Genetics, Vol 120, 109-122, Copyright © 1988

INVESTIGATIONS

Mapping Flagellar Genes in Chlamydomonas Using Restriction Fragment Length Polymorphisms

LPW. Ranum, M. D. Thompson, J. A. Schloss, P. A. Lefebvre and C. D. Silflow
Department of Genetics and Cell Biology and Plant Molecular Genetics Institute, University of Minnesota, St. Paul, Minnesota 55108-1095

To correlate cloned nuclear DNA sequences with previously characterized mutations in Chlamydomonas and, to gain insight into the organization of its nuclear genome, we have begun to map molecular markers using restriction fragment length polymorphisms (RFLPs). A Chlamydomonas reinhardtii strain (CC-29) containing phenotypic markers on nine of the 19 linkage groups was crossed to the interfertile species Chlamydomonas smithii. DNA from each member of 22 randomly selected tetrads was analyzed for the segregation of RFLPs associated with cloned genes detected by hybridization with radioactive DNA probes. The current set of markers allows the detection of linkage to new molecular markers over approximately 54% of the existing genetic map. This study focused on mapping cloned flagellar genes and genes whose transcripts accumulate after deflagellation. Twelve different molecular clones have been assigned to seven linkage groups. The {alpha}-1 tubulin gene maps to linkage group III and is linked to the genomic sequence homologous to pcf6-100, a cDNA clone whose corresponding transcript accumulates after deflagellation. The {alpha}-2 tubulin gene maps to linkage group IV. The two {beta}-tubulin genes are linked, with the {beta}-1 gene being approximately 12 cM more distal from the centromere than the {beta}-2 gene. A clone corresponding to a 73-kD dynein protein maps to the opposite arm of the same linkage group. The gene corresponding to the cDNA clone pcf6-187, whose mRNA accumulates after deflagellation, maps very close to the tightly linked pf-26 and pf-1 mutations on linkage group V.

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