| Abstract: | Minisatellite-like DNA elements occur in the Arabidopsis thalianagenome in low copy and are weakly polymorphic between ecotypes.YAC clones from the EG-Arabidopsis library were identified withhomology to minisatellite 33.15 and bacteriophage M13 repeatelements. Other highly repeated A. thaliana DNA elements tendnot to be found in YAC clones carrying the minisatellite elementssuggesting that the elements are dispersed in the Arabidopsisgenome in regions of low complexity. The minisatellite elementsare represented at low copy in the EG-YAC library reflectingtheir frequency in the Arabidopsis genome. Key words: Minisatellite elements, Arabidopsis thaliana, YAC library screening |
