Ukrainian Antarctic Journal

Vol 22 No 2(29) (2024): Ukrainian Antarctic Journal
Articles

Intron length polymorphism of β-tubulin genes in Colobanthus quitensis across the Argentine Islands-Kyiv Peninsula region

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  • Anastasiia Rabokon,
  • Yuliia Bilonozhko,
  • Anastasiia Postovoitova,
  • Liubov Kalafat,
  • Ivan Parnikoza,
  • Iryna Kozeretska,
  • Igor Andreev,
  • Viktor Kunakh,
  • Yaroslav Pirko,
  • Yaroslav Blume
Anastasiia Rabokon
Institute of Food Biotechnology and Genomics of National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine, Kyiv, 04123, Ukraine
Yuliia Bilonozhko
Institute of Food Biotechnology and Genomics of National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine, Kyiv, 04123, Ukraine
Anastasiia Postovoitova
Institute of Food Biotechnology and Genomics of National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine, Kyiv, 04123, Ukraine
Liubov Kalafat
Institute of Food Biotechnology and Genomics of National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine, Kyiv, 04123, Ukraine
Ivan Parnikoza
State Institution National Antarctic Scientific Center, Ministry of Education and Science of Ukraine, Kyiv, 01601, Ukraine
Iryna Kozeretska
State Institution National Antarctic Scientific Center, Ministry of Education and Science of Ukraine, Kyiv, 01601, Ukraine
Igor Andreev
Institute of Molecular Biology and Genetics of National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine, Kyiv, 03680, Ukraine
Viktor Kunakh
Institute of Molecular Biology and Genetics of National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine, Kyiv, 03680, Ukraine
Yaroslav Pirko
Institute of Food Biotechnology and Genomics of National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine, Kyiv, 04123, Ukraine
Yaroslav Blume
Institute of Food Biotechnology and Genomics of National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine, Kyiv, 04123, Ukraine
DOI: https://doi.org/10.33275/1727-7485.2.2024.736
Published December 31, 2024
Keywords
  • Antarctic pearlwort,
  • Antarctic Peninsula,
  • genetic polymorphism,
  • natural populations
How to Cite
Rabokon, A., Bilonozhko, Y., Postovoitova, A., Kalafat, L., Parnikoza, I., Kozeretska, I., Andreev, I., Kunakh, V., Pirko, Y., & Blume, Y. (2024). Intron length polymorphism of β-tubulin genes in Colobanthus quitensis across the Argentine Islands-Kyiv Peninsula region. Ukrainian Antarctic Journal, 22(2(29), 186-197. https://doi.org/10.33275/1727-7485.2.2024.736

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Abstract

This work analyses intron length polymorphism of β-tubulin genes in populations of Antarctic pearlwort (Colobanthus quitensis) from the relatively compact region of the Argentine Islands-Kyiv Peninsula (the maritime Antarctic). Analysis of the length polymorphism of the two introns of β-tubulin genes in natural populations of C. quitensis revealed a generally low level of genetic polymorphism. Investigation of the first intron length polymorphism revealed two groups of populations. The population of the largest of Berthelot Islands has representatives of both groups. The second intron length polymorphism of β-tubulin genes identified individual genotypes in 7 of the 11 studied populations of C. quitensis. We speculate that this might be due to the spread of plants from different locations or a combination of changes under different environmental conditions.

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