A new type of tandem repeats in Myotis petax (Chiroptera, Vespertilionidae) mitochondrial control region.
Uliana Vasilievna GorobeykoIrina Nikolaevna SheremetyevaDenis Vasilievich KazakovValentin Yurievich GuskovPublished in: Molecular biology reports (2023)
It was determined that the R1-repeats in M. petax control region consist of parts of the ETAS1 and ETAS2 blocks. The origin of the additional repeats seems to be related to the 51 bp deletion in the central part of the R1-repeat unit and subsequent duplication. Comparison of repetitive sequences in the control region of closely-related Myotis species identified the occurrence of incomplete repeats also resulting from the short deletions, but distinct from additional repeats of M. petax.