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Bogár K, Stanivuk J, Géczi A, Fazekas GL, Kovács B, Lázár B, Molnár M, Ardó L, Ljubobratović U, Kovács G, Péter D, Várkonyi E, Káldy J. Investigation of Sexes and Fertility Potential of Female Russian Sturgeon ( Acipenser gueldenstaedtii) and Male American Paddlefish ( Polyodon spathula) Hybrids. Life (Basel) 2024; 14:818. [PMID: 39063572 PMCID: PMC11277912 DOI: 10.3390/life14070818] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/30/2024] [Revised: 06/16/2024] [Accepted: 06/21/2024] [Indexed: 07/28/2024] Open
Abstract
In the present study, 10 allotriploid (3nALT) and 10 allopentaploid (5nALP) six-month-old hybrid fish and two 3nALT and four 5nALP 40-month-old hybrid fish, which resulted by crossing female Russian sturgeon Acipenser gueldenstaedtii (Brandt and Ratzeberg, 1833) and male American paddlefish Polyodon spathula (Walbaum, 1792), were investigated. It was revealed that six-month-old 3nALT and 5nALP hybrids initially had "undifferentiated" gonads, while in the 40-month-old hybrids, only testes were observed in one case of 3nALT and one case of 5nALP hybrids. The testis of 3nALT hybrids was partially developed with spermatogonia, while the testis of one 5nALP hybrid was in the second developmental stage with low spermatogonia density. We could not determine gonad differentiation in any of the cases when the hybrid individuals had the W sex chromosome. We concluded that the gonad differentiation of these interfamilial hybrids follows a similar pattern to interspecific hybrids of different ploidy parent species of the family Acipenseridae, which is consistent with the classical Haldane's rule. However, it cannot be excluded that the testis of this/these hybrid(s) may produce fertile sperm after sexual maturity, depending on additional genetic, hormonal and environmental factors, and further research is required for its evaluation.
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- Katalin Bogár
- Research Centre for Fisheries and Aquaculture, Institute of Aquaculture and Environmental Safety, Hungarian University of Agriculture and Life Sciences, H-5540 Szarvas, Hungary; (K.B.); (J.S.); (A.G.); (G.L.F.); (L.A.); (U.L.); (G.K.)
- PhD School of Animal Biotechnology and Animal Science, Hungarian University of Agriculture and Life Sciences, H-2100 Gödöllő, Hungary;
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- Research Centre for Fisheries and Aquaculture, Institute of Aquaculture and Environmental Safety, Hungarian University of Agriculture and Life Sciences, H-5540 Szarvas, Hungary; (K.B.); (J.S.); (A.G.); (G.L.F.); (L.A.); (U.L.); (G.K.)
- PhD School of Animal Biotechnology and Animal Science, Hungarian University of Agriculture and Life Sciences, H-2100 Gödöllő, Hungary;
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- Research Centre for Fisheries and Aquaculture, Institute of Aquaculture and Environmental Safety, Hungarian University of Agriculture and Life Sciences, H-5540 Szarvas, Hungary; (K.B.); (J.S.); (A.G.); (G.L.F.); (L.A.); (U.L.); (G.K.)
- PhD School of Animal Biotechnology and Animal Science, Hungarian University of Agriculture and Life Sciences, H-2100 Gödöllő, Hungary;
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- Research Centre for Fisheries and Aquaculture, Institute of Aquaculture and Environmental Safety, Hungarian University of Agriculture and Life Sciences, H-5540 Szarvas, Hungary; (K.B.); (J.S.); (A.G.); (G.L.F.); (L.A.); (U.L.); (G.K.)
- PhD School of Animal Biotechnology and Animal Science, Hungarian University of Agriculture and Life Sciences, H-2100 Gödöllő, Hungary;
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- Department of Molecular Ecology, Institute of Aquaculture and Environmental Safety, Hungarian University of Agriculture and Life Sciences, H-2100 Gödöllő, Hungary; (B.K.); (D.P.)
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- Institute for Farm Animal Gene Conservation, National Centre for Biodiversity and Gene Conservation, H-2100 Gödöllő, Hungary; (B.L.); (E.V.)
- Animal Biotechnology Department, Institute of Genetics and Biotechnology, Hungarian University of Agriculture and Life Sciences, H-2100 Gödöllő, Hungary
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- PhD School of Animal Biotechnology and Animal Science, Hungarian University of Agriculture and Life Sciences, H-2100 Gödöllő, Hungary;
- Institute for Farm Animal Gene Conservation, National Centre for Biodiversity and Gene Conservation, H-2100 Gödöllő, Hungary; (B.L.); (E.V.)
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- Research Centre for Fisheries and Aquaculture, Institute of Aquaculture and Environmental Safety, Hungarian University of Agriculture and Life Sciences, H-5540 Szarvas, Hungary; (K.B.); (J.S.); (A.G.); (G.L.F.); (L.A.); (U.L.); (G.K.)
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- Research Centre for Fisheries and Aquaculture, Institute of Aquaculture and Environmental Safety, Hungarian University of Agriculture and Life Sciences, H-5540 Szarvas, Hungary; (K.B.); (J.S.); (A.G.); (G.L.F.); (L.A.); (U.L.); (G.K.)
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- Research Centre for Fisheries and Aquaculture, Institute of Aquaculture and Environmental Safety, Hungarian University of Agriculture and Life Sciences, H-5540 Szarvas, Hungary; (K.B.); (J.S.); (A.G.); (G.L.F.); (L.A.); (U.L.); (G.K.)
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- Department of Molecular Ecology, Institute of Aquaculture and Environmental Safety, Hungarian University of Agriculture and Life Sciences, H-2100 Gödöllő, Hungary; (B.K.); (D.P.)
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- Institute for Farm Animal Gene Conservation, National Centre for Biodiversity and Gene Conservation, H-2100 Gödöllő, Hungary; (B.L.); (E.V.)
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- Research Centre for Fisheries and Aquaculture, Institute of Aquaculture and Environmental Safety, Hungarian University of Agriculture and Life Sciences, H-5540 Szarvas, Hungary; (K.B.); (J.S.); (A.G.); (G.L.F.); (L.A.); (U.L.); (G.K.)
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Wang B, Wu B, Liu X, Hu Y, Ming Y, Bai M, Liu J, Xiao K, Zeng Q, Yang J, Wang H, Guo B, Tan C, Hu Z, Zhao X, Li Y, Yue Z, Mei J, Jiang W, Yang Y, Li Z, Gao Y, Chen L, Jian J, Du H. Whole-genome Sequencing Reveals Autooctoploidy in Chinese Sturgeon and Its Evolutionary Trajectories. GENOMICS, PROTEOMICS & BIOINFORMATICS 2024; 22:qzad002. [PMID: 38862424 PMCID: PMC11425059 DOI: 10.1093/gpbjnl/qzad002] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/25/2022] [Revised: 09/12/2023] [Accepted: 09/20/2023] [Indexed: 06/13/2024]
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The order Acipenseriformes, which includes sturgeons and paddlefishes, represents "living fossils" with complex genomes that are good models for understanding whole-genome duplication (WGD) and ploidy evolution in fishes. Here, we sequenced and assembled the first high-quality chromosome-level genome for the complex octoploid Acipenser sinensis (Chinese sturgeon), a critically endangered species that also represents a poorly understood ploidy group in Acipenseriformes. Our results show that A. sinensis is a complex autooctoploid species containing four kinds of octovalents (8n), a hexavalent (6n), two tetravalents (4n), and a divalent (2n). An analysis taking into account delayed rediploidization reveals that the octoploid genome composition of Chinese sturgeon results from two rounds of homologous WGDs, and further provides insights into the timing of its ploidy evolution. This study provides the first octoploid genome resource of Acipenseriformes for understanding ploidy compositions and evolutionary trajectories of polyploid fishes.
