[Geographical structure of the sable (Martes zibellina L.) gene pool on the basis of microsatellite loci analysis].

The genetic structure of seven natural sable populations was investigated with the use of the original panel of 10 microsatellite loci. The populations were selected on the basis of the historical data on sable numbers fluctuations for the last 300 years, as well as on data on natural and artificial migrations affecting neighboring populations. We have demonstrated that the populations are in a state of genetic equilibrium for the majority of the loci.

[The 3'-UTR polymorphism of dopamine transporter gene in hadza and datoga males].

The study of VNTR-polymorphism and the molecular struc ture of 3'-UTR of the dopamine transporter gene (DAT1/SLC6A3) was performed in hadza and datoga males. It was shown that hadza and datoga differed in allele and genotype frequencies. Allele with 9 repeats in 3'-UTR is more common in hadza as well as homozygous genotype DAT19/9.

[Polymorphism of 5-HTTLPR and Stin2 loci of the serotonin transporter gene in males of African ethnic populations Hadza and Datoga].

A molecular-genetic study of 5-HTTLPR and the Stin2 loci of the serotonin transporter gene (5-HTTL) in males of the African ethnic populations Hadza and Datoga, which differ in the level of culturally acceptable aggression, was carried out. The distribution of allele and genotype frequencies of these two loci was established. It was shown that the frequency distribution of genotypes and alleles among Hadza and Datoga in the examined samples is practically identical by the VNTR-polymorphism of both loci.

[Molecular genetic polymorphism of androgen receptor gene (AR) in African populations of Hadza and Datoga].

The molecular genetic analysis of the polymorphic variants of the CAG repeat-containing locus of the andro- gen receptor (AR) gene was performed in the populations of Hadza and Datoga. Allele frequency distribution patterns were established. Alleles containing 20-25 repeats were the most abundant in both populations were the.

[Genetic structure of sable (Martes zibellina L.) from Eurasia based on distribution of mitochondrial lineages].

The phylogeography of the sable, which is a commercially valuable species, is extremely complicated and poorly investigated. Specifically, the effects of factors such as the range dynamics of the sable during the Pleistocene Epoch, the localization of glacial refugia, species distribution pattern in Holocene, and recent dramatic population decline, along with massive reacclimatization measures, on the species phylogeography remain unclear. Based on the sequence analysis of the control region of mitochondrial DNA from sables that inhabit different parts of the species range, a suggestion was made of the considerably high Pleistocene genetic diversity in sable, which was subsequently lost.