title: Complex evolution of a highly conserved microsatellite locus in several fish species.
abstract: The evolutionary dynamics of a highly conserved microsatellite locus (Dla 11) were studied in several fish species. The data indicated that multiple types of compound microsatellites arose through point mutations that were sometimes followed by expansion of the derived motif. Furthermore, extensive length variation was detected among species in the regions immediately flanking the repeat region.
authors.affiliation: Department of Biological Sciences, University of South Carolina, Columbia, SC, 29208, USA.
authors.forename: J-X
authors.initials: JX
authors.lastname: Liu
authors.forename: B
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Ely
mesh_terms: D000483:Alleles; D000818:Animals; D001483:Base Sequence; D001492:Bass / Q000145:classification / Q000235:genetics*; D017124:Conserved Sequence / Q000235:genetics*; D019143:Evolution, Molecular; D018895:Microsatellite Repeats / Q000235:genetics*; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D010802:Phylogeny; D016415:Sequence Alignment; D013045:Species Specificity