LINE-1 amplification accompanies explosive genome repatterning in rodents

• Published in: Chromosome research Vol. 12; no. 8; pp. 787 - 793
• Main Authors: Dobigny, Gauthier, Ozouf-Costaz, Catherine, Waters, Paul D, Bonillo, Céline, Coutanceau, Jean-Pierre, Volobouev, Vitaly
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Netherlands Springer Nature B.V 01.12.2004
• Subjects: Animals; Blotting, Southern; Chromosomes, Mammalian - genetics; Deoxyribonucleic acid; DNA; DNA methylation; DNA Transposable Elements - genetics; Genetics; Genome; Gerbillinae - genetics; In Situ Hybridization, Fluorescence; Karyotyping; Long Interspersed Nucleotide Elements - genetics; Muridae; Nucleic Acid Amplification Techniques; Phylogeny

Transposable elements (TEs) sometimes induce karyotypic changes following recombination, breakage and rearrangement. We used FISH and Southern blot analyses to investigate the amount and distribution of LINE-1 retrotransposons in rodents (genus Taterillus, Muridae, Gerbillinae) that have recently un...