Table III.
Effects of AtMSH2 RNA-interference on stability of nucleotide-repeat sequence (microsatellites) alleles
Frequencies of unique and (total) repeat-length shifts at indicated loci in progeny of indicated plants.
| Locus
|
AtMSH2 (RNAi)
|
Empty Vectora
|
||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1b | 2b | 3b | 4b | 1b | 2b | |
| AtEAT | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| (AT)11 | ||||||
| T3F17 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| (AG)15 | ||||||
| NGA168 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| (CT)20 | ||||||
| NGA8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| (AG)25 | ||||||
| NGA172 | 0 | 6.2cd (25.0) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| (TC)26 | ||||||
| NGA1107 | 9.4cde (25.0) | 3.1d (3.1) | 0 | 6.2cf (6.2) | 0 | 0 |
| (CT)27 | ||||||
| NGA151 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3.1c (3.1) | hetg | 0 |
| (TC)29 | ||||||
| NGA6 | 9.4cde (9.4) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| (AG)31 | ||||||
| NGA139 | 6.2cd (15.6) | 3.1d (3.1) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| (TC)33 | ||||||
a Transformed with empty vector pFGC5941.
b Sixteen progeny (32 alleles per locus) examined.
c (+2) shift.
d (−2) shift.
e (+4) shift.
f (+4) shift.
g Parent already heterozygous at this locus.