Evaluating quantitative variation in the genome of Zea mays.

Genetics
C J RivinV Walbot

Abstract

Genomic diversity within the species Zea mays has been examined by measuring the variation in the repetitive component of the nuclear genome among North American inbred lines and varieties. This was done by preparing a set of clones of repetitive maize sequences that differ in function, molecular arrangement and multiplicity and then using these as probes for quantitative hybridization to DNA from various maize genotypes. The comparison showed that the majority of repeated sequences are markedly variable in copy number among the ten maize strains tested. The clone sample contained the rDNA and 5S genes, the major repeat of the chromosome knobs, sequences functioning as origins of DNA replication in yeast (ARS sequences) and randomly cloned sequences of unknown function and chromosomal location. The sequences ranged in reiteration frequency from 200 to greater than 10(5) copies and included both tandemly arrayed and dispersed repeats. The copy numbers were measured by hybridizing labeled cloned sequences to aliquots of high molecular weight genomic DNA that were applied to nitrocellulose filters through a slotted template (slot blotting). The hybridization signal on an autoradiogram occurred in a narrow band that could be scored...Continue Reading

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