title: Two mouse hypervariable minisatellites: chromosomal location and simultaneous mutation.
abstract: Pc-1 and Pc-2 hypervariable minisatellites of the mouse show a structural similarity and hence have been compared in terms of chromosomal location and mutability. Polymorphisms of the Pc-2 locus detected by analyses of Southern blotting and polymerase chain reaction were used for typing 61 backcross mice that were obtained by mating (C57BL/6 x MSM)F1 females to MSM males. Segregation patterns indicated that the Pc-2 locus maps to the 60 cM region of chromosome 6, while that of Pc-1 maps to chromosome 4. Simultaneous mutation of the two loci was examined in 101 F1 mice. Pc-1 and Pc-2 loci showed mutation rates of 14.4 and 5.0% per gamete, respectively. Of the nine mice with a Pc-2 mutation, four carried a Pc-1 mutation at the same maternally- or paternally-derived allele. The rate of comutation was 44% (4/9), higher than the 12.2% (24/197) of Pc-1 mutation alone. This suggests that the germline mutation of the two hypervariable minisatellites may result from a common mechanism.
authors.affiliation: First Department of Biochemistry, Niigata University School of Medicine.
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Suzuki
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Mitani
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Kuwabara
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Takahashi
authors.forename: O
authors.initials: O
authors.lastname: Niwa
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Kominami
mesh_terms: D000483:Alleles; D000818:Animals; D001483:Base Sequence; D015139:Blotting, Southern; D002874:Chromosome Mapping; D002875:Chromosomes / Q000737:chemistry*; D004276:DNA, Satellite / Q000737:chemistry / Q000235:genetics*; D014644:Genetic Variation; D051379:Mice; D008809:Mice, Inbred C3H; D008810:Mice, Inbred C57BL; D008811:Mice, Inbred DBA; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D009154:Mutation; D009693:Nucleic Acid Hybridization; D016133:Polymerase Chain Reaction; D012091:Repetitive Sequences, Nucleic Acid
chemical_list: D004276:DNA, Satellite