In Situ Hybridization to Polytene Chromosomes of Drosophila melanogasterand Other Dipteran Species

A genomic clone containing hemoglobin genes was isolated from a species of the chironomid genus Kiefferulus. Eight genes, including an apparent pseudogene, were sequenced and the amino acid sequences of the putative proteins were determined. By comparison to the previously described hemoglobins in the sister-genus Chironomus, they were identified as members of the dimeric Hb VIIB group. The results indicate that the existence of clusters of hemoglobin genes may be a common feature in chironomids and not just confined to Chironomus. The Kiefferulus genes show greatest similarity of amino acid sequence to Hb VIIB-7 from the Chironomus cluster. The results suggest that the ancestral cluster contained at least two gene types, one of which gave rise to VIIB-7 and the Kiefferulus genes while the other gave rise to the other Chironomus VIIB genes. Both clusters appear to have increased in size by duplication or unequal crossing over since the separation of the genera. It also appears that an unrelated gene present in the Chironomus cluster, Hb-Y, arose from a completely independent origin with no apparent equivalent gene anywhere in the genome of Kiefferulus or some other Chironomus species.

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Hemoglobins of Kiefferulus, sister genus of Chironomus (Diptera: Insecta): Evolution of the Hb VIIB cluster

Chen

Martin

Lee

1995

J Mol Evol

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International Capital Constraints and Stock Market Dynamics

Schornick

2009

SSRN Journal

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The Diversity of Chironomidae in Lothic and Lenthic Ecosystems in Prybaikaliye

Кравцова¹

2006

Chironomus

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AbstractTaxonomic diversity of chironomid larvae inPrybaikaliye water bodies (creeks, rivers andlakes) have been studied. It is shown that LakeBaikal is a buffer zone between water catchmentbasin and water body. Habitat conditions in theLake Baikal littoral promote formation of a limnorheophiliccomplex of chironomid species.

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In Situ Hybridization to Polytene Chromosomes of Drosophila melanogasterand Other Dipteran Species

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Hemoglobins of Kiefferulus, sister genus of Chironomus (Diptera: Insecta): Evolution of the Hb VIIB cluster

Hemoglobins of Kiefferulus, sister genus of Chironomus (Diptera: Insecta): Evolution of the Hb VIIB cluster

International Capital Constraints and Stock Market Dynamics

The Diversity of Chironomidae in Lothic and Lenthic Ecosystems in Prybaikaliye

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