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Molecular variability in the common shrew Sorex araneus L. from european russia and siberia inferred from the length polymorphism of DNA regions flanked by short interspersed elements (inter-SINE PCR) and the relationships between the moscow and seliger chromosome races

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Genetic exchange among chromosomal races of the common shrew Sorex araneus and the problem of reproductive barriers have been extensively studied by means of such molecular markers as mtDNA, microsatellites, and allozymes. In the present study, the interpopulation and interracial polymorphism in the common shrew was derived, using fingerprints generated by amplified DNA regions flanked by short interspersed repeats (SINEs)—interSINE PCR (IS-PCR). We used primers, complementary to consensus sequences of two short retroposons: mammalian element MIR and the SOR element from the genome of Sorex araneus. Genetic differentiation among eleven populations of the common shrew from eight chromosome races was estimated. The NJ and MP analyses, as well as multidimensional scaling showed that all samples examined grouped into two main clusters, corresponding to European Russia and Siberia. The bootstrap support of the European Russia cluster in the NJ and MP analyses was respectively 76 and 61%. The bootstrap index for the Siberian cluster was 100% in both analyses; the Tomsk race, included into this cluster, was separated with the bootstrap support of NJ/MP 92/95%.

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Original Russian Text © A.A. Bannikova, N.S. Bulatova, D.A. Kramerov, 2006, published in Genetika, 2006, Vol. 42, No. 6, pp. 737–747.

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Bannikova, A.A., Bulatova, N.S. & Kramerov, D.A. Molecular variability in the common shrew Sorex araneus L. from european russia and siberia inferred from the length polymorphism of DNA regions flanked by short interspersed elements (inter-SINE PCR) and the relationships between the moscow and seliger chromosome races. Russ J Genet 42, 595–604 (2006). https://doi.org/10.1134/S1022795406060020

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