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Nucleotide sequences of highly repeated DNAs; compilation and comments

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  14 April 2009

George L. Gabor Miklos  and
Amanda Clare Gill
George L. Gabor Miklos
Affiliation:
Department of Population Biology, Research School of Biological Sciences, The Australian National University, Canberra, A.C.T., Australia
Amanda Clare Gill
Affiliation:
Department of Population Biology, Research School of Biological Sciences, The Australian National University, Canberra, A.C.T., Australia

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The nucleotide sequence data from highly repeated DNAs of inverte-brates and mammals are summarized and briefly discussed. Very similar conclusions can be drawn from the two data bases. Sequence complexities can vary from 2 bp to at least 359 bp in invertebrates and from 3 bp to at least 2350 bp in mammals. The larger sequences may or may not exhibit a substructure. Significant sequence variation occurs for any given repeated array within a species, but the sources of this heterogeneity have not been systematically partitioned. The types of alterations in a basic repeating unit can involve base changes as well as deletions or additions which can vary from 1 bp to at least 98 bp in length. These changes indicate that sequence per se is unlikely to be under significant biological constraints and may sensibly be examined by analogy to Kimura's neutral theory for allelic variation. It is not possible with the present evidence to discriminate between the roles of neutral and selective mechanisms in the evolution of highly repeated DNA.

Tandemly repeated arrays are constantly subjected to cycles of amplification and deletion by mechanisms for which the available data stem largely from ribosomal genes. It is a matter of conjecture whether the solutions to the mechanistic puzzles involved in amplification or rapid redeployment of satellite sequences throughout a genome will necessarily give any insight into biological functions.

The lack of significant somatic effects when the satellite DNA content of a genome is significantly perturbed indicates that the hunt for specific functions at the cellular level is unlikely to prove profitable.

The presence or in some cases the amount of satellite DNA on a chromosome, however, can have significant effects in the germ line. There the data show that localized condensed chromatin, rich in satellite DNA, can have the effect of rendering adjacent euchromatic regions rec−, or of altering levels of recombination on different chromosomes. No data stemming from natural populations however are yet available to tell us if these effects are of adaptive or evolutionary significance.

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Research Article
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Genetics Research , Volume 39 , Issue 1 , February 1982 , pp. 1 - 30
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1982

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