Male accessory gland secretory protein polymorphism in natural populations of <Emphasis Type="Italic">Drosophila nasuta nasuta</Emphasis> and <Emphasis Type="Italic">Drosophila sulfurigaster neonasuta</Emphasis> |
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Authors: | K Ravi Ram S R Ramesh |
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Institution: | (1) Drosophila Stock Centre, Department of Studies in Zoology, University of Mysore, Manasagangotri, Mysore, 570 006, India;(2) Department of Molecular Biology and Genetics, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY 14853-2703, USA |
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Abstract: | Male accessory gland secretory protein polymorphism was analysed in natural populations of Drosophila nasuta nasuta and D. sulfurigaster neonasuta for the first time, using SDS-PAGE to score polymorphism of these proteins in 2788 individuals of D. n. nasuta and 2232 individuals of D. s. neonasuta from 12 different populations from southern India. A total of 25 and 18 variant protein phenotypes were identified in D. n. nasuta and D. s. neonasuta, respectively. Protein fractions of group III were more polymorphic than those from groups I and II. The results show that
accessory gland secretory proteins show high levels of polymorphism, irrespective of species or habitat. Moreover, we have
used the variation in the accessory gland proteins to assess the extent of divergence between the species and to infer their
population structure. The study suggests that though both D. n. nasuta and D. s. neonasuta belong to the same subgroup, they differ in population structure, as far as accessory gland protein polymorphism is concerned. |
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Keywords: | reproduction seminal proteins natural variation nasuta subgroup D immigrans group accessory gland proteins protein variability |
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