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[Study of mitochondrial DNA in Helix land snails by PCR-RFLP]. 1995

R Borgo, and C Souty-Grosset, and L Gomot

Laboratoire de Zoologie Embryologie, UFR Sciences et Techniques, Besançon.

Sometimes the morphological criteria--used to distinguish between 4 land snails species (Helix pomatia, Helix lucorum, Helix aspersa aspersa and Helix aspersa maxima)--are little pronounced and ambiguous. We have selected mitochondrial DNA, a widely used molecular marker, in order to have a reliable technique of distinction between the 4 studied species. After extraction, mtDNA is amplified by PCR and digested with several enzymes. Among them, Dra I give restriction fragments of different length depending on species. So, owing to PCR-RFLP of mtDNA, we describe here a reliable method for identifying 4 snail species.

UI	MeSH Term	Description	Entries
D012150	Polymorphism, Restriction Fragment Length	Variation occurring within a species in the presence or length of DNA fragment generated by a specific endonuclease at a specific site in the genome. Such variations are generated by mutations that create or abolish recognition sites for these enzymes or change the length of the fragment.	RFLP,Restriction Fragment Length Polymorphism,RFLPs,Restriction Fragment Length Polymorphisms
D004272	DNA, Mitochondrial	Double-stranded DNA of MITOCHONDRIA. In eukaryotes, the mitochondrial GENOME is circular and codes for ribosomal RNAs, transfer RNAs, and about 10 proteins.	Mitochondrial DNA,mtDNA
D006372	Helix, Snails	A genus of chiefly Eurasian and African land snails including the principal edible snails as well as several pests of cultivated plants.	Helix (Snails),Snails Helix
D000818	Animals	Unicellular or multicellular, heterotrophic organisms, that have sensation and the power of voluntary movement. Under the older five kingdom paradigm, Animalia was one of the kingdoms. Under the modern three domain model, Animalia represents one of the many groups in the domain EUKARYOTA.	Animal,Metazoa,Animalia
D016133	Polymerase Chain Reaction	In vitro method for producing large amounts of specific DNA or RNA fragments of defined length and sequence from small amounts of short oligonucleotide flanking sequences (primers). The essential steps include thermal denaturation of the double-stranded target molecules, annealing of the primers to their complementary sequences, and extension of the annealed primers by enzymatic synthesis with DNA polymerase. The reaction is efficient, specific, and extremely sensitive. Uses for the reaction include disease diagnosis, detection of difficult-to-isolate pathogens, mutation analysis, genetic testing, DNA sequencing, and analyzing evolutionary relationships.	Anchored PCR,Inverse PCR,Nested PCR,PCR,Anchored Polymerase Chain Reaction,Inverse Polymerase Chain Reaction,Nested Polymerase Chain Reaction,PCR, Anchored,PCR, Inverse,PCR, Nested,Polymerase Chain Reactions,Reaction, Polymerase Chain,Reactions, Polymerase Chain

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