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Genetics, Vol 139, 1611-1621, Copyright © 1995
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Stability of Tandem Repeats in the Drosophila melanogaster Hsr-omega Nuclear RNA
N. C. Hogan, F. Slot, K. L. Traverse, J. C. Garbe, W. G. Bendena and M. L. Pardue
Department of Biology, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, Massachusetts 02139
The Drosophila melanogaster Hsr-omega locus produces a nuclear RNA containing >5 kb of tandem repeat sequences. These repeats are unique to Hsr-omega and show concerted evolution similar to that seen with classical satellite DNAs. In D. melanogaster the monomer is ~280 bp. Sequences of 191/2 monomers differ by 8 +/- 5% (mean +/- SD), when all pairwise comparisons are considered. Differences are single nucleotide substitutions and 1-3 nucleotide deletions/insertions. Changes appear to be randomly distributed over the repeat unit. Outer repeats do not show the decrease in monomer homogeneity that might be expected if homogeneity is maintained by recombination. However, just outside the last complete repeat at each end, there are a few fragments of sequence similar to the monomer. The sequences in these flanking regions are not those predicted for sequences decaying in the absence of recombination. Instead, the fragmentation of the sequence homology suggests that flanking regions have undergone more severe disruptions, possibly during an insertion or amplification event. Hsr-omega alleles differing in the number of repeats are detected and appear to be stable over a few thousand generations; however, both increases and decreases in repeat numbers have been observed. The new alleles appear to be as stable as their predecessors. No alleles of less than ~5 kb nor more than ~16 kb of repeats were seen in any stocks examined. The evidence that there is a limit on the minimum number of repeats is consistent with the suggestion that these repeats are important in the function of the unusual Hsr-omega nuclear RNA.
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