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One was an asexual strain maintained as laboratory culture in Moscow (Russia) for over 20 years.
Animals used in subtractive hybridization (from both sexual and asexual strains) were generously provided by Dr. Sheiman I.M. (Institute of Biophysics, Pushino).
Genomic DNA and total RNA from asexual planaria of the Spanish population were supplied by Dr. Salo E. (University of Barcelona).
Several DNA sequences similar to the mariner element have been reported in G. tigrina [ 10 16 ] . There are about 7000 copies of this element in the genome, which appear to code for an active transposase [ 10 ] . None of these mariner elements are present in the genomes of other turbellarians, including the species closest to G. tigrina [ 10 ] . With the aid of PCR using specific primers for the planarian mariner element, we isolated and sequenced several clones from sexual and asexual planaria.
To verify the genetic propinquity of the sexual and asexual planarian strains, we analyzed mariner element sequences from the asexual and the sexual specimens.