Evolution of trinucleotide microsatellite sequence variation across the Polistinae, a social wasp subfamily

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dc.contributor.advisorStrassmann, Joan E.
dc.contributor.advisorQueller, David C.
dc.creatorZhu, Yong
dc.date.accessioned2009-06-04T08:07:12Z
dc.date.available2009-06-04T08:07:12Z
dc.date.issued1998
dc.description.abstractI examined sequences of 3 microsatellite loci that were derived from Polistes bellicosus investigated their evolution in 78 species from four tribes in the Polistinae subfamily of wasps. I found that the basic repeat structure of the microsatellite repeat region at these three loci was conserved across species at the subgenus level. Besides changes in the number of repeats, base substitutions were the dominant mutations in the repeat regions. The tribe from which the loci were isolated had longer repeat regions and more perfect repeats that the tribes at the same loci. At microsatellite flanking regions, I found that a high proportion of insertions duplicated 1-4 bases of their preceding sequences. Microsatellite repeats may originate from these such little insertions.
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dc.identifier.callnoTHESIS ECOL. 1998 ZHU
dc.identifier.citationZhu, Yong. "Evolution of trinucleotide microsatellite sequence variation across the Polistinae, a social wasp subfamily." (1998) Master’s Thesis, Rice University. <a href="https://hdl.handle.net/1911/17230">https://hdl.handle.net/1911/17230</a>.
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/1911/17230
dc.language.isoeng
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dc.subjectMolecular biology
dc.subjectGenetics
dc.titleEvolution of trinucleotide microsatellite sequence variation across the Polistinae, a social wasp subfamily
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thesis.degree.departmentEcology and Evolutionary Biology
thesis.degree.disciplineNatural Sciences
thesis.degree.grantorRice University
thesis.degree.levelMasters
thesis.degree.nameMaster of Arts
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