Satellite DNA in the kangaroo Macropus rufogriseus
- 1 January 1976
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Springer Nature in Chromosoma
- Vol. 56 (2), 111-125
- https://doi.org/10.1007/bf00293111
Abstract
Two distinct satellite DNAs, amounting to 25% of the total DNA, were isolated from the nuclei of the red-necked wallaby, Macropus rufogriseus. The physical properties of native, single-stranded and reassociated molecules were studied in buoyant-density gradient centrifugation. The homogeneity of each satellite fraction was examined using melting characteristics of native and reassociated DNA, and renaturation kinetics. These data suggest that sequence heterogeneity exists in both fractions. Each satellite fraction was found by in situ hybridization to be localized in heterochromatin of interphase nuclei and in the centromeric regions of metaphase chromosomes. The chromosomal distributions of the two satellite DNAs differentiate the sex chromosomes, which have sequences of only one satellite, from the autosomes which have sequences of both satellites in the centromeric heterochromatin. Giemsa C-banding techniques also showed a differentiation of the centromeric regions of sex chromosomes from those of the autosomes.Keywords
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