A BAC-based integrated linkage map of the silkworm Bombyx mori

Table 5 Summary of ESTs assigned to linkage groups

Linkage group	Number of ESTs mapped by filter hybridization	Number of ESTs mapped by BAC end sequences	Number of ESTs mapped by RFLPs	Total number of independent ESTs^a
1	17	7	21	36
2	15	8	25	37
3	16	10	26	43
4	25	18	37	73
5	37	18	50	87
6	16	8	46	65
7	12	20	34	57
8	16	16	50	71
9	19	13	45	65
10	29	15	47	77
11	38	26	54	95
12	22	9	42	64
13	18	16	42	67
14	6	6	20	30
15	46	32	65	113
16	24	11	30	54
17	17	10	56	75
18	15	14	39	62
19	12	8	40	59
20	13	6	38	50
21	12	12	36	52
22	21	14	59	86
23	27	19	48	78
24	10	7	31	39
25	19	13	34	55
26	8	9	15	28
27	11	7	32	44
28	2	5	20	26
Total	523	357	1,082	1,688

^aDuplicates were removed from the total number of independent expressed sequence tags (ESTs). BAC, bacterial artificial chromosome; RFLP, restriction fragment length polymorphism.

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