Restriction-map variation with the yellow-achaete-scute region in five populations of Drosophila melanogaster |
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Authors: | Eanes WF; Labate J; Ajioka JW |
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Institution: | Department of Ecology and Evolution, State University of New York, Stony Brook 11794. |
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Abstract: | It has been proposed that the degree of recombination for a genomic region
will affect the level of both nucleotide heterozygosity and the density of
transposable elements. Both features of genomic diversity have been
examined in a number of recent reports for regions undergoing relatively
normal levels of recombination in Drosophila melanogaster. In this study
the genomic variation associated with yellow-achaete- scute loci located at
the tip of the X chromosome is examined by six- cutter restriction mapping.
In this region, as usual for regions adjacent to telomeres, crossing-over
is dramatically reduced, and published studies of visible mutants indicate
extremely little restriction-map variation. Eight six-cutter restriction
endonucleases were used to locate sequence variation in 14- and 16.5-kb
regions in 109 lines sampled from North America, Africa, and Europe. The
overall level of heterozygosity is estimated as 0.29%. Nine large
insertions, all presumed to be transposable elements, were observed.
Base-pair heterozygosity appears to be reduced compared with regions having
normal levels of recombination. The estimated heterozygosity is much higher
than reported in earlier studies of restriction-map variation among visible
mutations in the complex. The incidence of large insertions is not elevated
compared with that in other regions of the genome. This suggests that
asymmetric synapsis and exchange is not an important mechanism for the
elimination of transposable elements.
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