@article {530,
	title = {Interspecific variability of telomeric DNA length in some Siberian and endemic Baikal planarians (Plathelminthes, Tricladida)},
	journal = {Genetika},
	volume = {46},
	number = {9},
	year = {2010},
	month = {09/2010},
	pages = {1237-40},
	abstract = {<p>The length of the telomeric DNA in nine species of planarians inhabiting Lake Baikal and one Siberian species from Baikal rivers was determined using Southern hybridization. According to preliminary estimations, it varied in the range of 25-30 kb (Rimacephalus arecepta, Rimacephalus pulvinar, Sorocelis hepatizon, Sorocelis nigrofasciata, Protocotylus sp., Baikalobia guttata, Bdellocephala baikalensis, Phagocata sibirica) and 50 kb (Baikaloplana valida, Baikalobia copulatrix). It is the first estimation of the values of telomeric region lengths for Baikal free-living flat worms.</p>
},
	author = {Koroleva, A. G. and Kiril{\textquoteright}chik, S. V. and Oleg A. Timoshkin}
}
@article {523,
	title = {Telomeric DNA length and phylogenetic relationship of Baikal and Siberian planarians (Turbellaria, Tricladida)},
	journal = {Cell and Tissue Biology},
	volume = {7},
	number = {4},
	year = {2013},
	pages = {369-374},
	abstract = {<p>Dynamics of the telomeric DNA (tDNA) length and the phylogeny of Baikal and Siberian planarians have been studied based on analysis of 18S rDNA and \&beta;-actin gene fragments. It was shown that there is a relationship between tDNA length and planarian size. Giant planarians, with a minor exception, have longer tDNA than do smaller planarians. Phylogenetic affinity between species that have stretched tracks of tDNA, large sizes, and similar habitats denotes the possible role of tDNA in the development of the high regenerative capacity of planarians.</p>
},
	doi = {10.1134/S1990519X13040081},
	url = {http://link.springer.com/article/10.1134\%2FS1990519X13040081},
	author = {Koroleva, A. G. and Evtushenko, E. V. and Timoshkin, O.A. and Vershinin, A. V. and Kirilchik, S. V.}
}
