title: Evolution of muntjac DNA.
abstract: The extent of nuclear single-copy DNA divergence between Muntiacus reevesi and Muntiacus muntjak vaginalis (Cervidae), a species pair showing extreme karyotype differences but striking morphological similarity, is 2%, as judged from the thermal stability of interspecific DNA-DNA hybrids. A comparison of the total nuclear DNA reassociation kinetics of the two species indicates a reduction of lowly repetitive sequences in  M. m. vaginalis.
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D005075:Biological Evolution; D004247:DNA / Q000032:analysis / Q000235:genetics*; D003670:Deer / Q000235:genetics*; D009693:Nucleic Acid Hybridization; D012091:Repetitive Sequences, Nucleic Acid; D013045:Species Specificity
chemical_list: D004247:DNA