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Cavenagh AF, Rincão MP, Dias FC, Brescovit AD, Dias AL. Chromosomal diversity in three species of Lycosa Latreille, 1804 (Araneae, Lycosidae): Inferences on diversification of diploid number and sexual chromosome systems in Lycosinae. Genet Mol Biol 2022; 45:e20200440. [PMID: 35098965 PMCID: PMC8802110 DOI: 10.1590/1678-4685-gmb-2020-0440] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/27/2020] [Accepted: 11/22/2021] [Indexed: 11/22/2022] Open
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Lycosa is one of the most speciose genera in Lycosidae, including species with different sexual chromosome systems (SCS). We carried out cytogenetic analyses in three species of Lycosa, revealing that L. erythrognatha and L. sericovittata share 2n ♂ = 22 and SCS X1X20 while L. gr. nordenskjoldi presents 2n ♂ = 19 and SCS XO, composed only of acrocentric chromosomes. All species shared pericentromeric heterochromatin. Nonetheless, one specimen of L. sericovittata carried two chromosomes with terminal heterochromatin and L. gr. nordenskjoldi showed four chromosomes with interstitial heterochromatin plus another chromosome with terminal C-bands. The pericentromeric heterochromatin of all species as well as the terminal heterochromatic blocks in L. sericovittata were CMA3+. The 18S rDNA sites varied in number and type of bearing chromosomes both at inter and intrapopulational levels, with the highest variation in L. gr. nordenskjoldi. These differences may be related to gene dispersal due to the influence of transposition elements and translocation events. Despite these variations, all species shared ribosomal sites in pair 5. This study demonstrated intra and interspecific chromosomal variability of Lycosa, suggesting that chromosomal rearrangements are related to the diversification of diploid number and SCS in this group of spiders.
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Provazníková I, Hejníčková M, Visser S, Dalíková M, Carabajal Paladino LZ, Zrzavá M, Voleníková A, Marec F, Nguyen P. Large-scale comparative analysis of cytogenetic markers across Lepidoptera. Sci Rep 2021; 11:12214. [PMID: 34108567 PMCID: PMC8190105 DOI: 10.1038/s41598-021-91665-7] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/26/2021] [Accepted: 05/24/2021] [Indexed: 11/25/2022] Open
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Fluorescence in situ hybridization (FISH) allows identification of particular chromosomes and their rearrangements. Using FISH with signal enhancement via antibody amplification and enzymatically catalysed reporter deposition, we evaluated applicability of universal cytogenetic markers, namely 18S and 5S rDNA genes, U1 and U2 snRNA genes, and histone H3 genes, in the study of the karyotype evolution in moths and butterflies. Major rDNA underwent rather erratic evolution, which does not always reflect chromosomal changes. In contrast, the hybridization pattern of histone H3 genes was well conserved, reflecting the stable organisation of lepidopteran genomes. Unlike 5S rDNA and U1 and U2 snRNA genes which we failed to detect, except for 5S rDNA in a few representatives of early diverging lepidopteran lineages. To explain the negative FISH results, we used quantitative PCR and Southern hybridization to estimate the copy number and organization of the studied genes in selected species. The results suggested that their detection was hampered by long spacers between the genes and/or their scattered distribution. Our results question homology of 5S rDNA and U1 and U2 snRNA loci in comparative studies. We recommend the use of histone H3 in studies of karyotype evolution.
