High rate of restriction fragment length polymorphisms between two population 
of the nematode Pristionchus pacificus (Diplogastridae)

Schlak, I; Eizinger, A; Sommer, RJ

doi:10.1111/j.1439-0469.1997.tb00415.x

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High rate of restriction fragment length polymorphisms between two population of the nematode Pristionchus pacificus (Diplogastridae)

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Schlak, I
Department Cell Biology, Max Planck Institute for Developmental Biology, Max Planck Society;

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Eizinger, A
Department Cell Biology, Max Planck Institute for Developmental Biology, Max Planck Society;

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Sommer, RJ
Department Cell Biology, Max Planck Institute for Developmental Biology, Max Planck Society;

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Schlak, I., Eizinger, A., & Sommer, R. (1997). High rate of restriction fragment length polymorphisms between two population of the nematode Pristionchus pacificus (Diplogastridae). Journal of Zoological Systematics and Evolutionary Research, 35(3), 137-142. doi:10.1111/j.1439-0469.1997.tb00415.x.

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Abstract

Pristionchus pacificus (Diplogastridae, Nematoda) has recently been described as a ‘satelite’ organism for a functinal comparative approach, becuase genetic, molecular and cell-biological tools can be used in way similar to the genetic model organism Caenorhabditis elegans. This tudy describes the analysis of two previously isolated strains of P. pacificus for the occurrence of restriction fragment length polymorphisms (RFLPs). In all, 14 of 17 randomly chosen cDNA clones give polymorphisms after hybridization to EcoRI digested genomic DNA of the populations from California and Washington. This polymorphism is much higher than polymorphism found among different strains in C. elegans. Therefore this study compares most of the nucleotide sequence of the Ppa-let-60/ras gene between the two strains. No base-pair substitutions were found between these two sequences within the coding regions. However, within the untranslated region, four base-pair substitutions in introns and the deletion of three base-pairs in the 5′ sequence and in intron 4 have been observed. Since the two strains interbreed, RFLPs can be used as molecular markers for future chromosomal walking and gene cloning.