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. 1984 Jan;3(1):133–139. doi: 10.1002/j.1460-2075.1984.tb01773.x

Repetitive sequences and their organization on genomic clones of Zea mays

Manju Gupta 1, Nancy S Shepherd 1, Isolde Bertram 1, Heinz Saedler 1,*
PMCID: PMC557309  PMID: 16453490

Abstract

Fourteen recombinant clones from Zea mays were studied with regard to their composition of unique and repetitive sequences. Southern hybridization experiments were used to classify restriction fragments of the clones into a unique, middle or highly repetitive class of reiteration frequency. All three classes were often found on the same genomic clone. Crosshybridization studies between clones showed that a given repeat might be present on several clones, and thus four families of highly repetitive elements were established. Heteroduplex analysis was used to show the arrangement and size of repeats common between several clones. A short interspersion pattern of unique, middle and highly repetitive DNA was found. The dispersed repetitive elements were ˜300–1300 bp in length. Analysis of the pattern produced by a given repeat in genomic Southern experiments suggests that some small dispersed repeats may also exist as part of a larger repeating unit elsewhere in the genome.

Keywords: Zea mays, repetitive sequences, genome organization

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