Pub Date : 2022-01-01DOI: 10.3897/compcytogen.v16.i2.79133
Sergey A Simanovsky, Dmitry A Medvedev, Fekadu Tefera, Alexander S Golubtsov
The Afrotropical lutefish family Citharinidae (Citharinoidei, Characiformes) comprises three genera with eight species in total. Although Citharinidae have been studied in terms of taxonomy and systematics, no cytogenetic information was available for any representative of the family. Furthermore, only one species out of 116 in Citharinoidei (Distichodusaffinis Günther, 1873) has been studied cytogenetically. Here, we report the karyotypes of Citharinuscitharus (Geoffroy St. Hilaire, 1809) from West Africa and Citharinuslatus Müller et Troschel, 1844 from Northeast Africa. The former has the diploid chromosome number 2n = 40 and the fundamental number FN = 80, while the latter has 2n = 44 and FN = 88. Hence, these karyotypes consist exclusively of bi-armed chromosomes. Such karyotypes were previously found in D.affinis and in many lineages of Neotropical species of another suborder of Characiformes, Characoidei. In contrast, the karyotypes dominated by uni-armed elements are typical for a number of phylogenetically basal lineages of Afrotropical and Neotropical Characoidei. We discuss the importance of our data on Citharinidae for the understanding of the karyotype evolution within the order Characiformes.
非洲热带琵琶鱼科有3属,共8种。虽然已经在分类学和系统学方面进行了研究,但没有关于该科任何代表的细胞遗传学资料。此外,在Citharinoidei (Distichodusaffinis g nther, 1873)的116种中,仅有1种进行了细胞遗传学研究。本文报道了西非的Citharinuscitharus (Geoffroy St. Hilaire, 1809)和东北部的Citharinuslatus m ller et Troschel, 1844的核型。前者二倍体染色体数目为2n = 40,基数为FN = 80,后者二倍体染色体数目为2n = 44,基数为FN = 88。因此,这些核型完全由双臂染色体组成。这种核型以前在D.affinis和特征亚目特征亚目新热带物种的许多谱系中都发现过。相反,单臂元素主导的核型在非洲热带和新热带特征科的许多系统发育基础谱系中是典型的。我们讨论了我们关于蝙蝠科的数据对理解昆虫特征目内核型进化的重要性。
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Pub Date : 2022-01-01DOI: 10.3897/compcytogen.v16.i2.79033
Biplab Kumar Bhowmick, Sumita Jha
The cytogenetic relationships in the species of Cucurbitaceae are becoming immensely important to answer questions pertaining to genome evolution. Here, a simplified and updated data resource on cytogenetics of Cucurbitaceae is presented on the basis of foundational parameters (basic, zygotic and gametic chromosome numbers, ploidy, genome size, karyotype) and molecular cytogenetics. We have revised and collated our own findings on seven agriculturally important Indian cucurbit species in a comparative account with the globally published reports. Chromosome count (of around 19% species) shows nearly three-fold differences while genome size (of nearly 5% species) shows 5.84-fold differences across the species. There is no significant correlation between chromosome numbers and nuclear genome sizes. The possible trend of evolution is discussed here based on molecular cytogenetics data, especially the types and distribution of nucleolus organizer regions (NORs). The review supersedes the scopes of general chromosome databases and invites scopes for continuous updates. The offline resource serves as an exclusive toolkit for research and breeding communities across the globe and also opens scope for future establishment of web-database on Cucurbitaceae cytogenetics.
