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Table 1 Results of a physical mapping of the Ae. aegypti genome

From: Genomic composition and evolution of Aedes aegyptichromosomes revealed by the analysis of physically mapped supercontigs

Mapping parameters

Number (percentage)

Number of BAC clone

500

FISH results suitable for mapping

468 (94%)

Assigned supercontigs

294

Assigned to chromosome 1

70 (23%)

Assigned to chromosome 2

142 (48%)

Assigned to chromosome 3

82 (29%)

Mapped portion of the genome

624 Mb (45%)

  1. BAC, bacterial artificial chromosome; FISH, fluorescent in situ hybridization.