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- Binzhong Wang
- Hubei Key Laboratory of Three Gorges Project for Conservation of Fishes, Yichang 443100, China
- Chinese Sturgeon Research Institute, China Three Gorges Corporation, Yichang 443100, China
- Yangtze River Biodiversity Research Center, China Three Gorges Corporation, Wuhan 430014, China
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- BGI-Shenzhen, Shenzhen 518083, China
- BGI Genomics, BGI-Shenzhen, Shenzhen 518083, China
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- Hubei Key Laboratory of Three Gorges Project for Conservation of Fishes, Yichang 443100, China
- Chinese Sturgeon Research Institute, China Three Gorges Corporation, Yichang 443100, China
- Yangtze River Biodiversity Research Center, China Three Gorges Corporation, Wuhan 430014, China
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- Hubei Key Laboratory of Three Gorges Project for Conservation of Fishes, Yichang 443100, China
- Chinese Sturgeon Research Institute, China Three Gorges Corporation, Yichang 443100, China
- Yangtze River Biodiversity Research Center, China Three Gorges Corporation, Wuhan 430014, China
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- BGI Genomics, BGI-Shenzhen, Shenzhen 518083, China
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- BGI Genomics, BGI-Shenzhen, Shenzhen 518083, China
- Department of Biotechnology and Biomedicine, Technical University of Denmark, Lyngby 2800, Denmark
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- Hubei Key Laboratory of Three Gorges Project for Conservation of Fishes, Yichang 443100, China
- Chinese Sturgeon Research Institute, China Three Gorges Corporation, Yichang 443100, China
- Yangtze River Biodiversity Research Center, China Three Gorges Corporation, Wuhan 430014, China
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- Hubei Key Laboratory of Three Gorges Project for Conservation of Fishes, Yichang 443100, China
- Chinese Sturgeon Research Institute, China Three Gorges Corporation, Yichang 443100, China
- Yangtze River Biodiversity Research Center, China Three Gorges Corporation, Wuhan 430014, China
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- River Basin Complex Administration Center, China Three Gorges Corporation, Yichang 443100, China
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- Hubei Key Laboratory of Three Gorges Project for Conservation of Fishes, Yichang 443100, China
- Chinese Sturgeon Research Institute, China Three Gorges Corporation, Yichang 443100, China
- Yangtze River Biodiversity Research Center, China Three Gorges Corporation, Wuhan 430014, China
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- BGI Genomics, BGI-Shenzhen, Shenzhen 518083, China
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- Hubei Key Laboratory of Three Gorges Project for Conservation of Fishes, Yichang 443100, China
- Chinese Sturgeon Research Institute, China Three Gorges Corporation, Yichang 443100, China
- Yangtze River Biodiversity Research Center, China Three Gorges Corporation, Wuhan 430014, China
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- Hubei Key Laboratory of Three Gorges Project for Conservation of Fishes, Yichang 443100, China
- Chinese Sturgeon Research Institute, China Three Gorges Corporation, Yichang 443100, China
- Yangtze River Biodiversity Research Center, China Three Gorges Corporation, Wuhan 430014, China
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- Hubei Key Laboratory of Three Gorges Project for Conservation of Fishes, Yichang 443100, China
- Chinese Sturgeon Research Institute, China Three Gorges Corporation, Yichang 443100, China
- Yangtze River Biodiversity Research Center, China Three Gorges Corporation, Wuhan 430014, China
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- Hubei Key Laboratory of Three Gorges Project for Conservation of Fishes, Yichang 443100, China
- Chinese Sturgeon Research Institute, China Three Gorges Corporation, Yichang 443100, China
- Yangtze River Biodiversity Research Center, China Three Gorges Corporation, Wuhan 430014, China
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- BGI Genomics, BGI-Shenzhen, Shenzhen 518083, China
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- BGI-Sanya, BGI-Shenzhen, Sanya 572025, China
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- BGI-Shenzhen, Shenzhen 518083, China
- BGI-Sanya, BGI-Shenzhen, Sanya 572025, China
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- Hubei Key Laboratory of Three Gorges Project for Conservation of Fishes, Yichang 443100, China
- Chinese Sturgeon Research Institute, China Three Gorges Corporation, Yichang 443100, China
- Yangtze River Biodiversity Research Center, China Three Gorges Corporation, Wuhan 430014, China
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- Hubei Key Laboratory of Three Gorges Project for Conservation of Fishes, Yichang 443100, China
- Chinese Sturgeon Research Institute, China Three Gorges Corporation, Yichang 443100, China
- Yangtze River Biodiversity Research Center, China Three Gorges Corporation, Wuhan 430014, China
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- Hubei Key Laboratory of Three Gorges Project for Conservation of Fishes, Yichang 443100, China
- Chinese Sturgeon Research Institute, China Three Gorges Corporation, Yichang 443100, China
- Yangtze River Biodiversity Research Center, China Three Gorges Corporation, Wuhan 430014, China
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- Yangtze Eco-Environment Engineering Research Center, China Three Gorges Corporation, Beijing 100038, China
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- Hubei Key Laboratory of Three Gorges Project for Conservation of Fishes, Yichang 443100, China
- Chinese Sturgeon Research Institute, China Three Gorges Corporation, Yichang 443100, China
- River Basin Complex Administration Center, China Three Gorges Corporation, Yichang 443100, China
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- BGI Genomics, BGI-Shenzhen, Shenzhen 518083, China
- Department of Biotechnology and Biomedicine, Technical University of Denmark, Lyngby 2800, Denmark
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- Hubei Key Laboratory of Three Gorges Project for Conservation of Fishes, Yichang 443100, China
- Chinese Sturgeon Research Institute, China Three Gorges Corporation, Yichang 443100, China
- Yangtze River Biodiversity Research Center, China Three Gorges Corporation, Wuhan 430014, China
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Evolutionary conservation of maternal RNA localization in fishes and amphibians revealed by TOMO-Seq. Dev Biol 2022; 489:146-160. [PMID: 35752299 DOI: 10.1016/j.ydbio.2022.06.013] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/06/2022] [Revised: 05/18/2022] [Accepted: 06/19/2022] [Indexed: 11/24/2022]
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Asymmetrical localization of biomolecules inside the egg, results in uneven cell division and establishment of many biological processes, cell types and the body plan. However, our knowledge about evolutionary conservation of localized transcripts is still limited to a few models. Our goal was to compare localization profiles along the animal-vegetal axis of mature eggs from four vertebrate models, two amphibians (Xenopus laevis, Ambystoma mexicanum) and two fishes (Acipenser ruthenus, Danio rerio) using the spatial expression method called TOMO-Seq. We revealed that RNAs of many known important transcripts such as germ layer determinants, germ plasm factors and members of key signalling pathways, are localized in completely different profiles among the models. It was also observed that there was a poor correlation between the vegetally localized transcripts but a relatively good correlation between the animally localized transcripts. These findings indicate that the regulation of embryonic development within the animal kingdom is highly diverse and cannot be deduced based on a single model.