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Pub Date : 2022-01-01DOI: 10.3897/CompCytogen.v16i2.72190
Cristian Andrés Araya-Jaime, Duílio Mazzoni Zerbinato de Andrade Silva, Luís Ricardo Ribeiro da Silva, Cristiano Neves do Nascimento, Claudio Oliveira, Fausto Foresti
The genus Eigenmannia Jordan et Evermann,1896 includes electric fishes endemic to the Neotropical region with extensive karyotype variability and occurrence of different sex chromosome systems, however, cytogenetic studies within this group are restricted to few species. Here, we describe the karyotypes of Eigenmannialimbata (Schreiner et Miranda Ribeiro, 1903) and E.microstoma (Reinhardt, 1852) and the chromosomal locations of 5S and 18S rDNAs (ribosomal RNA genes) and U2 snDNA (small nuclear RNA gene). Among them, 18S rDNA sites were situated in only one chromosomal pair in both species, and co-localized with 5S rDNA in E.microstoma. On the other hand, 5S rDNA and U2 snRNA sites were observed on several chromosomes, with variation in the number of sites between species under study. These two repetitive DNAs were observed co-localized in one chromosomal pair in E.limbata and in four pairs in E.microstoma. Our study shows a new case of association of these two types of repetitive DNA in the genome of Gymnotiformes.
Eigenmannia Jordan et Evermann,1896包括新热带地区特有的电鱼,具有广泛的核型变异和不同性染色体系统的发生,然而,对这一群体的细胞遗传学研究仅限于少数物种。本文描述了Eigenmannialimbata (Schreiner et Miranda Ribeiro, 1903)和E.microstoma (Reinhardt, 1852)的核型,以及5S和18S rnas(核糖体RNA基因)和U2 snDNA(小核RNA基因)的染色体位置。其中,18S rDNA位点在两种物种中仅位于一对染色体上,并且在小口棘球绦虫中与5S rDNA共定位。另一方面,在一些染色体上观察到5S rDNA和U2 snRNA位点,在研究的物种之间,位点的数量存在差异。这两种重复的dna分别位于limbata的1对染色体上和microstoma的4对染色体上。我们的研究显示了这两种类型的重复DNA在裸子形动物基因组中的关联的新情况。
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Pub Date : 2022-01-01DOI: 10.3897/CompCytogen.v16i3.89911
Marija Rajičić, Ivana Budinski, Milan Miljević, Branka Bajić, Milan Paunović, Mladen Vujošević, Jelena Blagojević
B chromosomes (Bs) are supernumerary to the standard chromosome set, from which they prevalently derive. Variation in numbers both among individuals or populations and among cells within individuals is their constant feature. Leisler's bat Nyctalusleisleri (Kuhl, 1817) is one of only four species of Chiroptera with detected Bs. Four males of N.leisleri were collected from two localities on the territory of Serbia and cytogenetically analysed. All animals had Bs with interindividual variability ranging from two to five heterochromatic micro Bs. The highest number of Bs was detected in this species. Among mammals, Rodentia and Chiroptera are orders with the largest number of species, but Bs frequently appear in rodents and rarely in chiropterans. Possible explanations for this difference are offered.
B染色体(B)是额外的标准染色体集,他们普遍来自。个体之间或群体之间以及个体内部细胞之间的数量变化是它们的恒定特征。Leisler's bat Nyctalusleisleri (Kuhl, 1817)是仅有的4种检测到b的翼翅目蝙蝠之一。在塞尔维亚境内的两个地点采集了4只雄性莱斯利奈瑟螨,并进行了细胞遗传学分析。所有动物都有b,个体间变异范围从2到5个异色微b。在该物种中检测到的Bs数量最多。在哺乳动物中,啮齿目和翼手目是种类最多的目,但b在啮齿目中出现较多,在翼手目中较少。对这种差异给出了可能的解释。
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Pub Date : 2022-01-01DOI: 10.3897/CompCytogen.v16.i4.90558
Laurian Parmentier, Roger Vila, Vladimir Lukhtanov
The Balkan Peninsula is one of the greatest hotspots for biodiversity in Europe. While the region has been investigated thoroughly, some parts remain understudied and may still harbour undiscovered diversity, even in well-studied organisms such as Lepidoptera. Here we investigated the group of the so-called anomalous blue butterflies, also known as 'brown complex' of the subgenus Agrodiaetus Hübner, 1822 including the taxa of the entire Polyommatusaroaniensis (Brown, 1976) species complex. This species complex is distributed in the southern part of the Balkan Peninsula and known to be represented by three closely related allopatric species, differentiated by their chromosome