[Mapping the silver fox genome. IV. Determination of chromosomal location of genes for ornithine carbamoyltransferase and prion protein].

The location in chromosomes of genes encoding ornithine carbamoyltransferase (ornithine transcarbamylase, OTC) and prion protein (PrP) was determined by Southern blotting of DNAs obtained from a panel of hybrid (for x Chinese hamster) somatic cell clones, with human OTC and Chinese hamster PrP DNA fragments used as probes. The gene OTC was located in the X-chromosome and PrP was located in chromosome 14 of the fox.