[Informativity of some of the molecular markers most frequently used in population genetics of salmonids].

The genetic parameters of donor and artificial populations of Siberian salmon (Oncorhynchus keta) have been analyzed. The parameters were obtained Wvith the use of different molecular markers as well as mathematic modeling based on experimental data. The difference between results is explained by the different resolving power of individual markers and/or stochastic effects.

[Genetic diversity of the striped field mouse (Apodemus agrarius Pallas, 1771) in the Russian Far East as assessed by RAPD-PCR].

Random amplified polymorphic DNA (RAPD) analysis based on polymerase chain reaction (PCR) with ten-nucleotide primers of arbitrary sequences (RAPID-PCR) was used to study the genetic characteristics of five samples of the striped field mouse (Apodemus agrarius Pallas, 1771) from the Russian Far East (Primorye, Khabarovsk krai, and Magadan oblast). Highly significant differentiation of the samples was demonstrated, the genetic diversity of each sample was estimated, and non-neutral loci were found. The genetic diversity was the highest in a population from the outskirts of Magadan and the lowest in populations from an island on the Amur River island near Khabarovsk and from the village of Talon (Magadan oblast).

[Effect of ouabain, iodoacetamide, and pH on the human erythrocyte hemolysis induced by calcium ions in the presence of ionophore A23187].

The effect of inhibitors of Na+, K(+)-ATPase (ouabain) and glycolysis (iodacetamide) as well as pH on calcium ion-induced erythrocyte hemolysis in the presence of ionophore A23187 is first described. Hemoglobin release decreases under the influence of ouabain, iodacetamide, and low pH, which is commonly observed at low temperature and in the samples studied in spring and summer. Active hemoglobin release through defects of the erythrocyte membrane under the influence of the transmembrane electrical potential was proposed to mediate hemolysis.

[Modification of a method for detecting the post-phoretic activity of mannose (Mpi, EC 5.3.1.8)- and glucose (Gpi, EC5.3.1.9)-6-phosphate isomerase].

A method for detecting activities of mannose- and glucose-6-phosphate isomerases based on enzyme production of the substrates is described. The results obtained for several animal taxa are illustrated by photographs.

[The use of the polymerase chain reaction in analyzing ancient DNAs (exemplified by that of the Enmynveem mammoth)].

DNA was isolated from the Enmynveem mammoth muscles, and the control region and cytochrome b gene of the mitochondrial genome were analyzed by polymerase chain reaction (PCR). The mammoth DNA was amplified by both the classical PCR (two primer system) and the single-primer PCR (spPCR) resulting in DNA fragments up to 1600 bp long. Restriction analysis of the mitochondrial cytochrome b gene was carried out.