M 80 60 40 20 10 Y 80 60 40 20 10 C 80 60 40 20 10 B 80 60 40 20 10 M 80 60 40 20 10 Y 80 60 40 20 10 C 80 60 40 20 10 B 80 60 40 20 10 M 80 60 40 20 10 Y 80 60 40 20 10 C 80 60 40 20 10 B 80 60 40 20 10 M 80 60 40 20 10 Y 80 60 40 20 10 C 80 60 40 20 10 B 80 60 40 20 10 BULGARIAN ANTARCTIC RESEARCH VOLUME 5 LIFE SCIENCES VOLUME 5 BAR4 Page i BULGARIAN ANTARCTIC RESEARCH Life Sciences Vol. 5 BAR4 Page ii This page intentionally left blank BAR4 Page iii Bulgarian Antarctic Institute Bulgarian Academy of Sciences BULGARIAN ANTARCTIC RESEARCH Life Sciences Volume 5 Edited by Acad. V. Golemansky & Dr. N. Chipev Sofia - Moscow 2006 BAR4 Page iv Bulgarian Academy of Sciences © PENSOFT Publishers ISBN-10: 954-642-263-0 (Vol. 5) ISBN-13: 978-954-642-263-7 (Vol. 5) First published 2005 All rights reserved All rights reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system or transmitted in any form by any means, electronic, mechanical, photo copying, recording or otherwise, without the prior written permission of the copyright owner. Pensoft Publishers, Geo Milev str., No. 13a, 1111 Sofia, Bulgaria E-mail:
[email protected], www.pensoft.net Printed in Bulgaria, April 2006 BAR4 Page v Contents POLYMORPHISM OF THE POPULATION IN GENTOO PENGUINS (PYGOSCELIS PAPUA AVES: SPHENISCIFORMES) FROM LIVINGSTON ISLAND, SOUTH SHETLANDS. P. Zehtindjev, R. Metcheva, A. Savov, Y. Yankov, A. Ludwig, D. Lieckfeldt ............................ 1 PARAMETERS OF CHROMOSOMAL INSTABILITY OF PYGOSCELIS PAPUA K. Afanasieva, S. Rushkovsky, V. Bezrukov ................................................................................. 9 CORRELATION BETWEEN CHROMOSOMAL INSTABILITY AND SOME MORPHOPHYSIOLOGYCAL CHARACTERISTICS OF GENTOO PENGUINS’ NESTLINGS S. Rushkovsky, K. Afanasieva, V. Bezrukov ............................................................................... 15 RAPD ANALYSIS OF GENTOO PENGUINS’ POPULATIONS G. D. Telegeev, A. S. Dranitsina, M. V. Dybkov, A. S. Savov, B.Vachev, S. S. Maliuta, V. F. Bezrukov, O. Georgiev ................................................................................................................... 23 STUDYING TELOMERES LENGTH OF GENTOO PENGUINS ON THE ANTARCTIC PENINSULA G. D. Telegeev, A. S. Dranitsina, M. V. Dybkov, E. E. Melnikova-Khablo, A. S. Savov, B.Vachev, S. S. Maliuta, V. F. Bezrukov, O. Georgiev .................................................................................. 31 BILL COLLORATION OF GENTOO (PYGOSCELIS PAPUA ELLSWORTHII) PART I: A MARKER FOR GENTOO POPULATION STUDIES R. Metcheva, P. Zehtindjiev, V. Bezrukov, A. Savov, Y. Yankov .............................................. 37 BILL COLLORATION OF GENTOO. PART II:A REVIEW OF THE POSSIBLE CAUSES K. Dimitrov, M. Beltcheva, R. Metcheva, V. Bezrukov ............................................................. 45 STUDY OF YEAST ISOLATED FROM PENGUIN PLUMAGE FROM WESTERN ANTARCTICA K. Pavlova, R. Metcheva, I. Savova, V. Bezrukov, Y.Yankov, L.Woodworth ........................ 51 A STUDY OF ANTARCTIC YEASTS FOR PROTEASE PRODUCTION K.Pavlova, A.Koleva, I.Savova, L.Koleva, I.Pishtiyski, R.Metcheva ..................................... 63 BAR4 Page vi vi CONTENTS HEAVY METAL CONTENT IN GENTOO PENGUIN FEATHERS AT PETERMANN ISLAND AND LIVINGSTON