@article{170557fe8df64f43966310f570f099c0,
title = "Utilization of a zebra finch BAC library to determine the structure of an avian androgen receptor genomic region",
abstract = "The zebra finch (Taeniopygia guttata) is an important model organism for studying behavior, neuroscience, avian biology, and evolution. To support the study of its genome, we constructed a BAC library (TG__Ba) using DNA from livers of females. The BAC library consists of 147,456 clones with 98% containing inserts of an average size of 134 kb and represents 15.5 haploid genome equivalents. By sequencing a whole BAC, a full-length androgen receptor open reading frame was identified, the first in an avian species. Comparison of BAC end sequences and the whole BAC sequence with the chicken genome draft sequence showed a high degree of conserved synteny between the zebra finch and the chicken genome.",
keywords = "Androgen receptor, BAC library, Bird, Genomics, Zebra finch",
author = "Meizhong Luo and Yeisoo Yu and Hyeran Kim and Dave Kudrna and Yuichiro Itoh and Agate, {Robert J.} and Esther Melamed and Goicoechea, {Jos{\'e} L.} and Jayson Talag and Christopher Mueller and Wenming Wang and Jennifer Currie and Sisneros, {Nicholas B.} and Wing, {Rod A.} and Arnold, {Arthur P.}",
note = "Funding Information: We thank Jetty S.S. Ammiraju, Olin Feuerbacher, Samina Makda, Angelina Angelova, and Teri Rambo of the Arizona Genomics Institute for technical assistance and Kiran Rao of AGCOL for database management. Thanks to David Clayton (University of Illinois), Erich Jarvis (Duke University Medical Center), and Claudio Mello (Oregon Health & Science University) for assistance, encouragement, and cDNA probes. This work was supported by grants from the NIH (Grants U1HG02525A and DC000217). ",
year = "2006",
month = jan,
doi = "10.1016/j.ygeno.2005.09.005",
language = "English (US)",
volume = "87",
pages = "181--190",
journal = "Genomics",
issn = "0888-7543",
publisher = "Academic Press Inc.",
number = "1",
}