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Poly(T) Variation in Heteroderid Nematode Mitochondrial Genomes is Predominantly an Artefact of Amplification
- Abstract::
- We assessed the rate of in vitro polymerase errors at polythymidine [poly(T)] tracts in the mitochondrial DNA (mtDNA) of a heteroderid nematode (Heterodera cajani). The mtDNA of these nematodes contain unusually high numbers of poly(T) tracts, and have previously been suggested to contain biological poly(T) length variation. However, using a cloned molecule, we observed that poly(T) variation was generated in vitro at regions containing more than six consecutive Ts. This artefactual error rate was estimated at 7.3 × 10⁻⁵ indels/poly(T) tract >6 Ts/cycle. This rate was then compared to the rate of poly(T) variation detected after the amplification of a biological sample, in order to estimate the ‘biological + artefactual' rate of poly(T) variation. There was no significant difference between the artefactual and the artefactual + biological rates, suggesting that the majority of poly(T) variation in the biological sample was artefactual. We then examined the generation of poly(T) variation in a range of templates with tracts up to 16 Ts long, utilizing a range of Heteroderidae species. We observed that T deletions occurred five times more frequently than insertions, and a trend towards increasing error rates with increasing poly(T) tract length. These findings have significant implications for studies involving genomes with many homopolymer tracts.
- Author(s):
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Riepsamen, Angelique H. , Gibson, Tracey , Rowe, Janet , Chitwood, David J. , Subbotin, Sergei A. , Dowton, Mark
- Subject(s):
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Heterodera , cyst nematodes , thymidine , mitochondrial DNA , genetic variation
- Description:
- Includes references
- Source:
- Journal of molecular evolution 2011 Feb., v. 72, no. 2
- Language:
- English
- Year:
- 2011
- Publisher:
- New York : Springer-Verlag
- Collection:
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Journal Articles, USDA Authors, Peer-Reviewed
- File:
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- Rights:
- Works produced by employees of the U.S. Government as part of their official duties are not copyrighted within the U.S. The content of this document is not copyrighted.
