PCR amplification of intergenic spacers in the ribosomal DNA of Drosophila melanogaster reveals high levels of turnover in length and copy-number of spacers in geographically separated populations.

Abstract excerpt

A recently described PCR-based method for the analysis of intergenic spacer (IGS) length variation in the ribosomal (r) DNA of Drosophila melanogaster was used to analyse the distribution of IGS length variants in the rDNA of a number of recently collected D. melanogaster populations. One group o...

Topics

• Animals
• Australia
• Blotting, Southern
• DNA, Ribosomal
• Drosophila melanogaster
• Europe
• Female
• Founder Effect
• Gene Amplification
• Genes, Insect
• Genetic Variation
• Genetics, Population