numbers (n) and mitochondrial (mt) DNA. These are P.aroaniensis sensu stricto (Southern Greece, Peloponnese, n=47-48; mt haplogroup aroa1), P.timfristos Lukhtanov, Vishnevskaya et Shapoval, 2016 (Central Greece, Attika, n=38, aroa2) and P.orphicus Kolev, 2005 (North-Eastern Greece, Southern Bulgaria, n=41-42, orph1). Based on an analysis of chromosomal, molecular and morphological markers, we demonstrate that a fourth taxon of this species complex exists in Albania. This taxon possesses the mt haplogroup aroa3, which is the most differentiated within the entire P.aroaniensis species complex, and the karyotype (n=42-43), which differs by one fixed chromosome fission from P.orphicus. The Albanian taxon seems to be ecologically specialised (habitat on dark-coloured, ophiolitic substrate soils) and differs in colouration (wing reflectance) from the others taxa of the P.aroaniensis species group. Based on the evidence here presented and following the current view of the taxonomy of the group, we propose considering the Albanian taxon as a new species, here described as Polyommatusluraesp. nov. At the contact zone between the new species and P.orphicus, in addition to typical ones, we detected specimens with haplogroup orph2, karyotype n=43 and intermediate morphology, which seem to represent P.lurae × P.orphicus hybrids.
巴尔干半岛是欧洲生物多样性最大的热点之一。虽然该地区已经进行了彻底的调查,但有些部分仍未得到充分研究,甚至在鳞翅目等研究充分的生物中也可能存在未被发现的多样性。在这里,我们研究了所谓的异常蓝蝴蝶群体,也被称为“棕色复合体”的Agrodiaetus h bner亚属,1822,包括整个Polyommatusaroaniensis (brown, 1976)物种复合体的分类群。该物种复合体分布在巴尔干半岛南部,已知由三个密切相关的异域物种代表,通过染色体数目(n)和线粒体DNA (mt)来区分。这些是P.aroaniensis sensu stricto(希腊南部,伯罗奔尼撒半岛,n=47-48;P.timfristos Lukhtanov, Vishnevskaya et Shapoval, 2016(希腊中部,Attika, n=38, aroa2)和P.orphicus Kolev, 2005(希腊东北部,保加利亚南部,n=41-42, oro1)。基于染色体、分子和形态标记的分析,我们证明了该物种复合体的第四个分类单元存在于阿尔巴尼亚。该分类单元具有在整个P.aroaniensis物种复合体中分化程度最高的mt单倍群aroa3,其核型(n=42-43)与p.a oricus只存在一条固定染色体裂变。阿尔巴尼亚分类群似乎是生态特化的(栖息在深色的蛇绿基质土壤上),在颜色(翅膀反射率)上与P.aroaniensis物种群的其他分类群不同。根据上述证据和现有的类群分类学观点,我们建议将阿尔巴尼亚类群作为一个新种考虑,本文将其描述为Polyommatuslurae sp. 11 .在新种与p.orphius的接触区,除了典型的类群外,我们还检测到具有单倍群orph2、核型n=43和中间形态的标本,这些标本可能代表P.lurae与p.orphius的杂交。
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Pub Date : 2022-01-01DOI: 10.3897/CompCytogen.v16i4.85059
Jiří Král, Ivalú M Ávila Herrera, František Šťáhlavský, David Sadílek, Jaroslav Pavelka, Maria Chatzaki, Bernhard A Huber
Haplogyne araneomorphs are a diverse spider clade. Their karyotypes are usually predominated by biarmed (i.e., metacentric and submetacentric) chromosomes and have a specific sex chromosome system, X1X2Y. These features are probably ancestral for haplogynes. Nucleolus organizer regions (NORs) spread frequently from autosomes to sex chromosomes in these spiders. This study focuses on pholcids (Pholcidae), a highly diverse haplogyne family. Despite considerable recent progress in pholcid cytogenetics, knowledge on many clades remains insufficient including the most species-rich pholcid genus, Pholcus Walckenaer, 1805. To characterize the karyotype differentiation of Pholcus in Europe, we compared karyotypes, sex chromosomes, NORs, and male meiosis of seven species [P.alticeps Spassky, 1932; P.creticus Senglet, 1971; P.dentatus Wunderlich, 1995; P.fuerteventurensis Wunderlich, 1992; P.phalangioides (Fuesslin, 1775); P.opilionoides (Schrank, 1781); P.silvai Wunderlich, 1995] representing the dominant species groups in this region. The species studied show several features ancestral for Pholcus, namely the 2n♂ = 25, the X1X2Y system, and a karyotype predominated by biarmed chromosomes. Most taxa have a large acrocentric NOR-bearing pair, which evolved from a biarmed pair by a pericentric inversion. In some lineages, the acrocentric pair reverted to biarmed. Closely related species often differ in the morphology of some chromosome pairs, probably resulting from pericentric inversions