[Intra- and interspecific polymorphism of (AAT)n in microsatellite locus du47D in parthenogenetic species of the genus Darevskia].

The molecular structure of the allelic variants of (AAT)n of the Du47D microsatellite locus was determined in parthenogenetic lizards Darevskia dahli, D. armeniaca, and D. rostombekovi.

[Molecular nature of allelic polymorphism of highly variable microsatellite locus Du161(arm) in unisexual lizard Darevskia armeniaca (Lacertidae)].

In the genome of unisexual (parthenogenetic) lizard Darevskia armeniaca, highly variable locus Du 161 (arm) was discovered. Analysis of allelic polymorphism was carried out using locus-specific PCR of the lizard DNA specimens from 13 isolated Armenian populations (N = 138). In the sample examined, a total of 12 Du 161(arm) alleles were identified, and their differences at the level of primary DNA structure were determined.

[Molecular structure of the allelic variants of (AAT)n microsatellite locus Du47D in the parthenogenetic species Darevskia unisexualis and bisexual parental species D. valentini and D. raddei].

Microsatellite repeats are one of the most widespread elements of the eukaryotic genome, but are poorly studied in species with clonal reproduction. PCR analysis and DNA sequencing were used to study the molecular structure of the allelic variants of microsatellite locus Du47D in the parthenogenetic species Darevskia unisexualis and its evolutionary ancestors, bisexual species D. raddei and D.

[Molecular structure of allelic variants of microsatellite loci Du281 and Du47 in unisexual and bisexual lizard species of the genus Darevskia].

Experimental data on the molecular structure and variability of microsatellite loci in unisexual and bisexual lizard species of the genus Darevskia were analyzed. The allelic variants of Du281 and Du47 were found to differ in the number of monomers, the structure of microsatellite clusters, and point mutations in these clusters and flanking DNA. Interspecific comparison of alleles of these loci revealed both variable regions in the microsatellite clusters and allele-specific evolutionarily conserved nucleotide groups.

[Molecular genetic characteristic of dinucleotide loci in parthenogenetic lizards Darevskia unisexualis].

In the present study, the first molecular genetic investigation of dinucleotide (GT)n microsatellite loci in parthenogenetic lizards Darevskia unisexualis was performed. New polymorphic locus, Du214, (GeneBank ac no. EU252542) was identified and characterized in detail.

[Molecular and genetic characterization of allelic variants of microsatellite loci in parthenogenetic Caucasian rock lizards Darevskia armeniaca (Lacertidae)].

Using a pair of primers selected for the loci deltau 215, deltau 281, and deltau 323 of Darevskia unisexualis monolocus PCR analysis of orthologous loci was carried out in populations of the related parthenogenetic species D. armeniaca and in populations of bisexual parental species D. valentini and D.

[Nucleotide sequences of the microsatellite locus Du215 (arm) allelic variants in the parthenospecies Darevskia armeniaca (Lacertidae)].

Using monolocus PCR analysis with the pairs of primers designed for the Du215 locus of Darevskia unisexualis, allelic polymorphism at the orthologous locus in the populations of the related parthenospecies D. armeniaca was investigated. It was demonstrated that Du215 (arm) locus was polymorphic and in the populations of parthenospecies D.

[Finding of Bov-B LINE retroelement in parthenogenetic and bisexual lizard species of the genus Darevskia (Lacertidae)].

The Bov-B LINE retrotransposon was first discovered in Ruminantia and was long considered to be specific for this order. Later, this mobile element was described in snakes and some lizard species. Analysis of phylogenetic relationships of Bov-B LINE elements from different ruminants, snakes, and lizard species led to the suggestion on horizontal transfer of this retrotransposon from Squamata to Ruminantia.

[Analysis of genetic variation in unisexual and bisexual lizard species of the genus Leiolepis from Southeast Asia].

Using multilocus DNA fingerprinting with microsatellite probes (CAC)5, (GACA)4, (GGCA)4 and (GATA)4, intraspecific variation of the Southeast Asian lizards belonging to the genus Leiolepis (bisexual species Leiolepis reevesii and triploid parthenogenetic species Leiolepis guentherpetersi) was first examined. The L. guentherpetersi lizards were characterized by monophyletic DNA fingerprint profiles for the loci detected by the (GACA)4, (GGCA)4, and (CAC)5 probes, in terms of intrapopulation similarity index constituting S = 0.

[Study of allelic polymorphism of (GATA)n-containing loci in parthenogenetic lizards Darevskia unisexualis (Lacertidae)].

The genesis of mini- and microsatellite loci, which is under extensive study in humans and some other bisexual species, have been virtually overlooked in species with clonal mode of reproduction. Earlier, using multilocus DNA fingerprinting, we have examined variability of some mini- and microsatellite DNA markers in parthenogenetic lizards from the genus Darevskia. In particular, mutant (GATA)n-restrictive DNA fragments were found in Darevskia unisexualis.

[Quantitative evaluation of gene variation and interpopulation differentiation of parthenogenetic species of Darevskia lizards based on mini- and microsatellite DNA markers].

Methods of estimating within- and between-population gene diversity in parthenogenetic species using mini- and microsatellite DNA markers and modified Wright's FST statistic are presented with special reference to model populations of lizards of the genus Darevskia (D. dahli, D. armeniaca, D.

[Superinstability (TCT/TCC)n of microsatellite DNA in parthenogenetic lizards Darevskia unisexualis (family Lacertidae)].

