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Little gene flow between domestic silkmoth Bombyx mori and its wild relative Bombyx mandarina in Japan, and possible artificial selection on the CAD gene of B. mori.
Genes & genetic systems - 1 Jan 2012
Yukuhiro Kenji, Sezutsu Hideki, Tamura Toshiki, Kosegawa Eiichi, Iwata Kazuya, Ajimura Masahiro, Gu Shi-Hong, Wang Min, Xia Qingyou, Mita Kazuei, Kiuchi Makoto
Abstract excerpt
We analyzed PCR-amplified carbamoyl-phosphate synthetase 2, aspartate transcarbamylase, and dihydroorotase (CAD) gene fragments from 146 Bombyx mori native strains and found extremely low levels of DNA polymorphism. Two haplotypes were identified, one of which was predominant. CAD haplotype analysis of 42 samples of Japanese B. mandarina revealed four haplotypes. No common haplotype was shared between the two...
Topics
- Animals
- Base Sequence
- Bombyx
- Dihydroorotase
- Gene Flow
- Genetic Variation
- Genetics, Population
- Haplotypes
- Japan
- Molecular Sequence Data
- Selection, Genetic
- Sequence Alignment