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  • Title: [Comparative analysis of the localization and mobility of retrotransposons in sibling species Drosophila simulans and Drosophila melanogaster].
    Author: Leĭbovich BA, Glushkova IV, Pasiukova EG, Beliaeva ES, Gvozdev VA.
    Journal: Genetika; 1992 Apr; 28(4):85-97. PubMed ID: 1322343.
    Abstract:
    The distribution of four retrotransposon families (MDG1, MDG3, MDG4 and copia) on polytene chromosomes of different (from 9 to 15) Drosophila simulans strains is studied. The mean number of MDG1 and copia euchromatic hybridization sites (3 sites for each element) is drastically decreased in D. simulans in comparison with D. melanogaster (24 and 18 sites respectively). The mean number of MDG3 sites of hybridization is 5 in D. simulans against 12 in D. melanogaster. As for MDG4 both species have on the average about 2-3 euchromatic sites. The majority of MDG1 and copia and about a half of MDG3 euchromatic copies are localized in restricted number of sites (hot spots) on D. simulans polytene chromosomes. In D. melanogaster these elements are scattered along the chromosomes though there are some hot spots too. It appears that euchromatic copies of MDG1 and copia are considerably less mobile in D. simulans in contrast to D. melanogaster. Some common hot spots of retrotransposon localization in D. simulans and D. melanogaster were earlier described as intercalary heterochromatin regions in D. melanogaster. The level of interstrain variability of MDG4 hybridization sites is comparable in both species. Comparative blot-analysis of adult and larval salivary gland DNA shows that MDG1 and copia are situated mainly in euchromatic regions of D. melanogaster chromosomes. In D. simulans genome they are located mainly in heterochromatic regions underreplicated in salivary gland polytene chromosomes. There are interspecies differences in the distribution of retrotransposons in beta-heterochromatic chromosome regions.
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