Using multilocus DNA fingerprinting, we have examined variability of (TCT)n microsatellite and M13 minisatellite DNA repeats in populations, families, and tissues of Caucasian parthenogenetic rock lizards Darevskia unisexualis (Lacertidae). It has been shown for the first time that population and family DNA samples of D. unisexualis (75 samples in total) have individually specific DNA fingerprinting patterns of (TCT)n fragments.

[Assessment of population differentiation using DNA fingerprinting and modified Wright's Fst-statistics].

Using our results and literature data on multilocus DNA fingerprinting, we propose a method of obtaining unbiased estimates of the between--population genetic similarity index and a measure of population subdivision based on modified Wright's FST-statistics. On the basis of multiple comparison T2 Hotelling's test and Holmes' procedure, the FST-statistics was applied to assess differentiation of four (Pacific and Atlantic) subpopulations of humpback whale Megaptera novaeangliae, six populations of California island gray fox Urocyon littoralis, and geographically isolated Ob' and Yakutia populations of Siberian white crane Crus leucogeranus. It was shown that the regional humpback whale subpopulations do not constitute a single panmictic unit (P < 10(-4)).

[Variation of mini- and microsatellite DNA repeats in parthenogenetic lizard Darevskia armeniaca as revealed by DNA fingerprinting analysis].

Population and family samples of two morphological forms (mutant and normal with respect to dorsal color) of pathogenetic lizard Darevskia armeniaca were examined by means of DNA fingerprinting using M13 mini- and (GATA)n and (TCC)n microsatellite DNA markers. The morphological forms examined were characterized by clonally inherited, species-specific patterns of the DNA markers, which were different from the species-specific DNA fingerprints of the other parthenogenetic species of the genus Darevskia (D. dahli.

[Variation of mini- and microsatellite DNA markers in populations of parthenogenetic rock lizard Darevskia rostombekovi].

Variation and clonal diversity in populations of the parthenogenetic rock lizard Darevskia rostombekovi was examined by means of multilocus DNA fingerprinting using mini- and microsatellite DNA markers M13, (GATA)4, and (TCC)50). The animals examined were shown to exhibit a clonally inherited, species-specific pattern of DNA markers (fingerprint profile) that is different from the species-specific patterns of parthenogenetic species D. dahli, D.

[Quantitative analysis of genetic parameters in populations of European (Capreolus capreolus L.) and Siberian (Capreolus pygargus Pall.) roe deer with RAPD markers].

A technique for obtaining unbiased estimates of genetic parameters (allelic frequencies of RAPD loci, heterozygosity (H), Wright's F statistic, and Nei's genetic distances) in populations of the European (Capreolus capreolus L.) and Siberian (Capreolus pygargus Pall.) roe deer is presented.

[Variability of multilocus DNA markers in populations of the Siberian (Capreolus pygargus Pall.) and European (C. capreolus L.) roe deer].

Two types of nuclear DNA markers, M13 minisatellites and RAPD, were used to examine intraspecific and interspecific variation in closely related roe deer species, Capreolus capreolus L. and C. pygargus Pall.

[Increased variability of (TCC)n microsatelline loci in populations of the parthenogenetic lizard Lacerta unisexualis Darevsky].

In four isolated populations of parthenogenetic Caucasian rock lizard Lacerta unisexualis, variability of (TCC)n loci was examined using multilocus DNA fingerprinting. Unexpectedly high variability of (TCC)n microsatellites was found in all four populations. The mean similarity index was 0.

[Variability of GATA-microsatellite DNA in populations of the parthenogenetic species of lizard Lacerta unisexualis Darevsky].

Multilocus DNA fingerprinting was used to analyze the genome variation of mini- and microsatellite DNA regions in parthenogenetic Caucasian rock lizard Lacerta unisexualis. The DNA fingerprints obtained with probe M13 were nearly identical in all populations examined (the average similarity index S = 0.992).

[Diagnostic prospects for using multilocus DNA markers in systematizing wild hooved animals (Artiodactyla)].

The possibility to use three types of molecular genetic DNA markers for studying genomic variations and differentiation in wild ungulates (exemplified by Cervidae) was estimated. DNA markers were revealed via DNA fingerprinting, taxonomic typing, and random amplification of polymorphic DNA by polymerase chain reaction (RAPD PCR). The highest polymorphism of the markers was detected in roes (Capreolus spp.

[Polymorphism of t-specific DNA elements of the proximal part of chromosome 17 in mice of Mus genus].

To study structural organization and polymorphism of the proximal part of chromosome 17, a hybridization analysis of DNA from mice of different origin was carried out using four t-specific probes. Results of the analysis allow us to conclude that the DNA element copy number is quantitatively unstable and differs in distribution in both newly formed recombinant haplotypes and in wild-type chromosome 17. probe Tu66 was used to study D17Leh66-element organization of Mus abbotti and Mus hortulanus mice.

[Genetic and molecular analysis of new recombinant t-haplotypes t(M8) and t(M9)].

The results of genetic and molecular analysis of new recombinant mouse haplotypes tM8 and tM9, derived from tw12 and t12, are described. Data on viability and fertility of tM/tM homozygotes are presented, as well as that on t-chromosome transmission ratio distortion (TRD) in the progeny of heterozygous males. Blot-hybridization analysis was performed using four t-specific probes: Tu48, Tu66, Tu119, and Tu122.

[The genomic fingerprinting of the causative agents of sapronoses].

The genome polymorphism of the causative agents of sapronoses (Vibrio cholerae, Legionella and Leptospira) has been studied. The use of the method of genome fingerprinting [correction of dactyloscopy] has been shown to permit the differentiation of closely related strains of such causative agents. The epidemically significant strains of the causative agents of sapronoses, isolated in different geographical regions, have been found to be genotypically related, i.