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Biltueva LS, Prokopov DY, Romanenko SA, Interesova EA, Schartl M, Trifonov VA. Chromosome Distribution of Highly Conserved Tandemly Arranged Repetitive DNAs in the Siberian Sturgeon ( Acipenser baerii). Genes (Basel) 2020; 11:E1375. [PMID: 33233736 PMCID: PMC7699875 DOI: 10.3390/genes11111375] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/16/2020] [Revised: 11/13/2020] [Accepted: 11/16/2020] [Indexed: 01/05/2023] Open
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Polyploid genomes present a challenge for cytogenetic and genomic studies, due to the high number of similar size chromosomes and the simultaneous presence of hardly distinguishable paralogous elements. The karyotype of the Siberian sturgeon (Acipenser baerii) contains around 250 chromosomes and is remarkable for the presence of paralogs from two rounds of whole-genome duplications (WGD). In this study, we applied the sterlet-derived acipenserid satDNA-based whole chromosome-specific probes to analyze the Siberian sturgeon karyotype. We demonstrate that the last genome duplication event in the Siberian sturgeon was accompanied by the simultaneous expansion of several repetitive DNA families. Some of the repetitive probes serve as good cytogenetic markers distinguishing paralogous chromosomes and detecting ancestral syntenic regions, which underwent fusions and fissions. The tendency of minisatellite specificity for chromosome size groups previously observed in the sterlet genome is also visible in the Siberian sturgeon. We provide an initial physical chromosome map of the Siberian sturgeon genome supported by molecular markers. The application of these data will facilitate genomic studies in other recent polyploid sturgeon species.
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- Larisa S. Biltueva
- Institute of Molecular and Cellular Biology SB RAS, Lavrentiev Ave., 8/2, 630090 Novosibirsk, Russia; (L.S.B.); (S.A.R.); (V.A.T.)
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- Institute of Molecular and Cellular Biology SB RAS, Lavrentiev Ave., 8/2, 630090 Novosibirsk, Russia; (L.S.B.); (S.A.R.); (V.A.T.)
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- Institute of Molecular and Cellular Biology SB RAS, Lavrentiev Ave., 8/2, 630090 Novosibirsk, Russia; (L.S.B.); (S.A.R.); (V.A.T.)
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- Department of Ichthyology and Hydrobiology, Tomsk State University, Lenin Ave, 36, 634050 Tomsk, Russia;
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- Developmental Biochemistry, University of Wuerzburg, Biocenter, Am Hubland, 97074 Wuerzburg, Germany;
- Xiphophorus Genetic Stock Center, Texas State University, 601 University Drive, 419 Centennial Hall, San Marcos, TX 78666-4616, USA
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- Institute of Molecular and Cellular Biology SB RAS, Lavrentiev Ave., 8/2, 630090 Novosibirsk, Russia; (L.S.B.); (S.A.R.); (V.A.T.)
- Novosibirsk State University, Novosibirsk, Pirogova, 2, 630090 Novosibirsk, Russia
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Lebeda I, Ráb P, Majtánová Z, Flajšhans M. Artificial whole genome duplication in paleopolyploid sturgeons yields highest documented chromosome number in vertebrates. Sci Rep 2020; 10:19705. [PMID: 33184410 PMCID: PMC7665173 DOI: 10.1038/s41598-020-76680-4] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/07/2020] [Accepted: 10/28/2020] [Indexed: 12/21/2022] Open
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Critically endangered sturgeons, having undergone three whole genome duplication events, represent an exceptional example of ploidy plasticity in vertebrates. Three extant ploidy groups, combined with autopolyploidization, interspecific hybridization and the fertility of hybrids are important issues in sturgeon conservation and aquaculture. Here we demonstrate that the sturgeon genome can undergo numerous alterations of ploidy without severe physiological consequences, producing progeny with a range of ploidy levels and extremely high chromosome numbers. Artificial suppression of the first mitotic division alone, or in combination with suppression of the second meiotic division of functionally tetraploid zygotes (4n, C-value = 4.15) of Siberian sturgeon Acipenser baerii and Russian sturgeon A. gueldenstaedtii resulted in progeny of various ploidy levels—diploid/hexaploid (2n/6n) mosaics, hexaploid, octoploid juveniles (8n), and dodecaploid (12n) larvae. Counts between 477 to 520 chromosomes in octoploid juveniles of both sturgeons confirmed the modal chromosome numbers of parental species had been doubled. This exceeds the highest previously documented chromosome count among vertebrates 2n ~ 446 in the cyprinid fish Ptychobarbus dipogon.
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- Ievgen Lebeda
- Faculty of Fisheries and Protection of Waters, South Bohemian Research Center of Aquaculture and Biodiversity of Hydrocenoses, Research Institute of Fish Culture and Hydrobiology, University of South Bohemia in České Budějovice, Zátiší 728/II, 389 25, Vodňany, Czech Republic.
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- Laboratory of Fish Genetics, Institute of Animal Physiology and Genetics, Czech Academy of Sciences, Rumburská 89, 277 21, Liběchov, Czech Republic
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- Laboratory of Fish Genetics, Institute of Animal Physiology and Genetics, Czech Academy of Sciences, Rumburská 89, 277 21, Liběchov, Czech Republic
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- Faculty of Fisheries and Protection of Waters, South Bohemian Research Center of Aquaculture and Biodiversity of Hydrocenoses, Research Institute of Fish Culture and Hydrobiology, University of South Bohemia in České Budějovice, Zátiší 728/II, 389 25, Vodňany, Czech Republic
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Hilton EJ, Dillman CB, Paraschiv M, Suciu R. Cranial morphology of the Stellate Sturgeon,
Acipenser stellatus
Pallas 1771 (Acipenseriformes, Acipenseridae), with notes on the skulls of other sturgeons. ACTA ZOOL-STOCKHOLM 2020. [DOI: 10.1111/azo.12355] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/14/2022]
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- Eric J. Hilton
- Virginia Institute of Marine Science, William & Mary Gloucester Point VA USA
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- Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology Cornell University Museum of Vertebrates Cornell University Ithaca NY USA
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Iegorova V, Psenicka M, Lebeda I, Rodina M, Saito T. Polyspermy produces viable haploid/diploid mosaics in sturgeon. Biol Reprod 2019; 99:695-706. [PMID: 29701759 PMCID: PMC6203876 DOI: 10.1093/biolre/ioy092] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/28/2017] [Accepted: 04/24/2018] [Indexed: 11/22/2022] Open
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Most of sturgeon species (Acipenseridae) are currently critically endangered. Attempts to revive these populations include artificial breeding in hatcheries. However, under artificial reproduction, sturgeon embryos occasionally develop atypically, showing 3, 5, 6, 7, 9, or 10 cells at the 2- to 4-cell stage. This study was undertaken with the objective of understanding the mechanism of the atypical division (AD) in embryos during artificial breeding. Using several sturgeon species, we tested two hypotheses: (1) polyspermy and (2) retention of the second polar body. We found that (1) AD embryos survive similar to controls, (2) the ratio of AD embryos is positively correlated with the amount of sperm used for fertilization, (3) the number of micropyles and the area covered by them in AD embryos is significantly greater when compared to controls, (4) numerous spermatozoa nuclei are in the cytoplasm after fertilization, (5) all AD embryos are mosaics, and (6) AD fishes with n/2n ploidy contain diploid cells from maternal and paternal genetic markers, while the haploid cells contained only paternal ones. These results clearly indicate that AD embryos arise from plasmogamy where the accessory spermatozoon/spermatozoa entry the egg and develop jointly with zygotic cells. This suggests that a well-controlled fertilization procedure is needed to prevent the production of sturgeon with irregular ploidy, which can have detrimental genetic effects on sturgeon populations. On the other hand, if AD fish can produce haploid-derived clonal gametes, induction of multiple-sperm mosaicism might be a useful tool for the rapid production of isogenic strains of sturgeons.