and/or translocations. Such rearrangements have been implicated in the formation of reproductive barriers. While the X1 and Y chromosomes retain their ancestral metacentric morphology, the X2 chromosome shows a derived (acrocentric or subtelocentric) morphology. Pairing of this element is usually modified during male meiosis. NOR patterns are very diverse. The ancestral karyotype of Pholcus contained five or six terminal NORs including three X chromosome-linked loci. The number of NORs has been frequently reduced during evolution. In the Macaronesian clade, there is only a single NOR-bearing pair. Sex chromosome-linked NORs are lost in Madeiran species and in P.creticus. Our study revealed two cytotypes in the synanthropic species P.phalangioides (Madeiran and Czech), which differ by their NOR pattern and chromosome morphology. In the Czech cytotype, the large acrocentric pair was transformed into a biarmed pair by pericentric inversion.
{"title":"Karyotype differentiation and male meiosis in European clades of the spider genus <i>Pholcus</i> (Araneae, Pholcidae).","authors":"Jiří Král, Ivalú M Ávila Herrera, František Šťáhlavský, David Sadílek, Jaroslav Pavelka, Maria Chatzaki, Bernhard A Huber","doi":"10.3897/CompCytogen.v16i4.85059","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.3897/CompCytogen.v16i4.85059","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Haplogyne araneomorphs are a diverse spider clade. Their karyotypes are usually predominated by biarmed (i.e., metacentric and submetacentric) chromosomes and have a specific sex chromosome system, X<sub>1</sub>X<sub>2</sub>Y. These features are probably ancestral for haplogynes. Nucleolus organizer regions (NORs) spread frequently from autosomes to sex chromosomes in these spiders. This study focuses on pholcids (Pholcidae), a highly diverse haplogyne family. Despite considerable recent progress in pholcid cytogenetics, knowledge on many clades remains insufficient including the most species-rich pholcid genus, <i>Pholcus</i> Walckenaer, 1805. To characterize the karyotype differentiation of <i>Pholcus</i> in Europe, we compared karyotypes, sex chromosomes, NORs, and male meiosis of seven species [<i>P.alticeps</i> Spassky, 1932; <i>P.creticus</i> Senglet, 1971; <i>P.dentatus</i> Wunderlich, 1995; <i>P.fuerteventurensis</i> Wunderlich, 1992; <i>P.phalangioides</i> (Fuesslin, 1775); <i>P.opilionoides</i> (Schrank, 1781); <i>P.silvai</i> Wunderlich, 1995] representing the dominant species groups in this region. The species studied show several features ancestral for <i>Pholcus</i>, namely the 2n♂ = 25, the X<sub>1</sub>X<sub>2</sub>Y system, and a karyotype predominated by biarmed chromosomes. Most taxa have a large acrocentric NOR-bearing pair, which evolved from a biarmed pair by a pericentric inversion. In some lineages, the acrocentric pair reverted to biarmed. Closely related species often differ in the morphology of some chromosome pairs, probably resulting from pericentric inversions and/or translocations. Such rearrangements have been implicated in the formation of reproductive barriers. While the X<sub>1</sub> and Y chromosomes retain their ancestral metacentric morphology, the X<sub>2</sub> chromosome shows a derived (acrocentric or subtelocentric) morphology. Pairing of this element is usually modified during male meiosis. NOR patterns are very diverse. The ancestral karyotype of <i>Pholcus</i> contained five or six terminal NORs including three X chromosome-linked loci. The number of NORs has been frequently reduced during evolution. In the Macaronesian clade, there is only a single NOR-bearing pair. Sex chromosome-linked NORs are lost in Madeiran species and in <i>P.creticus</i>. Our study revealed two cytotypes in the synanthropic species <i>P.phalangioides</i> (Madeiran and Czech), which differ by their NOR pattern and chromosome morphology. In the Czech cytotype, the large acrocentric pair was transformed into a biarmed pair by pericentric inversion.</p>","PeriodicalId":50656,"journal":{"name":"Comparative Cytogenetics","volume":"16 4","pages":"185-209"},"PeriodicalIF":1.0,"publicationDate":"2022-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9836407/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"10687554","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"生物学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 2022-01-01DOI: 10.3897/compcytogen.v16.i3.90336
