The distribution of the vertebrate telomeric sequence T2AG3 in three species of the rodent genus Akodon was examined by FISH with a peptide nucleic acid probe. In addition to the expected telomeric hybridization, non-telomeric signals were observed in the three species. In A. dolores, centromeric signals were visible in two of the four biarmed autosome pairs featuring Robertsonian polymorphism, indicating the retention of at least part of the telomeric sequences during the fusion process, and an interstitial signal of lower intensity was observed in the short arm of another. In A. boliviensis, a strong signal was observed near the centromeric end of the first chromosome pair. The first pair of A. azarae (homologous to the first pair of A. boliviensis) showed a similar but markedly amplified signal, and a subcentromeric signal in the X chromosome corresponding to a heterochromatic region; additionally, interstitial signals of lower intensity were present in one to four chromosomes in the majority of cells examined.    

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