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- Viktoriia Iegorova
- Faculty of Fisheries and Protection of Waters, University of South Bohemia in Ceske Budejovice, Zátiší 728/II, Vodnany, Czech Republic
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- Faculty of Fisheries and Protection of Waters, University of South Bohemia in Ceske Budejovice, Zátiší 728/II, Vodnany, Czech Republic
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- Faculty of Fisheries and Protection of Waters, University of South Bohemia in Ceske Budejovice, Zátiší 728/II, Vodnany, Czech Republic
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- Faculty of Fisheries and Protection of Waters, University of South Bohemia in Ceske Budejovice, Zátiší 728/II, Vodnany, Czech Republic
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- Faculty of Fisheries and Protection of Waters, University of South Bohemia in Ceske Budejovice, Zátiší 728/II, Vodnany, Czech Republic.,Nishiura Station, South Ehime Fisheries Research Center, Ehime University, Uchidomari, Ainan, Ehime, Japan
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Iegorova V, Havelka M, Psenicka M, Saito T. First evidence of viable progeny from three interspecific parents in sturgeon. FISH PHYSIOLOGY AND BIOCHEMISTRY 2018; 44:1541-1550. [PMID: 30232571 DOI: 10.1007/s10695-018-0553-6] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/03/2018] [Accepted: 08/14/2018] [Indexed: 06/08/2023]
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Polyspermy is the most commonly observed cause of embryonic abnormalities in fertilization, often resulting in death. In sterlet (Acipenser ruthenus), however, polyspermic embryos have high survival (similar to a control group) and morphological development is similar to monospermic larvae. Ploidy of these individuals is n/2n mosaic (whereas the normal state for A. ruthenus is a functional diploid). This study was undertaken to test whether sturgeon eggs can be fertilized by several spermatozoa from different species to produce viable offspring from three interspecific parents: A. ruthenus (2n), A. gueldenstaedtii (4n), and A. baerii (4n). Four trials were performed: (1) and (2) A. baerii eggs were fertilized with a mixture of A. ruthenus and A. gueldenstaedtii sperm; (3) A. gueldenstaedtii eggs were fertilized with a mixture of A. baerii and A. ruthenus sperm; and (4) A. gueldenstaedtii eggs were fertilized with a mixture of A. gueldenstaedtii and A. ruthenus sperm. Fertilized embryos with abnormal cleavage (3, 5, 6, 7, 9, and 10 cells) were collected and kept separately until 14 days post-fertilization. Ploidy level of 25 larvae (hatched from abnormal cleaved embryos) was evaluated by flow cytometry. Forty-four percent of observed hybrids had a mosaic 2n/3n ploidy. Five larva were processed further with microsatellite analysis and demonstrated that three specimens were heterospecific polyspermic larvae, containing alleles from three parents, and two specimens were conspesific polyspermic larvae from two parents. This astonishing phenomenon was emphasized by the fact that it was generated without any significant intervention.
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- Viktoriia Iegorova
- Faculty of Fisheries and Protection of Waters, University of South Bohemia in Ceske Budejovice, Zatisi 728/II, 389 25, Vodnany, Czech Republic.
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- Nishiura Station, South Ehime Fisheries Research Center, Ehime University, Uchidomari, Ainan, Ehime, 798-4206, Japan
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- Faculty of Fisheries and Protection of Waters, University of South Bohemia in Ceske Budejovice, Zatisi 728/II, 389 25, Vodnany, Czech Republic
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- Faculty of Fisheries and Protection of Waters, University of South Bohemia in Ceske Budejovice, Zatisi 728/II, 389 25, Vodnany, Czech Republic
- Nishiura Station, South Ehime Fisheries Research Center, Ehime University, Uchidomari, Ainan, Ehime, 798-4206, Japan
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Fatira E, Havelka M, Labbé C, Depincé A, Iegorova V, Pšenička M, Saito T. Application of interspecific Somatic Cell Nuclear Transfer (iSCNT) in sturgeons and an unexpectedly produced gynogenetic sterlet with homozygous quadruple haploid. Sci Rep 2018; 8:5997. [PMID: 29662093 PMCID: PMC5902484 DOI: 10.1038/s41598-018-24376-1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/18/2017] [Accepted: 03/22/2018] [Indexed: 11/09/2022] Open
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Somatic cell nuclear transfer (SCNT) is a very promising cloning technique for reconstruction of endangered animals. The aim of the present research is to implement the interspecific SCNT (iSCNT) technique to sturgeon; one fish family bearing some of the most critically endangered species. We transplanted single cells enzymatically isolated from a dissociated fin-fragment of the Russian sturgeon (Acipenser gueldenstaedtii) into non-enucleated eggs of the sterlet (Acipenser ruthenus), two species bearing different ploidy (4n and 2n, respectively). Up to 6.7% of the transplanted eggs underwent early development, and one feeding larva (0.5%) was successfully produced. Interestingly, although this transplant displayed tetraploidism (4n) as the donor species, the microsatellite and species-specific analysis showed recipient-exclusive homozygosis without any donor markers. Namely, with regards to this viable larva, host genome duplication occurred twice to form tetraploidism during its early development, probably due to iSCNT manipulation. The importance of this first attempt is to apply iSCNT in sturgeon species, establishing the crucial first steps by adjusting the cloning-methodology in sturgeon's biology. Future improvements in sturgeon's cloning are necessary for providing with great hope in sturgeon's reproduction.
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- Effrosyni Fatira
- Faculty of Fisheries and Protection of Waters, South Bohemian Research Center of Aquaculture and Biodiversity of Hydrocenoses, University of South Bohemia in Ceske Budejovice, Zátiší 728/II, 389 25, Vodňany, Czech Republic.
