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Intragenomic movement, sequence amplification and concerted evolution in satellite DNA in harvest mice,Reithrodontomys: Evidence from in situ hybridization

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Three DNA probes isolated from three species ofReithrodontomys (R. montanus, R. megalotis, R. fulvescens) were used to examine within and among species variation in the chromosomal location of satellite DNA and constitutive heterochromatin. These probes hybridized to the centromeric regions on all chromosomes in six species of the subgenusReithrodontomys. Additionally, nearly all extra-centromeric C-band positive regions (with the exception of some heterochromatic material on the X and Y) hybridized to these probes. Within the subgenusReithrodontomys both the chromosomal distribution and organization of satellite DNA has changed throughout evolution. The evolutionary transition has been from a totally centromeric position inR. fulvescens to centromeric and non-centromeric regions in other species that have undergone extensive chromosomal rearrangements from the primitive karyotype for peromyscine rodents. In addition, the monomer repeat of the satellite sequence differs betweenR. fulvescens (monomer defined by PstI) and the remaining species in the subgenusReithrodontomys (monomer defined by EcoRI). These results suggest at least two amplification events for this satellite DNA sequence. Models and mechanisms concerned with the homogenization and spread of satellite sequences in complex genomes are evaluated in light of theReithrodontomys data. From a phlyogenetic standpoint, the satellite sequences composing heterochromatic regions were restricted to the subgenusReithrodontomys, which supports morphological differences used to recognize two subgenera,Reithrodontomys andAporodon. Probes failed to hybridize to any part of the karyotype ofR. mexicanus (subgenusAporodon) or to seven species from other closely related genera (Baiomys, Neotoma, Nyctomys, Ochrotomys, Onychomys, Peromyscus, Xenomys), some of which are considered as potential sister taxa forReithrodontomys.

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Hamilton, M.J., Honeycutt, R.L. & Baker, R.J. Intragenomic movement, sequence amplification and concerted evolution in satellite DNA in harvest mice,Reithrodontomys: Evidence from in situ hybridization. Chromosoma 99, 321–329 (1990). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01731719

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