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Physical Mapping Methods: Cytogenetic, Radiation Hybrid, and Sequence Mapping

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Physical maps are built by cytogenetic mapping of stained chromosomes, radiation hybrid mapping of fragmented DNA, or sequence mapping from DNA sequence data.

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Cytogenetic mapping gives a marker's approximate chromosomal position, while sequence mapping gives its exact base-pair position.

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The three methods trade precision for different data sources — cytogenetic mapping gives approximate position only, sequence mapping exact position.