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DNA sequences reassociating within a Cot value of 1.8×10−1 and those producing a light satellite in a CsCl density gradient were isolated fromVicia faba DNA and hybridizedin situ on squashes of roots of the same species. Silver grains were seen to be scattered over both the interphase nuclei and the metaphase chromosomes after hybridization with fast renaturing DNA sequences, indicating these are fairly regularly interspersed in theV. faba genome. Clustered labeling occurred after hybridization with satellite DNA sequences, indicating these are clustered in the genome. The localization of satellite DNA in chromosomes appeared to correspond closely to the position of the bright bands detectable after staining with quinacrine mustard. After hybridization with both DNA probes, labeling intensity over the nuclei of meristematic cells was higher than that over the nuclei of differentiating and/or differentiated cells. These results are discussed in relation to the structure of the cell nucleus, the mechanism of quinacrine banding and to previous data suggesting underrepresentation of nuclear repeated DNA sequences in differentiatingV. faba root cells.
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Cionini, P.G., Bassi, P., Cremonini, R. et al. Cytological localization of fast renaturing and satellite DNA sequences inVicia faba . Protoplasma 124, 106–111 (1985). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01279729
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