Abstract
Three closely related variants of rat (Rattus norvegicus) mtDNA have been shown to differ in the number of T residues found in a run of Ts (light strand) which spans the junction between the tRNACys and tRNATyr genes. The number of Ts in the repeat varies from 6 to 8 in these DNAs. Another, less closely related, R. norvegicus variant has a run of 5 Ts at this site and in the related species, Rattus rattus, a run of 4 Ts is found. In R. norvegicus mtDNA runs of 5 As and 5 Gs are found just to the 3' side of the variable T repeat, and it is suggested that the three runs of repeated nucleotides may stabilize heteroduplexes which result from strand slippage and which give rise to the insertions and/or deletions. Among 17 mtDNA clones derived from an individual with the 8T repeat, one clone was found which possessed a 9T repeat. This variant may represent an additional DNA type originally present within the individual.
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