title: [Characterization and comparative analysis of DNA from the pericentric heterochromatin of chromosome 2 of Anopheles atroparvus V. Tiel (Culicidae, Diptera)].
abstract: The minilibrary containing DNA sequences from the diffuse pericentric heterochromatin from the right arm of Anopheles atroparvus V. Tiel (Culicidae, Diptera) chromosome 2 (2R) was generated by use of chromosome microdissection technique. Southern-blot hybridization of the minilibrary fragments with the labeled genomic DNA of A. atroparvus and analysis of their primary structure showed that this heterochromatin region contained repeated DNA sequences differed by their primary structure and the number of copies. These were mostly AT-rich sequences harboring the features characteristic of the S/MAR regions. Based on the clones homology to the sequences from the An. gambiae and Drosophila melanogaster genomes, it was demonstrated that the pericentric heterochromatin from the right arm of An. atroparvus chromosome 2 contained gypsy-like transposable elements, as well as the sequences homologous to the structural genes. In situ hybridization with the chromosomes of A. atroparvus and of the two representatives of the Anopheles maculipennis species complex, A. messeae and A. beklemishevi, showed that pericentric regions of all these chromosomes contained DNA sequences homologous to the sequences from the region-specific minilibrary. Cloned fragments of conserved repetitive DNA revealed upon interspecific Southern-blot hybridization of the clones with the labeled genomic DNA of A. messeae can be utilized in further investigations of evolutionary rearrangements of the pericentric heterochromatin within the Anopheles maculipennis species complex.
authors.forename: O G
authors.initials: OG
authors.lastname: Grushko
authors.forename: M V
authors.initials: MV
authors.lastname: Sharakhova
authors.forename: A I
authors.initials: AI
authors.lastname: Shevchenko
authors.forename: D A
authors.initials: DA
authors.lastname: Karagodin
authors.forename: T V
authors.initials: TV
authors.lastname: Karamysheva
authors.forename: N B
authors.initials: NB
authors.lastname: Rubtsov
authors.forename: V N
authors.initials: VN
authors.lastname: Stegniĭ
mesh_terms: D020856:AT Rich Sequence / Q000235:genetics*; D000818:Animals; D000852:Anopheles / Q000235:genetics*; D004331:Drosophila melanogaster / Q000235:genetics*; D015723:Gene Library; D006570:Heterochromatin / Q000235:genetics*; D017422:Sequence Analysis, DNA; D013045:Species Specificity
chemical_list: D006570:Heterochromatin