Evolution of DNA sequence organization in mitochondrial genomes of Zea.

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America ·Vol. 78 ·No. 10 ·1981-10-00 ·Pages 5953-7

Sederoff RR, Levings CS, Timothy DH, Hu WW

Abstract

Molecular mechanisms underlying the evolution of mtDNA in maize and three species of teosinte have been investigated. By using DNA transfer techniques and cloned fragments of maize mtDNA, changes in the position of homologous sequences in restriction digests were analyzed in related taxa. The resulting patterns indicate general conservation of sequence homology in all four species. One-third of the cloned fragments showed sequences conserved in homology and position of BamHI restriction fragments. Other fragments produced patterns indicating that extensive rearrangement of DNA sequences has taken place. In two cases, hybridization patterns revealed major changes in relative abundance of specific sequences that we believe are related to the molecular heterogeneity phenomenon of maize mtDNA. The evolution of mtDNA in these plants appears dramatically different from that in animal mtDNA, where base substitutions may account for most of the observed changes in restriction patterns.

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Sederoff R R

Department of Genetics, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, North Carolina 27650.

Levings C S

Timothy D H

Hu W W

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Article Info

Journal

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America

Abbr.

Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A

ISSN

0027-8424

DOI

10.1073/pnas.78.10.5953

Published

1981-10-00

Pages

5953-7

Language

English

Region

United States

NLM ID

7505876

PMCID

PMC348955

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