Molecular Biology and Evolution, Vol 13, 244-252, Copyright © 1996 by Society for Molecular Biology and Evolution
J Tang, L Toe, C Back and TR Unnasch
The internal transcribed spacer (ITS) of the rRNA gene cluster has been
used as a model for the study of the action of concerted evolution and
molecular drive on repeated sequence families. In contrast to this general
finding, preliminary DNA sequence analysis of cloned representatives of the
ITS from the West African black fly species complex Simulium damnosum s.1.
demonstrated extensive intra-individual and intra-specific polymorphisms.
Variability in the ITS was primarily confined to the ITS1 domain. The
degree and type of intra-individual and intra-specific variability within
the ITS was further characterized using gel electrophoresis, DNA
hybridization, and heteroduplex analysis of the PCR products generated from
the ITS1 domain. ITS1 copies from individual S. damnosum s.1. differed in
length and sequence composition. These results, when taken together,
demonstrate that a large degree of intra-individual and intra-specific
heterogeneity exists in the ITS of S. damnosum s.1. The intra-individual
heterogeneity was greater in the savanna-dwelling than forest-dwelling
sibling species of S. damnosum s.1. This heterogeneity may be due in part
to inter-breeding among sympatric sibling species, coupled with disturbance
of S. damnosum s.1. populations resulting from intensive vector control
efforts.
ORIGINAL ARTICLE
Intra-specific heterogeneity of the rDNA internal transcribed spacer in the Simulium damnosum (Diptera: Simuliidae) complex
Division of Geographic Medicine, University of Alabama at Birmingham 35294, USA.
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