title: Tandemly repeated sequences in mtDNA control region of whitefish, Coregonus lavaretus.
abstract: Length variation of the mitochondrial DNA control region was observed with PCR amplification of a sample of 138 whitefish (Coregonus lavaretus). Nucleotide sequences of representative PCR products showed that the variation was due to the presence of an approximately 100-bp motif tandemly repeated two, three, or five times in the region between the conserved sequence block-3 (CSB-3) and the gene for phenylalanine tRNA. This is the first report on the tandem array composed of long repeat units in mitochondrial DNA of salmonids.
authors.affiliation: Department of Evolutionary Ecology, WM University of Olsztyn, Poland. brzuzan@moskit.uwm.edu.pl
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Brzuzan
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D001483:Base Sequence; D004272:DNA, Mitochondrial / Q000032:analysis / Q000235:genetics*; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D016133:Polymerase Chain Reaction; D012487:Salmonidae / Q000235:genetics*; D016415:Sequence Alignment; D017422:Sequence Analysis, DNA; D020080:Tandem Repeat Sequences
chemical_list: D004272:DNA, Mitochondrial