GMS 6011 - Mouse Genetics

Fall 2005

Course Director:  Laurence Morel, Ph.D.                 E-mail:  morel@pathology.ufl.edu

 

 

Date

Topic

1 

August 24

Lecture: Mouse Genomic facts, strains, crosses,

2

August 26

Lecture: Mapping genes

3 

August 29

Paper discussion: Mapping the Clock gene (I)

4 

August 31

Paper discussion: Mapping the Clock gene (II)

5 

September 2

Paper discussion: Complex trait mapping

6

September 7

Paper discussion: Congenics  

7 

September 9

Paper discussion: The mouse genome project

8 

September 12

Paper discussion: Comparative genomics Database demonstration

9 

September 14

Paper discussion: Inducible transgenes

10

September 16

Paper discussion: Inducible tissue-specific knock-outs

11

September 19

Paper discussion: Genetics modifiers

12

September 21

Paper discussion: ENU mutagenesis

13

September 23

Lecture: Transgenics / Knock outs

14

September 26
(
to be rescheduled)

Paper discussion: imprinting


Recommended textbook: Lecture:

Mouse Genetics: concepts and applications, by Lee M. Silver, 1995, Oxford University Press

The book is out of print. The text is on-line at http://www.informatics.jax.org/silver/

 

Class

Required reading

1 

Silver: Chapters 1, 3.1, 3.2, 3.4, 5.1.

2

Silver: Chapters 7, 8.3.6, 9.3 – 9.5

3 

Review:

Takahashi J.S. et al. Forward and reverse genetic approaches to behavior in the mouse. Science, 264: 1724-33 (1994).

Vitaterna M.H. et al. Mutagenesis and mapping of a mouse gene, Clock, essential for circadian behavior.  Science 264: 719-725 (1994)  

4 

King D.P. et al. Positional cloning of the mouse circadian Clock gene. Cell, 89: 641-653 (1997).

Antoch M.P., et al. Functional identification of the mouse circadian Clock gene by transgenic BAC rescue. Cell, 89: 655-667 (1997).

5 

Review:

Doerge R.W.  Mapping and analysis of quantitative trait loci in experimental populations.  Nature Rev. Genetics 3: 43-52 (2002).  online

Glazier A.M., Nadeau J.H., Aitman T.J. Finding genes that underlie complex traits. Science, 298: 2345-2349 (2002).  online1   online2

Todd J.A., et al. Genetic analysis of autoimmune type 1 diabetes mellitus in mice. Nature, 351: 542-6 (1991).

Wicker L.S., et al. Fine mapping, gene content, comparative sequencing, and expression analyses support Ctla4 and Nramp1 as candidates for Idd5.1 and Idd5.2 in the nonobese diabetic mouse.   online

6 

Review:

Rogner U.C and Avner P.  Congenic mice: Cutting tools for complex immune disorders. Nature Rev. Genetics, 3: 243-251(2003).  online

Wakeland E.K. et al. Speed congenics:  A classic technique moves into the fast lane (relatively speaking). Immunol. Today, 18: 473-7 (1997).  online

Markel P. et al. Theoritical and empirical issues for marker-assisted breeding of congenic mouse strains. Nat. Genetics, 17: 280-84 (1997)

7 

Review:

Green E.D. at al. Strategies for the systematic sequencing of complex genomes.  Nature Rev. Genetics, 2: 573-583 (2001).  online

Mouse Genome Sequencing consortium.  Initial sequencing and comparative analysis of the mouse genome. Nature, 420: 520-562 (2002).  online

The FANTOM Consortium and the Riken Genome Exploration Research Group Phase I & II team.  Analysis of the mouse transcriptome based on functional annotation of 60,770 full-length cDNAs. Nature, 420: 563-573 (2002).  online

8 

Review:

Nadeau J.H., Sankoff D: Counting on comparative maps. Trends Genet., 14:495-501 (1998).   online

Ureta-Vidal A. et al. Comparative genomics: Genome-wide analysis in metazoan eukaryotes. Nature Rev. Genetics, 4: 251-262 (2003).  online

Gregory, S. G., et al. A physical map of the mouse genome. Nature, 418:743-750 (2002).  online

Thomas J.W. et al. Comparative analyses of multi-species sequences from targeted genomic regions.  Nature, 424: 788-793 (2003).  online

Hand-on session: using mouse genomic databases

Varmus H. Genomic empowerment: The importance of public database. Nat. Genetics Supplement, p. 3, (Sept. 2002).  online

Tutorials: Nature Genetics Supplement, September 2002.

Question 1: How does one find a gene of interest and determine that gene's structure? Once the gene has been located on the map, how does one easily examine other genes in that same region?   online  pp 9 – 17.

Question 7: How would an investigator easily find compiled information describing the structure of a gene of interest? Is it possible to obtain the sequence of any putative promoter regions?  online

Question 12: How does a user find characterized mouse mutants corresponding to human genes?  online 

Question 13: A user has identified an interesting phenotype in a mouse model and has been able to narrow down the critical region for the responsible gene to approximately 0.5 cM. How does one find the mouse genes in this region?  online

9 

Review:

Lewandoski, M. Conditional control of gene expression in the mouse. Nature Rev. Genetics, 2: 743-755 (2001).  online

Shin, M.K. et al. The temporal requirement for endothelin receptor-B signaling during neural crest development. Nature, 402: 496-501 (1999).  online

Wang X. L. et al. Development of gene-switch transgenic mice that inducibly express TGFbeta1 in the epidermis. Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci., 96: 8483-8488 (1999).  online

10

Meyers, E. N. et al. An Fgf8 mutant allelic series generated by Cre- and Flp-mediated recombination. Nat. Genetics, 18: 136-141 (1998).

Tannour-Louet, M. et al.  A tamoxifen-inducible chimeric Cre recombinase especifically effective in the fetal and adult mouse liver.  Hepatology, 35: 1072-1081 (2002).

11

Review:

Nadeau, J.H. Modifier genes in mice and humans. Nature Rev. Genetics, 2: 165- 174 (2001).  online

Bonyadi M. et al. Mapping of a major genetic modifier of embryonic lethality in TGF beta 1 knockout mice. Nat. Genetics, 15: 207-11 (1997)

Gould K.A., et al. Genetic evaluation of candidate genes for the Mom1 modifier of intestinal neoplasia in mice. Genetics, 144:1777-85 (1996)

 

12

Nelms, K.A., and Goodnow, C.C.  Genome-wide ENU mutagenesis to reveal immune regulators. Immunity, 15: 409-18 (2001).  online

Papathanasiou, P. et al. Widespread Failure of Hematolymphoid Differentiation Caused by a Recessive Niche-Filling Allele of the Ikaros Transcription Factor. Immunity, 19: 131-144 (2003).  online

Du, X. et al. Velvet, a dominant Egfr mutation that causes wavy hair and defective eyelid development in mice. Genetics, 166: 331-340 (2004).  online

13

Dr. Scott’s lecture on transgenics

14

Review:

Wilkins J.F. and Haig, D. What good is genomic imprinting: the function of parent-specific gene expression. Nature Rev. Genetics, 4: 1-10 (2003).  online 

Verona, R.I. et al. Genomic imprinting: Intricacies of epigenetic regulation in clusters.  Annu. Rev. Cell Dev. Biol. 19: 237-259.  online

Kono T. et al. Birth of parthogenetic mice that can develop to adulthood. Nature, 42: 860-864 (2004).