Evolution of microsatellites in Arabis petraea and Arabis lyrata, outcrossing relatives of Arabidopsis thaliana.
We examined microsatellite variation in two diploid, outcrossing relatives of Arabidopsis thaliana, Arabis petraea and Arabis lyrata. The primer sequences were derived from A. thaliana. About 50% (14 loci) of the A. thaliana primers could successfully amplify microsatellites in the related species. Analysis of microsatellite structure in the related species showed that there had been large changes in the microsatellites: there were large differences in repeat numbers and many of the A. thaliana simple repeats were shorter in the related species. For the loci we compared, the related species had a much lower level of variability at the microsatellites than Japanese wild populations of A. thaliana. This is presumably related to the different microsatellite structures, because allozyme data showed that the outcrossing relatives were highly polymorphic compared to other outcrossing herbaceous species. Use of microsatellites in assessing variability or phylogenetic relationships between different species requires caution, because changes in microsatellite structure may alter evolutionary rates.
van Treuren
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Department of Biology, University of Oulu, Finland.
Kuittinen
H
H
Kärkkäinen
K
K
Baena-Gonzalez
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E
Savolainen
O
O
D000426:Alcohol Dehydrogenase / Q000235:genetics; D017360:Arabidopsis / Q000145:classification / Q000235:genetics*; D001483:Base Sequence; D005075:Biological Evolution; D003433:Crosses, Genetic; D017931:DNA Primers; D014644:Genetic Variation; D007527:Isoenzymes / Q000235:genetics; D018895:Microsatellite Repeats; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D010944:Plants / Q000145:classification / Q000201:enzymology / Q000235:genetics*; D016133:Polymerase Chain Reaction; D012689:Sequence Homology, Nucleic Acid; D013045:Species Specificity
D017931:DNA Primers; D007527:Isoenzymes; D000426:Alcohol Dehydrogenase