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The genome of Nicotiana tabacum was investigated by DNA/DNA reassociation for its spectrum of DNA repetition components and pattern of DNA sequence organization. The reassociation of 300 nucleotide DNA fragments analyzed by hydroxyapatite chromatography reveals the presence of three major classes of DNA differing in reiteration frequency. Each class of DNA was isolated and characterized with respect to kinetic homogeneity and thermal properties on melting. These measurements demonstrate that the genome of N. tabacum has a 1C DNA content of 1.65 pg and that DNA sequences are represented an average of 12,400, 252, and 1 times each. — The organization of the DNA sequences in the N. tabacum genome was determined from the reassociation kinetics of long DNA fragments as well as S1 nuclease resistance and hyperchromicity measurements on DNA fragments after annealing to C0t values at which only repetitive DNA sequences will reassociate. At least 55% of the total DNA sequences are organized in a short period interspersion pattern consisting of an alternation of single copy sequences, averaging 1400 nucleotides, with short repetitive elements approximately 300 nucleotides in length. Another 25% of the genome contains long repetitive DNA sequences having a minimal genomic length of 1500 nucleotides. These repetitive DNA sequences are much less divergent than the short interspersed DNA sequence elements. These results indicate that the pattern of DNA sequence organization in the tobacco genome bears remarkable similarity to that found in the genomes of most animal species investigated to date.
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Zimmerman, J.L., Goldberg, R.B. DNA sequence organization in the genome of Nicotiana tabacum . Chromosoma 59, 227–252 (1977). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00292780
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