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DNA isolated from purified nuclei of Polytoma obtusum has a buoyant density of 1.711 g/ml in CsCl, a Tm of 91.3° C in SSC, and a G + C content of 52.5% as determined by base composition analysis. Thermal dissociation and reassociation studies indicated that this nuclear DNA contains a considerable amount of heterogeneity. Under appropriate reannealing conditions for denatured DNA, about 15% of the DNA reannealed to form a satellite peak at a density of 1.711 g/ml within one hour. Native DNA fractions of different average buoyant densities, ranging from 1.723 to 1.708 g/ml were also obtained in a preparative CsCl gradient, indicating the presence of intermolecular heterogeneity at a molecular size of 8.5×106 daltons. The nuclear DNA reassociated as three distinct classes. The very fast species constituted about 20 % of the total hyperchromicity, the class of intermediate rate comprised roughly 10% of the nuclear DNA, while the remaining 70% consisted of unique sequences. The haploid genome set was estimated by renaturation kinetics studies to contain 5.0×1010 daltons of DNA or 7.5×107 nucleotide pairs. The analytical complexity of the total nuclear genome was found to be 9.35×1010 daltons, thus indicating that vegetative cells of P. obtusum are diploid.
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Siu, CH., Chiang, KS. & Swift, H. Characterization of cytoplasmic and nuclear genomes in the colorless alga Polytoma . Chromosoma 48, 19–40 (1974). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00284864
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