Characterization of a species-specific satellite DNA of Drosophila buzzatii

Authors
Kuhn, GCS Bollgonn, S Sperlich, D Bachmann, L
Citation
Gcs. Kuhn et al., Characterization of a species-specific satellite DNA of Drosophila buzzatii, J ZOOL SYST, 37(2), 1999, pp. 109-112
Citations number
24
Categorie Soggetti
Animal Sciences
Journal title
JOURNAL OF ZOOLOGICAL SYSTEMATICS AND EVOLUTIONARY RESEARCH
ISSN journal
09475745 → ACNP
Volume
37
Issue
2
Year of publication
1999
Pages
109 - 112
Database
ISI
SICI code
0947-5745(199906)37:2<109:COASSD>2.0.ZU;2-Q
Abstract
The pBuM189 satellite DNA family was found to be species specific for Droso phila buzzatii. It consists of slightly AT-rich tandemly arranged repeats w ith a high copy number in the genome and shows a very high level of intrasp ecific sequence similarity. pBuM189 repeats cannot be detected in the genom es of closely related species such as Drosophila serido, Drosophila borbore ma and Drosophila koepferae. The data support the marginal systematic posit ion of D. buzzatii within the buzzatii cluster of the Drosophila repleta gr oup.