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Review
. 2004 Oct;168(2):575-82.
doi: 10.1093/genetics/168.2.575.

The genome of bacteriophage T4: an archeological dig

Bob Edgar  1
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Review

The genome of bacteriophage T4: an archeological dig

Bob Edgar. Genetics. 2004 Oct.
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Figures

F<sc>igure</sc> 1.—
Figure 1.—
The historical map of T4. The linkage map, composed of three presumably independent linkage groups, shows the disposition of available genetic markers as of 1959. The map has been extracted from a grant report for 1961 submitted by Max Delbrück and Bob Edgar to the National Foundation for Infantile Paralysis.
F<sc>igure</sc> 2.—
Figure 2.—
A map of T4D comparing the linkages of historical markers with amber and temperature-sensitive mutants. This map was drawn for a grant report for 1961 submitted by Max Delbrück and Bob Edgar to the National Foundation for Infantile Paralysis.
F<sc>igure</sc> 3.—
Figure 3.—
The map of the genes of T4D identified by conditional-lethal mutations. This map was drawn in 1965 for a Scientific American article (Edgar and Epstein 1965). The map was drawn by using the mapping function developed by Stahl et al. (1964). Those genes whose extent was determined by intragenic mapping are indicated by solid bars. The locations of genes for which no intragenic data were available are indicated by shaded bars. The defective phenotypes are indicated in boxes.
F<sc>igure</sc> 4.—
Figure 4.—
The map of T4 as of 1994. This figure was taken from Kutter et al. (1994) and is shown at http://phage.bioc.tulane.edu/html/t4gmap.html.
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