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A physical restriction map of the mitochondrial genome from one clone (TCC 854) of the sexually isolated populations (syngens) of the morphologically uniform species Pandorina morum Bory has been constructed using restriction endonucleases Ava I, Bam HI, Bgl II, Eco RI, Kpn I, and Pst I. The 20 kb linear genome can easily be separated from plastid DNA, nuclear satellite rDNA, and main band (nuclear) DNA on a Hoechst/CsCl buoyant density gradient. The Pandorina mitochondrial DNA shows sufficient similarity to the 16 kb mitochondrial genome of Chlamydomonas reinhardtii to cross-hybridize, and also hybridizes with a probe containing maize mitochondrial 18S rRNA genes. Double digests, self-probing, and Bal31 exonuclease experiments suggest that 1.8 to 3.3 kb of sequence is repeated at each end of the genome as an inverted repeat. Mitochondrial genome sizes of other P. morum syngens were found to range from ca. 20 to ca. 38 kb. The mitochondrial genome should be valuable for taxonomic studies; it can be used for comparative organellar studies; and it should be of interest to compare with that of other plant and animal mitochondrial genomes.
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Moore, L.J., Coleman, A.W. The linear 20 kb mitochondrial genome of Pandorina morum (Volvocaceae, Chlorophyta). Plant Mol Biol 13, 459–465 (1989). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00015557
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