title: [Variability of GATA-microsatellite DNA in populations of the parthenogenetic species of lizard Lacerta unisexualis Darevsky].
abstract: 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). The fingerprints obtained with probe (GATA)4 varied (S = 0.862). Polymorphic fragments were assumed to correspond to allelic variants of genetically unstable GATA loci. Comparison of the fingerprints of animals from four geographically isolated populations revealed several population-specific GATA microsatellite markers. Based on their distribution among the populations, the corresponding alleles were assumed to originate from a common ancestral allele.
authors.affiliation: Institute of Gene Biology, Russian Academy of Sciences, Moscow, Russia.
authors.forename: O N
authors.initials: ON
authors.lastname: Tokarskaia
authors.forename: N G
authors.initials: NG
authors.lastname: Kan
authors.forename: V G
authors.initials: VG
authors.lastname: Petrosian
authors.forename: I A
authors.initials: IA
authors.lastname: Martirosian
authors.forename: F D
authors.initials: FD
authors.lastname: Danielian
authors.forename: I S
authors.initials: IS
authors.lastname: Darevskiĭ
authors.forename: A P
authors.initials: AP
authors.lastname: Ryskov
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D016172:DNA Fingerprinting; D004276:DNA, Satellite / Q000235:genetics*; D004268:DNA-Binding Proteins / Q000235:genetics*; D008116:Lizards / Q000235:genetics* / Q000502:physiology; D018895:Microsatellite Repeats / Q000235:genetics*; D010312:Parthenogenesis; D014157:Transcription Factors / Q000235:genetics*
chemical_list: D004276:DNA, Satellite; D004268:DNA-Binding Proteins; D014157:Transcription Factors
vernacular_title: Variabel'nost' GATA-mikrosatellitnykh DNK v populiatsiiakh partenogeneticheskogo vida iashcherits Lacerta unisexualis Darevsky.