LYAGER.HIDE@BIONET-20.ARPA (04/04/88)
From: Winston Hide <LYAGER.HIDE@BIONET-20.ARPA> Here is the problem: Two or three different species of starfish. Plentyu of eggs available from each, either as ethanol preserved, or as frozen -80 specimens. Can they be speciated by an analysis of the differences in their restriction maps of mitochondrial DNA? Is there an easier way to do this? Can anyone suggest a good nam to contact in the area of determination of special relatedness by analysis of restriction maps of DNA? There are no cloned DNAs from these fellas, nor is there a library. So anlysis of sequence comparison s is a no-no. I am not keen on sibley-alquist hybridisatioin homology ( tho I think some conlusions at a highe level may be valid-generally) What about rflp analysis? can this be used to do speciation studies? I would very much like to discuss this problem with a person who has been analysing this area of study. Dream on..... Thanks for your interest! Win Hide Temple University. -------