Sequence characteristics of a cervid DNA repeat family

✍ Scribed by Sohail A. Qureshi; R. D. Blake

• Publisher: Springer
• Year: 1995
• Tongue: English
• Weight: 389 KB
• Volume: 40
• Category: Article
• ISSN: 0022-2844
• DOI: 10.1007/bf00164026

✦ Synopsis

The (G + C) distribution and the presence and amounts of repetitive sequence families in the whitetailed deer (Odocoileus virginianus) have been examined. The distribution ranges from 20 to 70% (G + C) and shows four distinct repeat families. A 0.7-kb family, DII, corresponds to satellite II in domestic bovids--ox, sheep, and goat--and was singled out for detailed characterization. DII has a prototypic repeat of 67% (G + C), consists of 25,000 tandem copies, and contributes 1.7% to the genomic DNA. Sequencing and electrophoretic analysis indicate a repeat length of 691 bp. These characteristics are similar to those of the bovid satellite II families as well as to those of other cervids that we have examined.