Viktor V Bolshakov, Ekaterina A Movergoz
Karyotype and COI gene sequences of Chironomusmelanotus Keyl, 1961 from the Yaroslavl region (Russia) were analyzed. A low level of chromosomal polymorphism has been confirmed, eventually eight banding sequences were found: melA1, melB1, melC1, melD1, melE1, melF1, and melG1; only melD2 was found in two larvae from the Sunoga river. Analysis of phylogenetic tree and estimated genetic distances has shown not all COI gene sequences of Ch.melanotus in GenBank and BOLD to belong to this species. The lower distance of 0.4% was observed between two sequences from the Yaroslavl region and Finland, apparently these are true Ch.melanotus sequences. The distances between true Ch.melanotus and other sequences from Finland were 9.5% and 12.4%, and from Sweden it was 11%. The average genetic distance between studied sequences of 9.1% is out of the range of the 3% threshold previously determined for chironomids. According to our estimates, there are two sequences with a distance of 2.9% that may belong to Ch.annularius Meigen, 1818, and one sequence with a genetic distance of 2.1%, may belonging to Ch.cingulatus Meigen, 1830, which has been confirmed karyologically. Another two sequences form a separate cluster. We suggest that they either belong to a known species, but are not present in the databases, or belong to a distinct, undescribed species.
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Pub Date : 2022-01-01DOI: 10.3897/compcytogen.v16.i4.95659
Veronika V Golygina
Species Chironomussp.propeagilis Kiknadze, Siirin, Filippova et al., 1991 belongs to the Ch.plumosus group of sibling species. It was described on the basis of its karyotype and analysis of isozymes from one population in the Urals but since then no quantitative data on chromosomal polymorphism of this species have been published. The goal of this study is to broaden our knowledge of the chromosomal polymorphism and distribution of the Chironomussp.propeagilis, which, along with the data on chromosomal polymorphism of other species from the Ch.plumosus group, can give us a better understanding of the connection between chromosomal polymorphism and ecological conditions of habitats. The specimens of Chironomussp.propeagilis were found only in 8 natural populations from the Urals, Western Siberia and Kazakhstan, which allows us to conclude that the species range of Chironomussp.propeagilis is not as wide as for most other species from Ch.plumosus group. An analysis of chromosomal polymorphism in these 8 natural populations of Chironomussp.propeagilis has been performed. All of the studied populations were either monomorphic or showed very low level of chromosomal polymorphism, with 4.4-8.7% of heterozygous specimens per population and 0.04-0.08 heterozygotic inversion per larvae. The total number of banding sequences found in the banding sequence pool of Chironomussp.propeagilis is 10. The mapping of banding sequence p'ag2B3 is presented for the first time. Besides inversions, one reciprocal translocation was found in a population from Kazakhstan, B-chromosome was found in one population from the Urals region of Russia, and heterozygosity of the level of expression of Balbiany rings in arm G was observed in several studied populations.
