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Isolation and characterization of dinucleotide repeat microsatellites in Drosophila ananassae

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  10 March 2004

M. D. SCHUG
Affiliation:
Department of Biology, 301 Eberhart Building, University of North Carolina Greensboro, Greensboro, NC 27455, USA
E. E. REGULSKI
Affiliation:
Department of Biology, 301 Eberhart Building, University of North Carolina Greensboro, Greensboro, NC 27455, USA Current address: Department of Molecular, Cellular, and Developmental Biology, Yale University, New Haven, CT06520, USA.
A. PEARCE
Affiliation:
Department of Biology, 301 Eberhart Building, University of North Carolina Greensboro, Greensboro, NC 27455, USA
S. G. SMITH
Affiliation:
Department of Biology, 301 Eberhart Building, University of North Carolina Greensboro, Greensboro, NC 27455, USA
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Abstract

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Drosophila ananassae is a cosmopolitan species with a geographic range throughout most of the tropical and subtropical regions of the world. Previous studies of DNA sequence polymorphism in three genes has shown evidence of selection affecting broad expanses of the genome in regions with low rates of recombination in geographically local populations in and around India. The studies suggest that extensive physical and genetic maps based on molecular markers, and detailed studies of population structure may provide insight into the degree to which natural selection affects DNA sequence polymorphism across broad regions of chromosomes. We have isolated 85 dinucleotide repeat microsatellite sequences and developed assay conditions for genotyping using PCR. The dinucleotide repeats we isolated are shorter, on average, than those isolated in many other Drosophila species. Levels of genetic variation are high, comparable to Drosophila melanogaster. The levels of variation indicate the effective population size of an Indonesian population of D. ananassae is 58692 (infinite allele model) and 217284 (stepwise mutation model), similar to estimates of effective population size for D. melanogaster calculated using dinucleotide repeat microsatellites. The data also show that the Indonesian population is in a rapid expansion phase. Cross-species amplification of the microsatellites in 11 species from the Ananassae, Elegans, Eugracilis and Ficusphila subgroups indicates that the loci may be useful for studies of the sister species, D. pallidosa, but will have limited use for more distantly related species.

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Research Article
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© 2004 Cambridge University Press