[Interspecific variability of telomeric DNA length in some Siberian and endemic Baĭkal planarians (Plathelminthes, Tricladida)].
The length of the telomeric DNA in nine species of planarians inhabiting Lake Baikal and one Siberian species from Baikal rivers was determined using Southern hybridization. According to preliminary estimations, it varied in the range of 25-30 kb (Rimacephalus arecepta, Rimacephalus pulvinar, Sorocelis hepatizon, Sorocelis nigrofasciata, Protocotylus sp., Baikalobia guttata, Bdellocephala baikalensis, Phagocata sibirica) and 50 kb (Baikaloplana valida, Baikalobia copulatrix). It is the first estimation of the values of telomeric region lengths for Baikal free-living flat worms.
A G
AG
Koroleva
S V
SV
Kiril'chik
O A
OA
Timoshkin
D000818:Animals; D018509:DNA, Helminth / Q000235:genetics*; D005618:Fresh Water; D010932:Planarians / Q000235:genetics*; D012800:Siberia; D013045:Species Specificity; D016615:Telomere / Q000235:genetics*
D018509:DNA, Helminth