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The Bombyx mori genome: analysis by DNA reassociation kinetics

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The size and nucleotide sequence complexity of the Bombyx mori genome has been determined from the kinetics of reassociation of its DNA. Nonrepeated DNA comprises 55% of the genome, and the remainder is divided equally between sequences repeated roughly 500 and 50000 times. Non-repeated sequence DNA virtually free of repeated sequences was prepared by partial reassociation and subsequent fractionation on hydroxyapatite. The nucleotide sequence complexity of this component was determined relative to DNA from B. subtilis and E. coli. After correction for the size of the repeated sequence fraction, the DNA content of the Bombyx mori genome was calculated to be 0.53±0.02×10−12 g. This value compares favorably with the DNA content of haploid B. mori spermatids and mature sperm determined cytophotometrically by Rasch (1973).

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Gage, L.P. The Bombyx mori genome: analysis by DNA reassociation kinetics. Chromosoma 45, 27–42 (1974). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00283828

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