Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 25
Claim 1
Independent Claim
123 words
A method of mapping a region of a genome comprised of the steps: (a) obtaining nucleic acid material from a genome; (b) constructing a clone library and a long-range probe library from said nucleic acid material; (c)hybridizing long-range probes to the clone library to form comparisons; (d) detecting the comparisons of the long-range probes to the clone library to form detections; (e) recording the detections to form a first set of data; (f) binning the long-range probes relative to bin probes to form a second set of data different from the first set of data; and (g) combining said first set of data and said second set of data to construct a map of the clones which covers the region of the genome.
Claim 2
Independent Claim
123 words
A method of mapping a region of a genome comprised of the steps: (a) obtaining nucleic acid material from a genome; (b) constructing a clone library and a long-range probe library from said nucleic acid material; (c)hybridizing long-range probes to the clone library to form comparisons; (d) detecting the comparisons of the long-range probes to the clone library to form detections; (e) recording the detections to form a first set of data; (f) binning the long-range probes relative to bin probes to form a second set of data different from the first set of data; and (g) combining said first set of data and said second set of data to construct a map of the clones which covers the region of the genome.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
21 words
A method as described in claim 1 wherein said clone library has an average DNA insert size not exceeding 350 kilobases.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim
17 words
A method as described in claim 1 wherein said clone library includes bacterial or phage cloning vectors.
Claim 5
Dependent Claim
17 words
A method as described in claim 1 wherein said clone library contains at least two genome equivalents.
Claim 6
Dependent Claim
14 words
A method as described in claim 1 wherein said genome is a mammalian genome.
Claim 7
Dependent Claim
15 words
A method as described in claim 5 wherein said mammalian genome is a human genome.
Claim 8
Dependent Claim
20 words
A method as described in claim 1 wherein the long-range probe library consists of chromosomal DNA from somatic cell hybrids.
Claim 9
Dependent Claim
19 words
A method as described in claim 1 wherein the long-range probe library consists of chromosomal DNA from radiation hybrids.
Claim 10
Dependent Claim
24 words
A method as described in claim 7 wherein step (f) includes binning the long-range probes relative to bin probes using a polymerase chain reaction.
Claim 11
Dependent Claim
22 words
A method as described in claim 1 wherein the bin probes consist of PCR primer pairs that map to unique genome locations.
Claim 12
Dependent Claim
18 words
A method as described in claim 1 wherein the first data set has uncertainty in the detected comparisons.
Claim 13
Dependent Claim
18 words
A method as described in claim 1 wherein step (c) includes hybridizing to at least 73 long-range probes.
Claim 14
Dependent Claim
56 words
A method for identifying and isolating a gene linked to a genetic trait comprised of the steps: (a) constructing a map of a region of a genome according to the method of claim 1; and (b) using said map to aid in positional cloning and thereby identifying and isolating a gene linked to a genetic trait.
Claim 15
Dependent Claim
16 words
A method as described in claim 13 wherein said gene is related to a human disease.
Claim 16
Independent Claim
151 words
A method of genome mapping comprised of the steps: (a) obtaining nucleic acid material from a genome; (b) constructing a clone library and a long-range probe library from said nucleic acid material; (c) hybridizing long-range probes to the clone library to form comparisons; (d) detecting the comparisons of the long-range probes to the clone library to form detections; (e) recording the detections to form a first set of data; (f) binning the long-range probes relative to bin probes to form a second set of data different from the first set of data; (g) performing short-range probings using a short-range probe library on the clone library to form a third set of data different form the first and second sets of data; and (f) combining said first set of data, said second set of data and said third set of data to construct a map of the clones relative to said genome.
Claim 17
Independent Claim
151 words
A method of genome mapping comprised of the steps: (a) obtaining nucleic acid material from a genome; (b) constructing a clone library and a long-range probe library from said nucleic acid material; (c) hybridizing long-range probes to the clone library to form comparisons; (d) detecting the comparisons of the long-range probes to the clone library to form detections; (e) recording the detections to form a first set of data; (f) binning the long-range probes relative to bin probes to form a second set of data different from the first set of data; (g) performing short-range probings using a short-range probe library on the clone library to form a third set of data different form the first and second sets of data; and (f) combining said first set of data, said second set of data and said third set of data to construct a map of the clones relative to said genome.
Claim 18
Dependent Claim
25 words
A method as described in claim 15 wherein the short-range probe library consists of oligonucleotides of size between 5 base pairs and 15 base pairs.
Claim 19
Dependent Claim
50 words
A method of forming a tiling path of overlapping clones comprising the steps of: (a) constructing a genome map according to the method of claim 15; and (b) producing sets of mapped overlapping clones from the clones in the clone library, thereby forming a tiling path of mapped overlapping clones.
Claim 20
Dependent Claim
18 words
A method as described in claim 15 wherein the short-range probe library consists of a plurality of clones.
Claim 21
Independent Claim
117 words
A method of genome mapping comprised of the steps: (a) obtaining nucleic acid material from a genome; (b) constructing a clone library and a long-range probe library from said nucleic acid material; (c) hybridizing long-range probes to the clone library to form comparisons; (d) detecting the comparisons of the long-range probes to the clone library to form detections; (e) recording the detections to form a first set of data; (f) performing short-range probings using a short-range probe library to form a second set of data different from the first set of data; and (g) combining said first set of data and said second set of data to construct a map of the clones relative to said genome.
Claim 22
Independent Claim
117 words
A method of genome mapping comprised of the steps: (a) obtaining nucleic acid material from a genome; (b) constructing a clone library and a long-range probe library from said nucleic acid material; (c) hybridizing long-range probes to the clone library to form comparisons; (d) detecting the comparisons of the long-range probes to the clone library to form detections; (e) recording the detections to form a first set of data; (f) performing short-range probings using a short-range probe library to form a second set of data different from the first set of data; and (g) combining said first set of data and said second set of data to construct a map of the clones relative to said genome.
Claim 23
Dependent Claim
51 words
A method of sequencing a genome comprising the steps of: (a) constructing a tiling path of overlapping clones according to the method of claim 17; (b) determining DNA sequences of the clones in the tiling path; and (c) combining these DNA sequences to form mapped DNA sequences, thereby sequencing said genome.
Claim 24
Dependent Claim
90 words
A method of mapping cDNAs relative to a genome comprising the steps of: (a) obtaining a cDNA whose corresponding gene is present in said genome; (b) labeling said cDNA; (c) hybridizing the labeled cDNA with clones in the tiling path constructed according to the method of claim 17, to form detections; (d) recording said detections to form a fourth set of data, different from first, second and third sets of data from claim 17; and (e) using said fourth set of data to map the cDNA relative to said genome.
Claim 25
Dependent Claim
40 words
A method of performing genome mismatch scanning (GMS) comprising the steps of: (a) constructing a tiling path of overlapping clones according to the method of claim 17; and (b) using clones in the tiling path as hybridization probes in GMS.