eprintid: 8981 rev_number: 23 eprint_status: archive userid: 1079 dir: disk0/00/00/89/81 datestamp: 2013-01-08 11:52:16 lastmod: 2016-03-07 01:01:51 status_changed: 2013-01-08 11:52:16 type: article metadata_visibility: show item_issues_id: similar_title_9685 item_issues_type: similar_title item_issues_description: Similar title to Mezhzherіn, S. V. and Vlasenкo, R. Р. and Garbar, А. V. (2008) Features of the Genetic Structure of the Earthworms Aporrectodea (Superspecies) Caliginosa (Oligochaeta: Lumbricidae) Complex in Ukraine. Cytology and Genetics, 42 (4). pp. 50-57. ISSN 0095-4527 item_issues_timestamp: 2015-08-21 14:26:08 item_issues_status: discovered item_issues_count: 1 title: Features of the Genetic Structure of the Earthworms Aporrectodea (Superspecies) Caliginosa (Oligochaeta: Lumbricidae) Complex in Ukraine language: english abstract: An investigation of the genetic structure of the Aporrectodea caliginosa – A. trapezoids diploidpolyploid complex of earthworms found in the Ukraine is performed by means of biochemical genetic marking with respect to six loci (Aat, Es-1, -2, -3, and -4, and Mdh) and karyotyping. All 646 individuals from 21 samples are analyzed at the biochemical gene level and karyotype samples are obtained from 70 specimens. As a result, diploid amphimictic A. caliginosa individuals (2n = 36), which form panmictic populations, and triploid (2n = 54) A. trapezoides individuals, represented by 19 hypothetical clones discovered in the course of an analysis of 157 specimens, are clearly differentiated. A clear trend towards dominance of the triploid forms in the steppe zone of Ukraine is discovered. Here they represent roughly 70% as against 12% of all A. (superspecies) caliginosa individuals in the northern forest regions. Based on the stated nature of the heterozygosity of the loci studied and the behavior of the chromosomes in meiosis, it may be claimed that the cloned forms are allotriploids, formed as a result of hybridization of a series of related forms, which, judging from the allelic pools, does not include amphimictic species that now inhabit the territory of Ukraine. That is, either the apomictic clones of A. trapezoides lack a local origin and their appearance among the fauna of Ukraine is a consequence of settlement in arid steppe regions that are unfavorable for earthworms or, on the other hand, amphimictic A. caliginosa is an invasive species. creators_name: Межжерин, С. В. creators_name: Власенко, Р. П. creators_name: Гарбар, А. В. ispublished: pub subjects: QL divisions: sch_zoo full_text_status: public date: 2008-01 date_type: published publication: Cytology and Genetics volume: 42 number: 4 publisher: Allerton Press, Inc. pagerange: 256-262 refereed: TRUE issn: 0095-4527 citation: Межжерин, С. В., Власенко, Р. П., Гарбар, А. В. (2008) Features of the Genetic Structure of the Earthworms Aporrectodea (Superspecies) Caliginosa (Oligochaeta: Lumbricidae) Complex in Ukraine. Cytology and Genetics, 42 (4). с. 256-262. ISSN 0095-4527 document_url: http://eprints.zu.edu.ua/8981/1/Caliginosa%20genetics%281%29.pdf