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- Faculty of Fisheries and Protection of Waters, South Bohemian Research Center of Aquaculture and Biodiversity of Hydrocenoses, University of South Bohemia in Ceske Budejovice, Zátiší 728/II, 389 25, Vodňany, Czech Republic
- Faculty and Graduate School of Fisheries Sciences, Hokkaido University, 3-1-1 Minato, Hakodate, Hokkaido, 041-8611, Japan
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- INRA, Fish Physiology and Genomics department, Campus de Beaulieu, F-35000, Rennes, France
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- INRA, Fish Physiology and Genomics department, Campus de Beaulieu, F-35000, Rennes, France
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- Faculty of Fisheries and Protection of Waters, South Bohemian Research Center of Aquaculture and Biodiversity of Hydrocenoses, University of South Bohemia in Ceske Budejovice, Zátiší 728/II, 389 25, Vodňany, Czech Republic
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- Faculty of Fisheries and Protection of Waters, South Bohemian Research Center of Aquaculture and Biodiversity of Hydrocenoses, University of South Bohemia in Ceske Budejovice, Zátiší 728/II, 389 25, Vodňany, Czech Republic
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- Faculty of Fisheries and Protection of Waters, South Bohemian Research Center of Aquaculture and Biodiversity of Hydrocenoses, University of South Bohemia in Ceske Budejovice, Zátiší 728/II, 389 25, Vodňany, Czech Republic
- Nishiura Station, South Ehime Fisheries Research Center, Ehime University, Uchidomari, Ainan, Ehime, 798-4206, Japan
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Liu Y, Chen Y, Gong Q, Lai J, Du J, Deng X. Paternity assignment in the polyploid Acipenser dabryanus based on a novel microsatellite marker system. PLoS One 2017; 12:e0185280. [PMID: 28953941 PMCID: PMC5617196 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0185280] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/08/2017] [Accepted: 09/08/2017] [Indexed: 11/25/2022] Open
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Acipenser dabryanus is listed as a Critical Endangered species in the IUCN Red List and the first class protected animals in China. Fortunately, A. dabryanus specimens are being successfully bred in captivity for conservation. However, for effective ex situ conservation, we should be aware of the genetic diversity and the degree of relatedness of the individuals selected for breeding. In this study, we aimed at the development of novel and reliable microsatellites used for the genetic study of A. dabryanus. A total of 14,321 simple sequence repeats (SSRs) were detected by transcriptome sequencing and screening. We selected 20 novel and polymorphic microsatellites (non-dinucleotide) with good repeatability from the 100 tested loci for a subsequent genetic and paternity study. A set of captive broodstock (F1 stock, n = 43) and their offspring (F2 stock, n = 96) were used to examine the efficiency of the 20 SSRs for assigning parentage to offspring, with an allocation success of 91.7%. We also found that only a few families predominantly contributed to the progeny produced by the 43 breeders. In addition, mitochondrial DNA data showed that the captive broodstock (F1 individuals) had an excellent probability of the same lineage, implying that a high level of inbreeding may have occurred in these individuals. Our research provides useful information on genetic diversity and reproductive pattern of A. dabryanus, and the 20 SSRs developed in this study can be applied to the future breeding program to avoid inbreeding for this stock or other related species of Acipenseriformes.
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- Ya Liu
- The Fishery Institute of the Sichuan Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Chengdu, China
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- The Fishery Institute of the Sichuan Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Chengdu, China
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- The Fishery Institute of the Sichuan Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Chengdu, China
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- The Fishery Institute of the Sichuan Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Chengdu, China
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- The Fishery Institute of the Sichuan Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Chengdu, China
- * E-mail: (XCD); (JD)
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- The Fishery Institute of the Sichuan Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Chengdu, China
- * E-mail: (XCD); (JD)
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Symonová R, Havelka M, Amemiya CT, Howell WM, Kořínková T, Flajšhans M, Gela D, Ráb P. Molecular cytogenetic differentiation of paralogs of Hox paralogs in duplicated and re-diploidized genome of the North American paddlefish (Polyodon spathula). BMC Genet 2017; 18:19. [PMID: 28253860 PMCID: PMC5335500 DOI: 10.1186/s12863-017-0484-8] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/10/2016] [Accepted: 02/11/2017] [Indexed: 02/01/2023] Open
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Background Acipenseriformes is a basal lineage of ray-finned fishes and comprise 27 extant species of sturgeons and paddlefishes. They are characterized by several specific genomic features as broad ploidy variation, high chromosome numbers, presence of numerous microchromosomes and propensity to interspecific hybridization. The presumed palaeotetraploidy of the American paddlefish was recently validated by molecular phylogeny and Hox genes analyses. A whole genome duplication in the paddlefish lineage was estimated at approximately 42 Mya and was found to be independent from several genome duplications evidenced in its sister lineage, i.e. sturgeons. We tested the ploidy status of available chromosomal markers after the expected rediploidization. Further we tested, whether paralogs of Hox gene clusters originated from this paddlefish specific genome duplication are cytogenetically distinguishable. Results We found that both paralogs HoxA alpha and beta were distinguishable without any overlapping of the hybridization signal - each on one pair of large metacentric chromosomes. Of the HoxD, only the beta paralog was unequivocally identified, whereas the alpha paralog did not work and yielded only an inconclusive diffuse signal. Chromosomal markers on three diverse ploidy levels reflecting different stages of rediploidization were identified: quadruplets retaining their ancestral tetraploid condition, semi-quadruplets still reflecting the ancestral tetraploidy with clear signs of advanced rediploidization, doublets were diploidized with ancestral tetraploidy already blurred. Also some of the available microsatellite data exhibited diploid allelic band patterns at their loci whereas another locus showed more than two alleles. Conclusions Our exhaustive staining of paddlefish chromosomes combined with cytogenetic mapping of ribosomal genes and Hox paralogs and with microsatellite data, brings a closer look at results of the process of rediploidization in the course of paddlefish genome evolution. We show a partial rediploidization represented by a complex mosaic structure comparable with segmental paleotetraploidy revealed in sturgeons (Acipenseridae). Sturgeons and paddlefishes with their high propensity for whole genome duplication thus offer suitable animal model systems to further explore evolutionary processes that were shaping the early evolution of all vertebrates. Electronic supplementary material The online version of this article (doi:10.1186/s12863-017-0484-8) contains supplementary material, which is available to authorized users.
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- Radka Symonová
- Laboratory of Fish Genetics, Institute of Animal Physiology and Genetics, Czech Academy of Sciences, 277 21, Liběchov, Czech Republic. .,Research Institute for Limnology, University of Innsbruck, Mondseestr. 9, Mondsee, Austria.
