We report the construction of eight human chromosome-specific DNA libraries. Metaphase chromosomes were purified by flow-sorting, and the extracted DNA was cleaved with Hin dIII before cloning into λCharon 21 A. There is now a complete digest Hin dIII library containing greater than five chromosome equivalents for each human chromosome. These are available to the scientific community through the American Type Culture Collection in Rockville, MD. The amount of hamster DNA in libraries in which the chromosome was sorted from human × hamster hybrid cells was estimated by species-specific hybridization. It ranged from 5% to 39%. The sorted chromosomes were examined by fluorescence in situ hybridization with species-specific DNA, and the main source of the hamster DNA contamination was found to be intact hamster chromosomes. In addition, we examined a chromosome 21 library, LL<X_Underline>21</X_Underline>NS02, for clones that fail to grow on the rec+ host LE392. Less than 0.6% of the recombinant phage exhibited the rec+-inhibited phenotype.

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1989
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