title: The Evolution of satellite III DNA subfamilies among primates.
abstract: We demonstrate that satellite III (SatIII) DNA subfamilies cloned from human acrocentric chromosomes arose in the Hominoidea superfamily. Two groups, distinguished by sequence composition, evolved nonconcurrently, with group 2 evolving 16-23 million years ago (MYA) and the more recent group 1 sequences emerging approximately 4.5 MYA. We also show the relative order of emergence of each group 2 subfamily in the various primate species. Our results show that each SatIII subfamily is an independent evolutionary unit, that the rate of evolution is not uniform between species, and that the evolution within a species is not uniform between chromosomes.
authors.affiliation: Health Research and Education Center, Washington State University, Spokane 99210, USA.
authors.forename: Malgorzata
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Jarmuz
authors.forename: Caron D
authors.initials: CD
authors.lastname: Glotzbach
authors.forename: Kristen A
authors.initials: KA
authors.lastname: Bailey
authors.forename: Ruma
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Bandyopadhyay
authors.forename: Lisa G
authors.initials: LG
authors.lastname: Shaffer
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D001483:Base Sequence; D002503:Centromere; D002875:Chromosomes / Q000235:genetics; D002877:Chromosomes, Human; D006224:Cricetinae; D004276:DNA, Satellite / Q000145:classification / Q000235:genetics* / Q000302:isolation & purification; D019143:Evolution, Molecular; D018628:Gene Dosage; D014644:Genetic Variation; D016678:Genome; D006801:Humans; D051379:Mice; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D009693:Nucleic Acid Hybridization; D010802:Phylogeny; D011323:Primates / Q000145:classification / Q000235:genetics*; D012091:Repetitive Sequences, Nucleic Acid; D012689:Sequence Homology, Nucleic Acid
chemical_list: D004276:DNA, Satellite