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- University of South Bohemia in České Budějovice, Faculty of Fisheries and Protection of Waters, South Bohemian Research Center of Aquaculture and Biodiversity of Hydrocenoses, 389 25, Vodňany, Czech Republic
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- Benaroya Research Institute & University of Washington, Seattle, WA, 98101, USA
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- Department of Biological and Environmental Sciences, Samford University, 800 Lakeshore Drive, Birmingham, AL, 35229, USA
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- Laboratory of Fish Genetics, Institute of Animal Physiology and Genetics, Czech Academy of Sciences, 277 21, Liběchov, Czech Republic
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- University of South Bohemia in České Budějovice, Faculty of Fisheries and Protection of Waters, South Bohemian Research Center of Aquaculture and Biodiversity of Hydrocenoses, 389 25, Vodňany, Czech Republic
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- University of South Bohemia in České Budějovice, Faculty of Fisheries and Protection of Waters, South Bohemian Research Center of Aquaculture and Biodiversity of Hydrocenoses, 389 25, Vodňany, Czech Republic
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- Laboratory of Fish Genetics, Institute of Animal Physiology and Genetics, Czech Academy of Sciences, 277 21, Liběchov, Czech Republic
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Lorch S, Zeuss D, Brandl R, Brändle M. Chromosome numbers in three species groups of freshwater flatworms increase with increasing latitude. Ecol Evol 2016; 6:1420-9. [PMID: 27087923 PMCID: PMC4775536 DOI: 10.1002/ece3.1969] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/02/2015] [Revised: 12/16/2015] [Accepted: 12/21/2015] [Indexed: 12/03/2022] Open
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Polyploidy in combination with parthenogenesis offers advantages for plasticity and the evolution of a broad ecological tolerance of species. Therefore, a positive correlation between the level of ploidy and increasing latitude as a surrogate for environmental harshness has been suggested. Such a positive correlation is well documented for plants, but examples for animals are still rare. Species of flatworms (Platyhelminthes) are widely distributed, show a remarkably wide range of chromosome numbers, and offer therefore good model systems to study the geographical distribution of chromosome numbers. We analyzed published data on counts of chromosome numbers and geographical information of three flatworm "species" (Phagocata vitta, Polycelis felina and Crenobia alpina) sampled across Europe (220 populations). We used the mean chromosome number across individuals of a population as a proxy for the level of ploidy within populations, and we tested for relationships of this variable with latitude, mode of reproduction (sexual, asexual or both) and environmental variables (annual mean temperature, mean diurnal temperature range, mean precipitation and net primary production). The mean chromosome numbers of all three species increased with latitude and decreased with mean annual temperature. For two species, chromosome number also decreased with mean precipitation and net primary production. Furthermore, high chromosome numbers within species were accompanied with a loss of sexual reproduction. The variation of chromosome numbers within individuals of two of the three species increased with latitude. Our results support the hypothesis that polyploid lineages are able to cope with harsh climatic conditions at high latitudes. Furthermore, we propose that asexual reproduction in populations with high levels of polyploidization stabilizes hybridization events. Chromosomal irregularities within individuals tend to become more frequent at the extreme environments of high latitudes, presumably because of mitotic errors and downsizing of the genome.
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- Sven Lorch
- Department of Ecology, Animal EcologyFaculty of BiologyPhilipps‐Universität MarburgKarl‐von‐Frisch‐Straße 835043MarburgGermany
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- Department of Ecology, Animal EcologyFaculty of BiologyPhilipps‐Universität MarburgKarl‐von‐Frisch‐Straße 835043MarburgGermany
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- Department of Ecology, Animal EcologyFaculty of BiologyPhilipps‐Universität MarburgKarl‐von‐Frisch‐Straße 835043MarburgGermany
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- Department of Ecology, Animal EcologyFaculty of BiologyPhilipps‐Universität MarburgKarl‐von‐Frisch‐Straße 835043MarburgGermany
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Romanenko SA, Biltueva LS, Serdyukova NA, Kulemzina AI, Beklemisheva VR, Gladkikh OL, Lemskaya NA, Interesova EA, Korentovich MA, Vorobieva NV, Graphodatsky AS, Trifonov VA. Segmental paleotetraploidy revealed in sterlet (Acipenser ruthenus) genome by chromosome painting. Mol Cytogenet 2015; 8:90. [PMID: 26587056 PMCID: PMC4652396 DOI: 10.1186/s13039-015-0194-8] [Citation(s) in RCA: 39] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/04/2015] [Accepted: 11/07/2015] [Indexed: 11/21/2022] Open
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Background Acipenseriformes take a basal position among Actinopteri and demonstrate a striking ploidy variation among species. The sterlet (Acipenser ruthenus, Linnaeus, 1758; ARUT) is a diploid 120-chromosomal sturgeon distributed in Eurasian rivers from Danube to Enisey. Despite a high commercial value and a rapid population decline in the wild, many genomic characteristics of sterlet (as well as many other sturgeon species) have not been studied. Results Cell lines from different tissues of 12 sterlet specimens from Siberian populations were established following an optimized protocol. Conventional cytogenetic studies supplemented with molecular cytogenetic investigations on obtained fibroblast cell lines allowed a detailed description of sterlet karyotype and a precise localization of 18S/28S and 5S ribosomal clusters. Localization of sturgeon specific HindIII repetitive elements revealed an increased concentration in the pericentromeric region of the acrocentric ARUT14, while the total sterlet repetitive DNA fraction (C0t30) produced bright signals on subtelomeric segments of small chromosomal elements. Chromosome and region specific probes ARUT1p, 5, 6, 7, 8 as well as 14 anonymous small sized chromosomes (probes A-N) generated by microdissection were applied in chromosome painting experiments. According to hybridization patterns all painting probes were classified into two major groups: the first group (ARUT5, 6, 8 as well as microchromosome specific probes C, E, F, G, H, and I) painted only a single region each on sterlet metaphases, while probes of the second group (ARUT1p, 7 as well as microchromosome derived probes A, B, D, J, K, M, and N) marked two genomic segments each on different chromosomes. Similar results were obtained on male and female metaphases. Conclusions The sterlet genome represents a complex mosaic structure and consists of diploid and tetraploid chromosome segments. This may be regarded as a transition stage from paleotetraploid (functional diploid) to diploid genome condition. Molecular cytogenetic and genomic studies of other 120- and 240-chromosomal sturgeons are needed to reconstruct genome evolution of this vertebrate group.
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- Svetlana A Romanenko
- Institute of Molecular and Cellular Biology SB RAS, Novosibirsk, Russia ; Novosibirsk State University, Novosibirsk, Russia
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- Institute of Molecular and Cellular Biology SB RAS, Novosibirsk, Russia
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- Institute of Molecular and Cellular Biology SB RAS, Novosibirsk, Russia
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- Novosibirsk Branch of the Federal State Budgetary Scientific Institution "State Scientific-and-Production Centre for Fisheries (Gosrybcenter)", Novosibirsk, Russia ; Tomsk State University, Tomsk, Russia
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- Federal State Budgetary Scientific Institution "State Scientific-and-Production Centre for Fisheries (Gosrybcenter)", Tyumen, Russia
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- Institute of Molecular and Cellular Biology SB RAS, Novosibirsk, Russia ; Novosibirsk State University, Novosibirsk, Russia
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- Institute of Molecular and Cellular Biology SB RAS, Novosibirsk, Russia ; Novosibirsk State University, Novosibirsk, Russia
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Yuan L, Zhang X, Li L, Jiang H, Chen J. High-throughput sequencing of microRNA transcriptome and expression assay in the sturgeon, Acipenser schrenckii. PLoS One 2014; 9:e115251. [PMID: 25506840 PMCID: PMC4266654 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0115251] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/22/2014] [Accepted: 11/20/2014] [Indexed: 12/19/2022] Open
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Sturgeons are considered as living fossils and have very high evolutionary, economical and conservation values. The multiploidy of sturgeon that has been caused by chromosome duplication may lead to the emergence of new microRNAs (miRNAs) involved in the ploidy and physiological processes. In the present study, we performed the first sturgeon miRNAs analysis by RNA-seq high-throughput sequencing combined with expression assay of microarray and real-time PCR, and aimed to discover the sturgeon-specific miRNAs, confirm the expressed pattern of miRNAs and illustrate the potential role of miRNAs-targets on sturgeon biological processes. A total of 103 miRNAs were identified, including 58 miRNAs with strongly detected signals (signal >500 and P≤0.01), which were detected by microarray. Real-time PCR assay supported the expression pattern obtained by microarray. Moreover, co-expression of 21 miRNAs in all five tissues and tissue-specific expression of 16 miRNAs implied the crucial and particular function of them in sturgeon physiological processes. Target gene prediction, especially the enriched functional gene groups (369 GO terms) and pathways (37 KEGG) regulated by 58 miRNAs (P<0.05), illustrated the interaction of miRNAs and putative mRNAs, and also the potential mechanism involved in these biological processes. Our new findings of sturgeon miRNAs expand the public database of transcriptome information for this species, contribute to our understanding of sturgeon biology, and also provide invaluable data that may be applied in sturgeon breeding.
