Fluorescence in situ hybridization of bovine Alu-like sequences to bovine and ovine chromosomes

Genome ◽  
1993 ◽  
Vol 36 (5) ◽  
pp. 984-986 ◽  
Author(s):  
E. Rajcan-Separovic ◽  
M. P. Sabour

Fluorescence in situ hybridization procedures have been applied to study the distribution of Alu-like sequences on bovine and ovine chromosomes. Unlike in man and mouse, where the Alu sequences produced discrete R-like bands, a more diffuse distribution of Alu-like sequences was observed on both bovine and ovine chromosomes. Under the conditions used, banding patterns useful for chromosome identification were not detected.Key words: bovine Alu-like repetitive sequences, bovine and ovine chromosomes, fluorescence in situ hybridization.

Genome ◽  
1997 ◽  
Vol 40 (5) ◽  
pp. 589-593 ◽  
Author(s):  
C. Pedersen ◽  
P. Langridge

Using the Aegilops tauschii clone pAs1 together with the barley clone pHvG38 for two-colour fluorescence in situ hybridization (FISH) the entire chromosome complement of hexaploid wheat was identified. The combination of the two probes allowed easy discrimination of the three genomes of wheat. The banding pattern obtained with the pHvG38 probe containing the GAA-satellite sequence was identical to the N-banding pattern of wheat. A detailed idiogram was constructed, including 73 GAA bands and 48 pAs1 bands. Identification of the wheat chromosomes by FISH will be particularly useful in connection with the physical mapping of other DNA sequences to chromosomes, or for chromosome identification in general, as an alternative to C-banding.Key words: Triticum aestivum, chromosome identification, fluorescence in situ hybridization, repetitive DNA sequences.


Genome ◽  
1998 ◽  
Vol 41 (6) ◽  
pp. 854-864 ◽  
Author(s):  
Karine Alix ◽  
Franc-Christophe Baurens ◽  
Florence Paulet ◽  
Jean-Christophe Glaszmann ◽  
Angélique D'Hont

EaCIR1, a 371-bp Erianthus-specific satellite DNA sequence, was cloned from TaqI restricted genomic DNA after agarose-gel electrophoresis. This sequence has 77% homology with a 365-bp satellite of Helictotrichon convolutum and 72% homology with a 353-bp tandem repeat sequence from Oryza sativa. PCR primers defined in the conserved regions of these repetitive sequences were used to isolate other satellite DNAs in different representatives of the Saccharum complex: SoCIR1 in Saccharum officinarum, SrCIR1 in Saccharum robustum, SsCIR1 and SsCIR2 in Saccharum spontaneum, and MsCIR1 in Miscanthus sinensis. EaCIR1 and SoCIR1 were localized to subtelomeric regions of the chromosomes by fluorescence in situ hybridization. Southern hybridization experiments, using two representatives of this repeat sequence family as probes, illustrated contrasting species-specificity and demonstrated the existence of similar repetitive elements in sorghum and maize.Key words: satellite DNA, sugarcane, Saccharum complex, Gramineae, fluorescence in situ hybridization, FISH.


Genetics ◽  
2000 ◽  
Vol 156 (2) ◽  
pp. 833-838 ◽  
Author(s):  
Scott A Jackson ◽  
Zhukuan Cheng ◽  
Ming Li Wang ◽  
Howard M Goodman ◽  
Jiming Jiang

Abstract Comparative genome studies are important contributors to our understanding of genome evolution. Most comparative genome studies in plants have been based on genetic mapping of homologous DNA loci in different genomes. Large-scale comparative physical mapping has been hindered by the lack of efficient and affordable techniques. We report here the adaptation of fluorescence in situ hybridization (FISH) techniques for comparative physical mapping between Arabidopsis thaliana and Brassica rapa. A set of six bacterial artificial chromosomes (BACs) representing a 431-kb contiguous region of chromosome 2 of A. thaliana was mapped on both chromosomes and DNA fibers of B. rapa. This DNA fragment has a single location in the A. thaliana genome, but hybridized to four to six B. rapa chromosomes, indicating multiple duplications in the B. rapa genome. The sizes of the fiber-FISH signals from the same BACs were not longer in B. rapa than those in A. thaliana, suggesting that this genomic region is duplicated but not expanded in the B. rapa genome. The comparative fiber-FISH mapping results support that chromosomal duplications, rather than regional expansion due to accumulation of repetitive sequences in the intergenic regions, played the major role in the evolution of the B. rapa genome.


Genome ◽  
2019 ◽  
Vol 62 (5) ◽  
pp. 329-339 ◽  
Author(s):  
Siyu Zhang ◽  
Minqiu Zhu ◽  
Yi Shang ◽  
Jiaqi Wang ◽  
Dawadundup ◽  
...  

Fluorescence in situ hybridization (FISH) using oligonucleotides is a simple and convenient method for chromosome research. In this study, 34 of 46 previously developed oligonucleotides produced signals in barley. Together with two plasmid clones and one PCR-amplified cereal centromere repeat (CCS1) probe, 37 repetitive sequences were chromosomally located produced three types of signals covering different positions on the chromosomes. The centromeric and pericentric regions had a more complex genomic organization and sequence composition probably indicative of higher contents of heterochromatin. An efficient multi-plex probe containing eight oligonucleotides and a plasmid clone of 45S rDNA was developed. Thirty-three barley karyotypes were developed and compared. Among them, 11 irradiation-induced mutants of cultivar 08-49 showed no chromosomal variation, whereas 22 cultivar and landrace accessions contained 28 chromosomal polymorphisms. Chromosome 4H was the most variable and 6H was the least variable based on chromosome polymorphic information content (CPIC). Five polymorphic chromosomes (1H-2, 2H-1, 3H-3, 5H-2, and 6H-2) were dominant types, each occurring in more than 50% of accessions. The multi-plex probe should facilitate identification of further chromosomal polymorphisms in barley.


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