Summary
We have investigated the intragenomic DNA sequence homologies of twelve species of birds representing five orders, and emphasizing Galliformes. This study differs in two important ways from the classical approaches taken in constructing and evaluating phylogenies based on DNA sequence similarities. Comparisons are made on the basis of sequence homologieswithin genomes of related birds, rather than between genomes. DNA is reassociated at 50°C in 0.5M phosphate buffer; these conditions allow formation and detection of duplexes containing more mismatch than would normally be permitted using more stringent conditions, affording an opportunity to observe more ancient sequence homologies. Thermal stability profiles of DNA duplexes formed under these conditions are the basis of comparison; three general patterns were observed. This approach emphasizes differences in sequence composition between genomes while the more traditional method of intergenomic tracer DNA hybridization at higher stringency emphasizes sequence similarities.
No correlation was found between taxonomic position and intragenomic sequence composition, either within or between lineages. The thermal stability profiles of DNA duplexes formed within avian genomes did not reflect the biological similarities inferred from morphology, karyotype, and studies of interspecific hybridization. While all of the differences observed could have occurred over geological time, it was surprising that the genomes of the domestic chicken and the Red Jungle Fowl (Gallus gallus) differ in their sequence compositions. It appears that amplification/reduction events and/or positional changes occur rather often during evolution of a lineage.
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Abbreviations
- SDS:
-
sodium dodecyl sulphate
- PB:
-
equimolar sodium phosphate buffer pH 6.8
- Cot:
-
concentration of DNA in moles of nucleotide per liter times the incubation time in seconds
- Equiv. or Equivalent Cot:
-
Cot corrected for the monovalent cation concentration effect on re-association rate
- HAP:
-
hydroxylapatite
- Te1/2 :
-
temperature at which one-half the DNA has eluted from HAP
- SSC:
-
0.15M sodium chloride-0.015M sodium citrate
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Burr, H.E., Schimke, R.T. Intragenomic DNA sequence homologies in the chicken and other members of the classAves: DNA re-association under reduced stringency conditions. J Mol Evol 15, 291–307 (1980). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01733136
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