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Conservation and variation in the large scale organisation of the globin gene domains of duck and chicken

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The genomic DNA of cloned recombinants containing the duck globin genes was compared to that of the analogous domains of the chicken. A 36 kb insert including the three alpha-type globin genes was isolated from a newly prepared duck genomic library in the cosmid PJB8; another recombinant contained a 45 kb insert with the four beta globin genes. In the alpha globin gene domain, the relative positions of genes, of repetitive sequences, and of the A+T-rich segments (AT-rich linkers, ATRLs) which frame the gene cluster (Moreau et al. 1982), were found to be closely maintained between duck and chicken. Although ATRLs and repetitive sequences also frame the gene cluster in the beta globin domains of duck and chicken, there is more genetic drift in their relative positions than in the alpha domain. It is of interest that several repetitive DNA segments were detected in the chicken beta globin domain which do not exist in corresponding positions in the duck. In view of the strict conservation in both species of genes and their relative positions in the cluster, this observation seems to exclude a simple function of repetitive sequences in the control of individual genes. The data are discussed with regard to the possible significance of repetitive and AT-rich DNA segments in genome organisation and function.

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    A. Kretsovali, L. Marcaud, J. Moreau & K. Scherrer

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Kretsovali, A., Marcaud, L., Moreau, J. et al. Conservation and variation in the large scale organisation of the globin gene domains of duck and chicken. Molec Gen Genet 203, 193–201 (1986). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00333954

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