Objectives - Linkage Part 2

In this lesson you will learn to make predictions about inheritance using map unit distances and genetic markers, assemble maps from multiple-point linkage data, define the relationship between linkage maps, linkage groups and genome maps, and describe how DNA or molecular markers are observed and used in gene mapping.

At the completion of this lesson you will be able to:

  1. Make predictions about inheritance using map unit distances and genetic markers.
  2. Assemble maps from multiple-point linkage data.
  3. Define the relationship between linkage maps, linkage groups and genome maps.
  4. Describe how DNA or molecular markers are observed and used in gene mapping.

Copyright 2003

Development of this lesson was supported in part by Cooperative State Research, Education, & Extension Service, U.S. Dept of Agriculture under Agreement Number 98-EATP-1-0403 administered by Cornell University and the American Distance Education Consortium (ADEC).  Any opinions, findings, conclusions or recommendations expressed in this publication are those of the author(s) and do not necessarily reflect the view of the U.S. Department of Agriculture.