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- Lihong Yuan
- Guangdong Public Laboratory of Wild Animal Conservation and Utilization, Guangdong Entomological Institute/South China Institute of Endangered Animals, Guangzhou, China
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- Guangdong Public Laboratory of Wild Animal Conservation and Utilization, Guangdong Entomological Institute/South China Institute of Endangered Animals, Guangzhou, China
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- Guangdong Public Laboratory of Wild Animal Conservation and Utilization, Guangdong Entomological Institute/South China Institute of Endangered Animals, Guangzhou, China
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- Guangdong Public Laboratory of Wild Animal Conservation and Utilization, Guangdong Entomological Institute/South China Institute of Endangered Animals, Guangzhou, China
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- Guangdong Public Laboratory of Wild Animal Conservation and Utilization, Guangdong Entomological Institute/South China Institute of Endangered Animals, Guangzhou, China
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Rajkov J, Shao Z, Berrebi P. Evolution of Polyploidy and Functional Diploidization in Sturgeons: Microsatellite Analysis in 10 Sturgeon Species. J Hered 2014; 105:521-531. [DOI: 10.1093/jhered/esu027] [Citation(s) in RCA: 33] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/29/2014] [Accepted: 03/21/2014] [Indexed: 11/13/2022] Open
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Symonová R, Flajšhans M, Sember A, Havelka M, Gela D, Kořínková T, Rodina M, Rábová M, Ráb P. Molecular cytogenetics in artificial hybrid and highly polyploid sturgeons: An evolutionary story narrated by repetitive sequences. Cytogenet Genome Res 2013; 141:153-62. [PMID: 24051427 DOI: 10.1159/000354882] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/19/2022] Open
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We applied comparative genomic hybridization (CGH) and genomic in situ hybridization (GISH) to examine genomes of artificially produced sturgeon hybrids between sterlet, Acipenser ruthenus female (∼120 chromosomes) or Russian sturgeon, A. gueldenstaedtii female (∼240 chromosomes) and a spontaneous triploid Siberian sturgeon A. baerii male (∼360 chromosomes), respectively. The ploidy levels of progenies were analyzed by karyotyping and flow cytometry. We found that the species-specific regions were surprisingly identifiable only on some micro- and small(er) macrochromosomes in hybrid metaphases. We hypothesize that these distinguishable regions are represented by species-specific repetitive sequences driven by more dynamic molecular evolutionary mechanisms. On larger chromosomes, GISH faintly visualized only blocks of pericentromeric and telomeric repetitive sequences, remaining regions were equally shared by both parental species. We concluded that the interspecies hybridization producing viable and even fertile progeny is enabled by the fact that genomes of the species involved are likely divergent at the level of the repetitive sequences only and probably highly conserved in the coding sequences. These small differences of coding sequences are in concordance with previous estimations of relatedness of examined species producing artificial as well as natural hybrids. CGH and GISH represent a challenge in sturgeon cytogenetics as a valuable though technically not simple tool to discriminate chromosomes of parental species in hybrids. The potentials and drawbacks of CGH and GISH application in sturgeons are discussed and further experimental possibilities are proposed.
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- R Symonová
- Laboratory of Fish Genetics, Institute of Animal Physiology and Genetics, Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic, Liběchov, Czech Republic
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Hilton EJ, Grande L, Bemis WE. Skeletal Anatomy of the Shortnose Sturgeon, Acipenser brevirostrum Lesueur, 1818, and the Systematics of Sturgeons (Acipenseriformes, Acipenseridae). ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 2011. [DOI: 10.3158/2158-5520-3.1.1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 62] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022]
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Fontana F, Lanfredi M, Rossi R, Bronzi P, Arlati G. Karyotypic characterization ofAcipenser gueldenstaedtiwith C‐, AgNO3, and fluorescence banding techniques. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 2009. [DOI: 10.1080/11250009609356117] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/21/2022]
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Fontana F, Congiu L, Mudrak VA, Quattro JM, Smith TIJ, Ware K, Doroshov SI. Evidence of hexaploid karyotype in shortnose sturgeon. Genome 2008; 51:113-9. [PMID: 18356945 DOI: 10.1139/g07-112] [Citation(s) in RCA: 55] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/22/2022]
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A karyotype analysis by several staining techniques was carried out on triplicate samples of the shortnose sturgeon, Acipenser brevirostrum. The chromosome number was found to be 2n = 372 +/- 6. A representative karyotype of 374 chromosomes was composed of 178 metacentrics/submetacentrics and 196 telocentrics/acrocentrics and microchromosomes. The signals of fluorescent in situ hybridization (FISH) with a HindIII satellite DNA probe were visible on 14 chromosomes. The signals obtained with a PstI satellite DNA probe appeared on 12 chromosomes. The FISH with a 5S rDNA probe revealed fluorescent signals on 6 chromosomes. These last results, compared with 2 signals in species with about 120 chromosomes and 4 in species with 240, support the hypothesis that A. brevirostrum is a hexaploid species, probably of hybrid origin. Based on these results, we propose a model explaining speciation events occurring in sturgeons by hybridization, genome duplication, and diploidization.
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- Francesco Fontana
- Dipartimento di Biologia ed Evoluzione, Universita di Ferrara, Via L. Borsari, 46, 44100 Ferrara, Italy.
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Hett AK, Pitra C, Jenneckens I, Ludwig A. Characterization of Sox9 in European Atlantic sturgeon (Acipenser sturio). ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 2005; 96:150-4. [PMID: 15710905 DOI: 10.1093/jhered/esi008] [Citation(s) in RCA: 27] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/14/2022]
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The Sox9 gene of Acipenser sturio, one of the most primitive vertebrates, was analyzed. No sex-specific differences were observed. Sturgeon Sox9 consists of three exons and two introns with completely conserved exon-intron boundaries showing high levels of homology to other vertebrate Sox9 sequences, especially in the N-terminus region containing the HMG box. We found strong evidence for negative (purifying) selection. In contrast to previous studies of other fishes, we observed no evidence for gene duplication in sturgeon. Phylogenetic analyses of Sox9 evolution revealed a basal position for sturgeon Sox9.
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- A K Hett
- Department of Evolutionary Genetics, Leibniz-Institute for Zoo and Wildlife Research, Alfred-Kowalke-Strasse 17, 10315 Berlin, Germany
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Dores RM, Lecaudé S, Bauer D, Danielson PB. Analyzing the evolution of the opioid/orphanin gene family. MASS SPECTROMETRY REVIEWS 2002; 21:220-243. [PMID: 12533798 DOI: 10.1002/mas.10029] [Citation(s) in RCA: 68] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/24/2023]
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Advances in molecular biology have made it possible to rapidly obtain the amino acid sequence of neuropeptide precursors-either by cloning and sequencing the cDNA that encodes the precursor, or by reconstructing the arrangement of exons and introns in a neuropeptide-coding gene through genomic approaches. The databases generated from these molecular approaches have been used to design probes to identify the cells that express the gene, or to ascertain the rate of expression of the gene, and even to predict the post-translational modifications that can generate functional neuropeptides from a biologically inert precursor. Although the power of these approaches is substantial, it is appreciated that a gene sequence or an mRNA sequence reflects the potential products that may be assembled in a secretory cell. To understand the functional capabilities of the secretory cell, the molecular genetics approaches must be combined with procedures that actually characterize the end-products generated by the secretory cell. Recent advances in two-dimensional gel electrophoresis and mass spectrometry now make it possible to analyze neuropeptides from a relatively small amount of tissue. These procedures can reveal novel end-products, tissue-specific endoproteolytic cleavage events, and developmental shifts in post-translational processing schemes. A gene family that illustrates all of these processes and the advantages of combining genomics with proteomics is the opioid/orphanin gene family.
