title: Clustering of hypervariable minisatellites in the proterminal regions of human autosomes.
abstract: Six of the human minisatellites detected by DNA fingerprint probes have been localized by in situ hybridization to human metaphase chromosomes. These hypervariable loci are not dispersed at random in the human genome, but show preferential, though not exclusive, localization to terminal G-bands of human autosomes. Two of the proterminal minisatellites are very closely linked to other variable loci. Sequence analysis of one of these additional minisatellites suggests that the two linked minisatellites arose by independent amplification of different repeat units. The proterminal regions of human autosomes may therefore be rich in minisatellites, analogous to the pseudoautosomal terminal pairing region of human sex chromosomes that is similarly abundant in hypervariable minisatellites.
authors.affiliation: Department of Genetics, University of Leicester, United Kingdom.
authors.forename: N J
authors.initials: NJ
authors.lastname: Royle
authors.forename: R E
authors.initials: RE
authors.lastname: Clarkson
authors.forename: Z
authors.initials: Z
authors.lastname: Wong
authors.forename: A J
authors.initials: AJ
authors.lastname: Jeffreys
mesh_terms: D001483:Base Sequence; D002871:Chromosome Banding; D002877:Chromosomes, Human; D004276:DNA, Satellite / Q000235:genetics*; D005784:Gene Amplification; D014644:Genetic Variation; D006801:Humans; D007962:Leukocytes / Q000032:analysis; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D009693:Nucleic Acid Hybridization
chemical_list: D004276:DNA, Satellite