title: Evolution and recombination of bovine DNA repeats.
abstract: The history of the abundant repeat elements in the bovine genome has been studied by comparative hybridization and PCR. The Bov-A and Bov-B SINE elements both emerged just after the divergence of the Camelidae and the true ruminants. A 31-bp subrepeat motif in satellites of the Bovidae species cattle, sheep, and goat is also present in Cervidae (deer) and apparently predates the Bovidae. However, the other components of the bovine satellites were amplified after the divergence of the cattle and the Caprinae (sheep and goat). A 23-bp motif, which as subrepeat of two major satellites occupies 5% of the cattle genome, emerged only after the split of the water buffalo and other cattle species. During the evolution of the Bovidae the satellite repeat units were shaped by recombination events involving subrepeats, other satellite components, and SINE elements. Differences in restriction sites of homologous satellites indicate a continuing rapid horizontal spread of new sequence variants.
authors.affiliation: Institute of Infectious Diseases and Immunology, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Utrecht University, The Netherlands.
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Jobse
authors.forename: J B
authors.initials: JB
authors.lastname: Buntjer
authors.forename: N
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Haagsma
authors.forename: H J
authors.initials: HJ
authors.lastname: Breukelman
authors.forename: J J
authors.initials: JJ
authors.lastname: Beintema
authors.forename: J A
authors.initials: JA
authors.lastname: Lenstra
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D001483:Base Sequence; D002020:Buffaloes / Q000235:genetics; D002417:Cattle / Q000235:genetics*; D016384:Consensus Sequence; D004247:DNA / Q000235:genetics*; D003670:Deer / Q000235:genetics; D006041:Goats / Q000235:genetics; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D010802:Phylogeny; D011995:Recombination, Genetic; D012091:Repetitive Sequences, Nucleic Acid; D012689:Sequence Homology, Nucleic Acid; D012756:Sheep / Q000235:genetics; D013045:Species Specificity
chemical_list: D004247:DNA