵	E-value⁶
GCT1121	ABCB6	7	intron 9	113	CJA07	No hit⁷	-
GCT1333	BCL2	2	exon 1	237	CJA02	Chr2:67.684	2,00E-118
GCT1185	CEBPD	2	3' NC	184	CJA02	Chrun:70.609	8,50E-22
GCT1297	CKB	5	intron 2	529	CJA05	Chr5:47.115	1,70E-129
GCT1253	COPS5	2	exon 7	119	CJA02	Chrun:12.590	5,30E-27
GCT1168	EYA1	2	intron15	492	CJA02	Chr2:116.158	2,40E-174
GCT1820	FASN	18	3' NC	623	CJA18	Chr18:4.745	1,40E-229
GCT1237	GATA6	2	intron 4	170	CJA02	Chr2:101.861	9,60E-49
GCT1170	GDAP1	2	exon 3	110	CJA02	Chr2:117.706	2,40E-17
EXT0006	MOS	2	coding	468	CJA02	Chr2:110.417	1,90E-216
GCT1180	PENK	2	exon 2	314	CJA02	Chr2:110.572	1,60E-162
GCT1173	PKIA	2	3' NC	173	CJA02	Chr2:119.680	8,60E-65
EXT0007	PRKDC	2	intron12	786	CJA02	Chr2:107.114	2,20E-187
GCT1162	RGS20	2	3' NC	244	CJA02	Chr2:109.426	5,90E-78
GCT1233	ROCK1	2	intron30	179	CJA02	Chr2:101.378	3,30E-40
GCT1399	STK29	5	intron14	804	CJA05	Chr5:11.889	8,90E-247
GCT1401	TYR	1	Exon 2	188	CJA01	Chr1:179.594	3,30E-84
EXT0004	ZFP161	2	microsatellite	224	CJA02	Chr2:99.351	4,50E-81

¹Corresponds to the gene name assigned by ICCARE to the chicken EST from which the primers were designed
²Determined by RH mapping [21].
³Determined by analogy to the orthologous human gene by ICCARE
⁴Linkage group
⁵Position of the quail fragment on the chicken genome sequence assembly, determined by BLASTN
⁶E-value of the quail-chicken alignment
⁷GCT1121 has a significant hit with chicken EST BI391579, that aligns with the chicken assembly at chrun:101609131–101609680

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