{"title":"Chromosomal polymorphism in natural populations of <i>Chironomus</i> sp. prope <i>agilis</i> Kiknadze, Siirin, Filippova et al., 1991 (Diptera, Chironomidae).","authors":"Veronika V Golygina","doi":"10.3897/compcytogen.v16.i4.95659","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.3897/compcytogen.v16.i4.95659","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Species Chironomussp.propeagilis Kiknadze, Siirin, Filippova et al., 1991 belongs to the <i>Ch.plumosus</i> group of sibling species. It was described on the basis of its karyotype and analysis of isozymes from one population in the Urals but since then no quantitative data on chromosomal polymorphism of this species have been published. The goal of this study is to broaden our knowledge of the chromosomal polymorphism and distribution of the Chironomussp.propeagilis, which, along with the data on chromosomal polymorphism of other species from the <i>Ch.plumosus</i> group, can give us a better understanding of the connection between chromosomal polymorphism and ecological conditions of habitats. The specimens of Chironomussp.propeagilis were found only in 8 natural populations from the Urals, Western Siberia and Kazakhstan, which allows us to conclude that the species range of Chironomussp.propeagilis is not as wide as for most other species from <i>Ch.plumosus</i> group. An analysis of chromosomal polymorphism in these 8 natural populations of Chironomussp.propeagilis has been performed. All of the studied populations were either monomorphic or showed very low level of chromosomal polymorphism, with 4.4-8.7% of heterozygous specimens per population and 0.04-0.08 heterozygotic inversion per larvae. The total number of banding sequences found in the banding sequence pool of Chironomussp.propeagilis is 10. The mapping of banding sequence p'ag2B3 is presented for the first time. Besides inversions, one reciprocal translocation was found in a population from Kazakhstan, B-chromosome was found in one population from the Urals region of Russia, and heterozygosity of the level of expression of Balbiany rings in arm G was observed in several studied populations.</p>","PeriodicalId":50656,"journal":{"name":"Comparative Cytogenetics","volume":"16 4","pages":"243-252"},"PeriodicalIF":1.0,"publicationDate":"2022-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9836415/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"10687552","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"生物学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 2021-12-17eCollection Date: 2021-01-01DOI: 10.3897/compcytogen.v15.i4.75990
Alessio Turco, Antonella Albano, Pietro Medagli, Robert P Wagensommer, Saverio D'Emerico
Abstract In our study, FISH mapping using 18S-5.8S-25S rDNA and 5S rDNA sequences was performed for the first time on Ophrystenthredinifera Willdenow, 1805, Serapiasvomeracea (Burman f., 1770) Briquet, 1910 and Himantoglossumhircinum (Linnaeus, 1753) Sprengel, 1826. A detailed study was also performed on O.tenthredinifera using Giemsa-staining, silver-staining, CMA fluorescence banding and fluorescence in situ hybridisation (FISH) with rDNA probes. We analysed two subspecies, i.e. O.tenthrediniferasubsp.neglecta (Parlatore, 1860) E.G. Camus, 1908 and O.tenthrediniferasubsp.grandiflora (Tenore, 1819) Kreutz, 2004 by the traditional Feulgen method and constructed the karyotype. The cytotaxonomic implications for both taxa are also discussed. In Himantoglossumhircinum, FISH and silver staining highlighted differences in the number of two rDNA families (35S and 5S) with respect to Barliarobertiana (Loiseleur-Deslongchamps, 1807) Greuter, 1967. In addition, fluorescence in situ hybridisation was also applied to diploid (2n = 2x = 36) and triploid (2n = 3x = 54) Anacamptismorio (Linnaeus, 1753) R.M. Bateman, Pridgeon et M.W. Chase, 1997. As far as we are aware, this is the first case of autotriploidy observed in A.morio.
