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Satellite DNA from the beetleTenebrio molitor

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A 142 base-pair satellite DNA from the mealworm beetle,Tenebrio molitor, has been cloned and sequenced. The satellite DNA is revealed by making a restriction digest of genomic DNA with either EcoRI or Hinfl, and constitutes approximately 49% of the genomic DNA. The presence of huge amounts of satellite DNA correlates well with the prominent blocks of heterochromatin found in tenebrionid beetles. A similar restriction digest ofXanthogaleruca luteola genomic DNA does not release a prominent satellite component.

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  1. Lab. Genètica, Dept. Biol. i C.S. Fac. Ciències, E-07071, Palma de Mallorca, Spain

    E. Petitpierre

  2. Department of Chemistry, University of California, 95616, Davis, California, USA

    J. M. Gatewood & C. W. Schmid

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Petitpierre, E., Gatewood, J.M. & Schmid, C.W. Satellite DNA from the beetleTenebrio molitor. Experientia 44, 498–499 (1988). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01958925

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