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- Irena Provazníková
- Faculty of Science, University of South Bohemia, České Budějovice, Czech Republic
- Institute of Entomology, Biology Centre CAS, České Budějovice, Czech Republic
- European Molecular Biology Laboratory, Heidelberg, Germany
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- Faculty of Science, University of South Bohemia, České Budějovice, Czech Republic
- Institute of Entomology, Biology Centre CAS, České Budějovice, Czech Republic
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- Faculty of Science, University of South Bohemia, České Budějovice, Czech Republic
- Institute of Entomology, Biology Centre CAS, České Budějovice, Czech Republic
- Groningen Institute for Evolutionary Life Sciences, University of Groningen, Groningen, The Netherlands
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- Faculty of Science, University of South Bohemia, České Budějovice, Czech Republic
- Institute of Entomology, Biology Centre CAS, České Budějovice, Czech Republic
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- Faculty of Science, University of South Bohemia, České Budějovice, Czech Republic
- Institute of Entomology, Biology Centre CAS, České Budějovice, Czech Republic
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- Faculty of Science, University of South Bohemia, České Budějovice, Czech Republic
- Institute of Entomology, Biology Centre CAS, České Budějovice, Czech Republic
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- Institute of Entomology, Biology Centre CAS, České Budějovice, Czech Republic
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- Faculty of Science, University of South Bohemia, České Budějovice, Czech Republic.
- Institute of Entomology, Biology Centre CAS, České Budějovice, Czech Republic.
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Albo MJ, Postiglioni A. Sex chromosomes behavior and G-banding treatment of male meiosis in nuptial gift-giving spiders of the family Trechaleidae. Integr Zool 2011; 6:56-62. [PMID: 21392362 DOI: 10.1111/j.1749-4877.2010.00230.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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Preliminary genetic studies in Trechaleidae spider family show high variation in sex chromosomes and high heterocigocity, suggesting high chromatin plasticity. The trechaleids Paratrechalea ornata, Trechalea bucculenta and Trechaleoides biocellata are present in Uruguay. Males offering nuptial gifts during courtship have been reported in P. ornata and T. bucculenta but not in T. biocellata. Nuptial gifts are an inherited trait probably highly affected by environmental factors, which play an important role in gene expression. We hypothesize that this trait could be associated with tissue-specific genes existing in G-bands. We investigate the male meiosis in these 3 species, their sex chromosome system and the effects of G-banding on their chromosomes, and elucidate genetic differences among them. Meiotic stages of the 3 species were submitted to Giemsa-staining and G-banding treatments. We observed a haploid number of n= 11 in P. ornata and n= 13 in both T. bucculenta and T. biocellata. Males from the 3 species presented an X(1) X(2) 0 sex chromosome system, which is suggested as ancestral in Araneae. In P. ornata and T. bucculenta, both sex chromosomes were together and aligned in parallel until the segregation during anaphase I. In contrast to these species, sex chromosomes of T. biocellata usually remained distant from each other until diakinesis when they were observed associated in parallel disposition. Interstitial G-bands were similar in P. ornata and T. bucculenta, and they both differed from those in T. biocellata. The special behavior of sex chromosomes in T. biocellata as well as the different G-banding pattern of this species suggests the existence of novel modifications in this species.
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- Maria J Albo
- Laboratory of Ethology, Ecology and Evolution, Clemente Estable Biological Research Institute, Montevideo, Uruguay.
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Chemisquy MA, Gil SGR, Scioscia CL, Mola LM. Cytogenetic studies of three Lycosidae species from Argentina (Arachnida, Araneae). Genet Mol Biol 2008. [DOI: 10.1590/s1415-47572008005000022] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/08/2023] Open
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- Laboratorio de Citogenética y Evolución, Departamento de Ecología, Genética y Evolución, Facultad de Ciencias Exactas y Naturales, Universidad de Buenos Aires, Argentina
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- División Aracnología, Museo Argentino de Ciencias Naturales "Bernardino Rivadavia", Argentina
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- Laboratorio de Citogenética y Evolución, Departamento de Ecología, Genética y Evolución, Facultad de Ciencias Exactas y Naturales, Universidad de Buenos Aires, Argentina
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CYTOGENETICS IN THREE SPECIES OF POLYBETES SIMON 1897 FROM ARGENTINA (ARANEAE, SPARASSIDAE) I. KARYOTYPE AND CHROMOSOME BANDING PATTERN. JOURNAL OF ARACHNOLOGY 2007. [DOI: 10.1636/s05-69.1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/05/2023]
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