[Molecular characterization of variable tandem repeat sequence determined during RAPD analysis among Posidonia oceanica insular and coastline populations].
The seagrass Posidonia oceanica plays a multifunctional role in the coastal area as an important and productive component of ecosystems in the Mediterranean Sea. We detected by RAPD analysis with two arbitrary primers genetic differences in P. oceanica collected from several sites in the Southern Mediterranean. By AMOVA analysis we observed a level of about 20% genetic difference among individuals within a population and 80% among populations. A common band of 200 bp was found in all the amplified samples. Cloning and sequencing analysis of this band revealed the presence of a simple tandem repeat sequence (minisatellite) that we called PoTR (Posidonia oceanica tandem repeat). Finally, the ability of PoTR to detect genetic variability in P. oceanica genome was demonstrated by the presence of amplification products of different lengths utilizing primers internal to this sequence.
Dalmazio
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Istituto di Biologia dello Sviluppo CNR, via Ugo La Malfa 153, 90146 Palermo, Italy.
Cammarata
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Carrillo
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Calvo
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Romancino
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Cognetti
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Di Carlo
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D001483:Base Sequence; D004276:DNA, Satellite; D014644:Genetic Variation; D005828:Genetics, Population; D007558:Italy; D019684:Magnoliopsida / Q000235:genetics*; D018598:Minisatellite Repeats; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D019105:Random Amplified Polymorphic DNA Technique
D004276:DNA, Satellite