The actin loci in the genus Drosophila : establishment of chromosomal homologies among five palearctic species of the Drosophila obscura group by in situ hybridization

Chromosoma ◽  
2001 ◽  
Vol 110 (7) ◽  
pp. 441-450 ◽  
Author(s):  
George Bondinas ◽  
Michael Loukas ◽  
George Goulielmos ◽  
Diether Sperlich
Keyword(s):  
In Situ Hybridization ◽  
Palearctic Species ◽  
Chromosomal Homologies ◽  
Obscura Group

scholarly journals Molecular organization of the X chromosome in different species of the obscura group of Drosophila.

Genetics ◽  
1992 ◽  
Vol 130 (3) ◽  
pp. 513-521 ◽  
Author(s):  
C Segarra ◽  
M Aguadé
Keyword(s):  
In Situ Hybridization ◽  
Rna Polymerase Ii ◽  
X Chromosome ◽  
Pericentric Inversion ◽  
Centric Fusion ◽  
Single Copy ◽  
Molecular Organization ◽  
Palearctic Species ◽  
Obscura Group

Abstract Nine single copy regions located on the X chromosome have been mapped by in situ hybridization in six species of the obscura group of Drosophila. Three Palearctic species, D. subobscura, D. madeirensis and D. guanche, and three Nearctic species, D. pseudoobscura, D. persimilis and D. miranda, have been studied. Eight of the regions include known genes from D. melanogaster (Pgd, zeste, white, cut, vermilion, RNA polymerase II 215, forked and suppressor of forked) and the ninth region (lambda DsubF6) has not yet been characterized. In all six species, as in D. melanogaster, all probes hybridize to a single site. Established chromosomal arm homologies of Muller's element A are only partly supported by present results since two of the probes (Pgd and zeste) hybridize at the proximal end of the XR chromosomal arm in the three Nearctic species. In addition to the centric fusion of Muller's A (= XL) and D (= XR) elements, the metacentric X chromosome of the Nearctic species requires a pericentric inversion to account for this result. Previously proposed homologies of particular chromosomal regions of the A (= X) chromosome in the three species of the D. subobscura cluster and of the XL chromosomal arm in the three species of the D. pseudoobscura cluster are discussed in light of the present results. Location of the studied markers has changed drastically not only since the divergence between the melanogaster and obscura groups but also since the Palearctic and Nearctic species of the obscura group diverged.

The actin loci in the genus Drosophila: establishment of chromosomal homologies among five nearctic species of the Drosophila obscura group by in situ hybridization

Chromosoma ◽  
2002 ◽  
Vol 111 (4) ◽  
pp. 256-266 ◽  
Author(s):  
George P. Bondinas ◽  
Michael G. Loukas ◽  
George N. Goulielmos ◽  
Diether Sperlich
Keyword(s):  
In Situ Hybridization ◽  
Chromosomal Homologies ◽  
Obscura Group

scholarly journals Differentiation of Muller's Chromosomal Elements D and E in the Obscura Group of Drosophila

Genetics ◽  
1996 ◽  
Vol 144 (1) ◽  
pp. 139-146
Author(s):  
Carmen Segarra ◽  
Griselda Ribó ◽  
Montserrat Aguadé
Keyword(s):  
In Situ Hybridization ◽  
Homologous Chromosome ◽  
Genomic Library ◽  
Pairwise Comparisons ◽  
Species Divergence ◽  
Chromosomal Homologies ◽  
Obscura Group

Abstract Twenty-two markers located on Muller's elements D or E have been mapped by in situ hybridization in six species of the obscura group of Drosophila and in D. melanogaster. The obscura species can be grouped into a Palearctic cluster (D. subobscura, D. madeirensis and D. guanche) and a Nearctic one (D. pseudoobscura, D. persimilis and D. miranda). Eleven of the probes contain known genes: E74, Acp70A, Est-5, hsp28/23, hsp83, emc, hsp70, Xdh, Acph-I, Cec and rp49. The remaining probes are recombinant phages isolated from a D. subobscura genomic library. All these markers hybridize to the putative homologous chromosome or chromosomal arm of elements D and E. Thus, these elements have conserved their genic content during species divergence. Chromosomal homologies proposed previously for each element among the species of the same cluster have been compared with the present results. The distribution of markers within each element has changed considerably as inferred from pairwise comparisons of obscura species included in the two different clusters. Only chromosomal segments defined by closely linked markers have been conserved: one such segment has been detected in element D and three in element E between D. subobscura and D. pseudoobscura.

Chromosome homologies within the Drosophila obscura group probed by in situ hybridization

Chromosoma ◽  
1984 ◽  
Vol 91 (1) ◽  
pp. 46-53 ◽  
Author(s):  
M. Steinemann ◽  
W. Pinsker ◽  
D. Sperlich
Keyword(s):  
In Situ Hybridization ◽  
Obscura Group

scholarly journals In situ hybridization analysis of chromosomal homologies in Drosophila melanogaster and Drosophila virilis.

Genetics ◽  
1989 ◽  
Vol 122 (1) ◽  
pp. 99-109 ◽  
Author(s):  
J H Whiting ◽  
M D Pliley ◽  
J L Farmer ◽  
D E Jeffery
Keyword(s):  
Drosophila Melanogaster ◽  
Salivary Gland ◽  
In Situ Hybridization ◽  
Recombinant Dna ◽  
Unique Sequence ◽  
Drosophila Virilis ◽  
Multigene Families ◽  
Larval Salivary Gland ◽  
Chromosomal Homologies

Abstract Twenty-four biotin-labeled recombinant-DNA probes which contained putative unique-sequence Drosophila melanogaster DNA were hybridized to larval salivary-gland chromosomes of D. melanogaster and Drosophila virilis. All probes hybridized to D. melanogaster chromosomes at the expected sites. However, one probe hybridized to at least 16 additional sites, and one hybridized to one additional site. Thirteen probes hybridized strongly to D. virilis chromosomes, four hybridized weakly and infrequently, and seven did not hybridize. Probes representing two multigene families (beta-tubulin and yolk-protein) hybridized as would be expected if all sites had been conserved in the two species on the same chromosomal elements. The multiple hybridization sites of a third probe which may represent a multigene family were also conserved. The results were consistent with H.J. Muller's proposal that chromosomal elements have been conserved during evolution of this genus.

DNA sequence mapping in interphase and metaphase chromosomes by fluorescence in situ hybridization

1992 ◽  
Vol 50 (1) ◽  
pp. 496-497
Author(s):  
Barbara Trask ◽  
Susan Allen ◽  
Anne Bergmann ◽  
Mari Christensen ◽  
Anne Fertitta ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
In Situ Hybridization ◽  
Dna Sequence ◽  
Dna Sequences ◽  
Dual Band ◽  
Nick Translation ◽  
Metaphase Chromosomes ◽  
Band Pass ◽  
Texas Red ◽  
Fluorescent Spot

Using fluorescence in situ hybridization (FISH), the positions of DNA sequences can be discretely marked with a fluorescent spot. The efficiency of marking DNA sequences of the size cloned in cosmids is 90-95%, and the fluorescent spots produced after FISH are ≈0.3 μm in diameter. Sites of two sequences can be distinguished using two-color FISH. Different reporter molecules, such as biotin or digoxigenin, are incorporated into DNA sequence probes by nick translation. These reporter molecules are labeled after hybridization with different fluorochromes, e.g., FITC and Texas Red. The development of dual band pass filters (Chromatechnology) allows these fluorochromes to be photographed simultaneously without registration shift.

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