{"title":"Comparative chromosome studies in species of subtribe Orchidinae (Orchidaceae).","authors":"Alessio Turco, Antonella Albano, Pietro Medagli, Robert P Wagensommer, Saverio D'Emerico","doi":"10.3897/compcytogen.v15.i4.75990","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.3897/compcytogen.v15.i4.75990","url":null,"abstract":"Abstract In our study, FISH mapping using 18S-5.8S-25S rDNA and 5S rDNA sequences was performed for the first time on Ophrystenthredinifera Willdenow, 1805, Serapiasvomeracea (Burman f., 1770) Briquet, 1910 and Himantoglossumhircinum (Linnaeus, 1753) Sprengel, 1826. A detailed study was also performed on O.tenthredinifera using Giemsa-staining, silver-staining, CMA fluorescence banding and fluorescence in situ hybridisation (FISH) with rDNA probes. We analysed two subspecies, i.e. O.tenthrediniferasubsp.neglecta (Parlatore, 1860) E.G. Camus, 1908 and O.tenthrediniferasubsp.grandiflora (Tenore, 1819) Kreutz, 2004 by the traditional Feulgen method and constructed the karyotype. The cytotaxonomic implications for both taxa are also discussed. In Himantoglossumhircinum, FISH and silver staining highlighted differences in the number of two rDNA families (35S and 5S) with respect to Barliarobertiana (Loiseleur-Deslongchamps, 1807) Greuter, 1967. In addition, fluorescence in situ hybridisation was also applied to diploid (2n = 2x = 36) and triploid (2n = 3x = 54) Anacamptismorio (Linnaeus, 1753) R.M. Bateman, Pridgeon et M.W. Chase, 1997. As far as we are aware, this is the first case of autotriploidy observed in A.morio.","PeriodicalId":50656,"journal":{"name":"Comparative Cytogenetics","volume":"15 4","pages":"507-525"},"PeriodicalIF":1.0,"publicationDate":"2021-12-17","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8709834/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"39852224","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"生物学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 2021-12-17eCollection Date: 2021-01-01DOI: 10.3897/CompCytogen.v15.i4.76761
Veronika V Golygina, Oksana V Ermolaeva
Quantitative and qualitative analysis of chromosomal polymorphism in 19 natural populations of Ch.agilis had been performed. Most studied populations showed a medium level of chromosomal polymorphism: on average 45±3.0% of specimens are heterozygotes with 0.52±0.01 heterozygotic inversion per larvae. Besides inversions, B-chromosomes were found in two populations. The total number of banding sequences found in banding sequence pool of Ch.agilis is 16. Three banding sequences - p'agiB3, p'agiD3, p'agiF3 - are described for the first time.
{"title":"Revision of the banding sequence pool and new data on chromosomal polymorphism in natural populations of <i>Chironomusagilis</i> Shobanov et Djomin, 1988 (Diptera, Chironomidae).","authors":"Veronika V Golygina, Oksana V Ermolaeva","doi":"10.3897/CompCytogen.v15.i4.76761","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.3897/CompCytogen.v15.i4.76761","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Quantitative and qualitative analysis of chromosomal polymorphism in 19 natural populations of <i>Ch.agilis</i> had been performed. Most studied populations showed a medium level of chromosomal polymorphism: on average 45±3.0% of specimens are heterozygotes with 0.52±0.01 heterozygotic inversion per larvae. Besides inversions, B-chromosomes were found in two populations. The total number of banding sequences found in banding sequence pool of <i>Ch.agilis</i> is 16. Three banding sequences - p'agiB3, p'agiD3, p'agiF3 - are described for the first time.</p>","PeriodicalId":50656,"journal":{"name":"Comparative Cytogenetics","volume":"15 4","pages":"527-541"},"PeriodicalIF":1.0,"publicationDate":"2021-12-17","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8709836/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"39852225","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"生物学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}