title: Sequence analysis of the D1 and D2 regions of 28S rDNA in the hornet (Vespa crabro) (Hymenoptera, Vespinae).
abstract: The two variable domains D1 and D2 near the 5' end of the 28S ribosomal RNA gene (large subunit rRNA) have been sequenced for Vespa crabro. The sequence was aligned to corresponding rDNA regions of the wasp species Nasonia vitripennis, Melittobia digitata and the fruit fly Drosophila melanogaster. We analysed the nucleotide composition and sequence similarity for the different regions of the investigated sequences and present the inferred secondary structure of Vespa crabro.
authors.affiliation: Technische Universität Berlin, Institut für Biologie, Germany.
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Schmitz
authors.forename: R F
authors.initials: RF
authors.lastname: Moritz
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D001483:Base Sequence; D004275:DNA, Ribosomal / Q000737:chemistry* / Q000235:genetics; D004331:Drosophila melanogaster / Q000235:genetics; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D009690:Nucleic Acid Conformation; D010802:Phylogeny; D012339:RNA, Ribosomal, 28S / Q000235:genetics*; D017422:Sequence Analysis, DNA; D012689:Sequence Homology, Nucleic Acid; D013045:Species Specificity; D014863:Wasps / Q000145:classification / Q000235:genetics*
chemical_list: D004275:DNA, Ribosomal; D012339:RNA, Ribosomal, 28S