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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
5
pubmed:dateCreated
1985-12-19
pubmed:abstractText
Heterochromatin is a dominant component of the genome in the bottae group of the pocket gopher genus Thomomys, having had a major role in the karyotypic evolution of member species. Heterochromatin characteristics of two subspecies of T. bottae and one of T. umbrinus were examined with fluorochrome dyes identifying presumptive GC- and AT-rich regions. In two karyotype forms of T. b. fulvus and in T. umbrinus, chromatin that fluoresces brightly with chromomycin A3 is also C-band positive, although not all heterochromatin fluoresces. However, in T. b. bottae, only euchromatic regions fluoresce brightly with chromomycin. Fluorescence patterns produced with DAPI are the reverse of the chromomycin banding in all karyotypic forms. Heterochromatin in these taxa is thus highly differentiated, exhibiting heterogeneity in staining characteristics, and presumably in underlying DNA sequences, both across the genome within a given chromosomal complement as well as among the different karyotypic races and species of the bottae group of pocket gophers.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:issn
0009-5915
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
92
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
337-43
pubmed:dateRevised
2010-11-18
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
1985
pubmed:articleTitle
Genome evolution in pocket gophers (genus Thomomys). III. Fluorochrome-revealed heterochromatin heterogeneity.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Comparative Study, Research Support, U.S. Gov't, Non-P.H.S.