A molecular genetic linkage map of mouse chromosome 19, including thelpr, Ly-44, andTdt genes

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Abstract
The mouselpr gene, which is an autosomal recessive gene causing autoimmune disease with features of human systemic lupus erythematosus and eventually death from severe immune-complex glomerulonephritis, has been mapped on chromosome 19. To determine its exact chromosomal location, a three-point backcross was carried out by mating (MRL/MpJ-lpr/lpr × MOL-MIT)F1 × MRL/MpJ-lpr/lpr using the genesLy-44 (lymphocyte differentiation antigen-44) andTdt (terminal deoxynucleotidyl transferase) as markers. The following order of genes is proposed, with the distances between genes given in parentheses: centromere-Ly-44 (19.3 cM)-lpr (6.1 cM)-Tdt-telomere. TheLy-44 a andTdt a alleles are found in all laboratory strains and in the wild Western European subspecies,domesticus andbrevirostris. In contrast, theLy-44 b andTdt b alleles are found in some Asian subspecies, Chinese mice of wild origin,yamashinai andmolossinus. Furthermore the thirdTdt allele,Tdt c , is detected incastaneus.