[Molecular markers of nuclear DNA in the study of evolution and speciation process in an example of "Lacerta agilis complex" (Sauria: Lacertidae)].

In order to elucidate the molecular-genetic relations of some Lacerta s. str. lizard populations, subspecies and species in comparison with some other genera we used methods revealing four types of nuclear DNA markers.

[Molecular evolution of satellite DNA CLsat in lizards of the Darevskia species (Sauria: Lacertidae): correlation with species diversity].

The structure and evolution of a satellite DNA family was examined in lizards from the genus Darevskia (family Lacertidae). Comparison of tandem units of repeated DNA (satDNA), CLsat, in all species from the genus Darevskia has shown that their variability is largely based on single-nucleotide substitutions, which constitute about 50 diagnostic positions underlying classification of the family into three subfamilies. Maximum differences between the subfamilies reached 25%.

[Satellite DNA restriction site variability as a molecular basis of taxonoprint method: evidence from the study of Caucasian rock lizards].

The restriction site distribution in satellite DNA of 17 Caucasian rock lizard species of the genus Lacerta (Darevskia gen. nov.), (Squamata, Lacertidae) was analyzed.

[Reticulate evolution of parthenogenetic species of the Lacertidae rock lizards: inheritance of CLsat tandem repeats and anonymous RAPD markers].

The genetic relatedness of several bisexual and of four unisexual "Lacerta saxicola complex" lizards was studied, using monomer sequences of the complex-specific CLsat tandem repeats and anonymous RAPD markers. Genomes of parthenospecies were shown to include different satellite monomers. The structure of each such monomer is specific for a certain pair of bisexual species.