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Dubious maternal inheritance of mitochondrial DNA in D. simulans and evolution of D. mauritiana

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  14 April 2009

Yoko Satta ,
Nobue Toyohara ,
Chiaki Ohtaka ,
Yumi Tatsuno ,
Takao K. Watanabe ,
Etsuko T. Matsuura ,
Sadao I. Chigusa  and
Naoyuki Takahata
Yoko Satta
Affiliation:
Department of Biology, Ochanomizu University, 2-1-1 Ohtsuka, Bunkyo, Tokyo 112, Japan
Nobue Toyohara
Affiliation:
Department of Biology, Ochanomizu University, 2-1-1 Ohtsuka, Bunkyo, Tokyo 112, Japan
Chiaki Ohtaka
Affiliation:
Department of Biology, Ochanomizu University, 2-1-1 Ohtsuka, Bunkyo, Tokyo 112, Japan
Yumi Tatsuno
Affiliation:
Department of Biology, Ochanomizu University, 2-1-1 Ohtsuka, Bunkyo, Tokyo 112, Japan
Takao K. Watanabe
Affiliation:
National Institute of Genetics, Mishima, Shizuoka-ken 411, Japan
Etsuko T. Matsuura
Affiliation:
Department of Biology, Ochanomizu University, 2-1-1 Ohtsuka, Bunkyo, Tokyo 112, Japan
Sadao I. Chigusa*
Affiliation:
Department of Biology, Ochanomizu University, 2-1-1 Ohtsuka, Bunkyo, Tokyo 112, Japan
Naoyuki Takahata
Affiliation:
National Institute of Genetics, Mishima, Shizuoka-ken 411, Japan
*
† Corresponding author.
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Within-line heterogeneity has been found in the mitochondrial DNA (mtDNA) in two isofemale lines of D. simulans. The co-existing types, S and M, were typical of the mtDNA in D. simulans and in D. mauritiana, respectively, their nucleotide divergence per site being ca. 2·1%. Segregation analysis confirmed that some individuals in these lines were heteroplasmic and suggested incomplete maternal inheritance of mtDNA in Drosophila. Examination of other lines of D. simulans revealed that the M type of D. mauritiana occurs at 71% in Réunion, 38% in Madagascar and 0% in Kenya. This finding and interspecific sequence comparisons of both M types indicate that D. mauritiana diverged from D. simulans probably less than 240000 years ago.

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Research Article
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Genetics Research , Volume 52 , Issue 1 , August 1988 , pp. 1 - 6
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1988

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