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- Robert M Dores
- Department of Biological Sciences, University of Denver, Denver, Colorado 80210, USA.
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A test of the hypothesis that the members of the order Acipenseriformes (sturgeons and paddlefishes) possess a slowed rate of molecular evolution was carried out by conducting relative-rate comparisons with representatives of four groups of teleost fishes (Cypriniformes, Elopomorpha, Salmonidae, and Percomorpha) using 21 nuclear or mitochondrial protein loci and the nuclear and mitochondrial small subunit rRNA genes, obtained from the literature or our own research. In 70 out of 81 comparisons between individual taxa (86%), acipenseriform sequences showed slower rates of change than the homologous teleost loci examined. When teleost sequences are considered together, 21 of the 23 loci show slower rates of substitution in the acipenseriform lineage. Teleost proteins show 1.85 times as many unique amino acid differences as acipenseriform proteins, when both are compared with outlier sequences. These results support a hypothesis of slowed molecular evolutionary rate in the Acipenseriformes.
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- Jeannette Krieger
- Department of Molecular Genetics, The Ohio State University, Columbus 43210, USA.
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It is generally accepted that the neuropeptide Y (NPY) family of homologous peptides arose as a result of a series of gene duplication events. Recent advances in comparative genomics allow to formulate a hypothesis that explains, at least in part, the complexity of the family. Chromosome mapping studies reveal that the gene encoding PYY may have arisen from a common ancestral gene (termed NYY) in an ancient chromosomal duplication event that also involved the hox gene clusters. A tandem duplication of the PYY gene concomitant with or just before the emergence of tetrapods generated the PPY gene encoding PP. In the primate and ungulate lineages, the PYY-PPY gene cluster has undergone a more recent gene duplication event to create a PYY2-PPY2 gene cluster on the same chromosome. In the human and baboon, this cluster probably does not encode functional NPY family peptides but expression of the bovine PYY2 gene generates seminalplasmin, a major biologically active component of bull semen. An independent duplication of the PYY gene in the lineage of teleost fish has generated peptides of the PY family that are synthesized in the pancreatic islets of Acanthomorpha. The structural organization of the biosynthetic precursors of PYY and PP (preproPYY and preproPP) has been quite well preserved during the evolution of vertebrates but conservative pressure on individual domains in the proteins has not been uniform. The duplication of the PYY gene that generated the PPY gene appears to have resulted in a relaxation of conservative pressure on the functional domain with the result that the amino acid sequences of tetrapod PYYs are more variable than the PYYs of jawed fish. Although the primary structure of PP has been quite strongly conserved in mammals, with the exception of the rodents, the extreme variability in the sequences of amphibian and reptilian PPs means that the peptide is a useful molecular marker to study the branching order in early tetrapod evolution
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- J Michael Conlon
- Regulatory Peptide Center, Department of Biomedical Sciences, Creighton University Medical School, Omaha, NE 68178-0405, USA.
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Ludwig A, Belfiore NM, Pitra C, Svirsky V, Jenneckens I. Genome duplication events and functional reduction of ploidy levels in sturgeon (Acipenser, Huso and Scaphirhynchus). Genetics 2001; 158:1203-15. [PMID: 11454768 PMCID: PMC1461728 DOI: 10.1093/genetics/158.3.1203] [Citation(s) in RCA: 109] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/14/2022] Open
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Sturgeon (order Acipenserformes) provide an ideal taxonomic context for examination of genome duplication events. Multiple levels of ploidy exist among these fish. In a novel microsatellite approach, data from 962 fish from 20 sturgeon species were used for analysis of ploidy in sturgeon. Allele numbers in a sample of individuals were assessed at six microsatellite loci. Species with approximately 120 chromosomes are classified as functional diploid species, species with approximately 250 chromosomes as functional tetraploid species, and with approximately 500 chromosomes as functional octaploids. A molecular phylogeny of the sturgeon was determined on the basis of sequences of the entire mitochondrial cytochrome b gene. By mapping the estimated levels of ploidy on this proposed phylogeny we demonstrate that (I) polyploidization events independently occurred in the acipenseriform radiation; (II) the process of functional genome reduction is nearly finished in species with approximately 120 chromosomes and more active in species with approximately 250 chromosomes and approximately 500 chromosomes; and (III) species with approximately 250 and approximately 500 chromosomes arose more recently than those with approximately 120 chromosomes. These results suggest that gene silencing, chromosomal rearrangements, and transposition events played an important role in the acipenseriform genome formation. Furthermore, this phylogeny is broadly consistent with previous hypotheses but reveals a highly supported oceanic (Atlantic-Pacific) subdivision within the Acipenser/Huso complex.
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- A Ludwig
- Institute of Freshwater Ecology and Inland Fisheries, 12561 Berlin, Germany.
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Pyatskowit JD, Krueger CC, Kincaid HL, May B. Inheritance of microsatellite loci in the polyploid lake sturgeon (Acipenser fulvescens). Genome 2001; 44:185-91. [PMID: 11341728 DOI: 10.1139/g00-118] [Citation(s) in RCA: 27] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/22/2022]
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Inheritance in the expression of amplicons for four microsatellite primer pairs was determined using 10 families created from gametes of wild lake sturgeon (Acipenser fulvescens). Loci Afu34 and Afu68 expressed a maximum of two even-intensity bands per individual and had progeny genotype ratios that fit disomic inheritance (P > 0.05). Some variation exhibited at Afu34 and Afu68 was attributable to a null allele. Genotype expression at both loci also indicated that one female parent had transmitted unreduced gametes. Primer Afu39 amplified products that exhibited four gene doses, where genotype counts fit expected ratios for disomic inheritance (P > 0.05) indicating amplification of products from two disomic loci that share alleles. Meiotic drive was evident at the Afu39 loci based on a test for random segregation (P < 0.05). Only the expression of Afu19 gave evidence of tetrasomic inheritance based on a single progeny potentially produced by a double reduction gamete. No evidence for proposed octoploid inheritance was observed.
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- J D Pyatskowit
- Department of Natural Resources, College of Agriculture and Life Sciences, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY 14853, USA
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Andoh T, Nagasawa H, Matsubara T. Multiple molecular forms of glucagon and insulin in the kaluga sturgeon, Huso dauricus. Peptides 2000; 21:1785-92. [PMID: 11150638 DOI: 10.1016/s0196-9781(00)00337-5] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/28/2022]
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Five molecular forms of glucagon and two molecular forms of insulin were characterized from the kaluga sturgeon. Substitutions occurred at two to thirteen internal amino acid residues among the five molecular forms of glucagons, indicating that these glucagons were encoded by five distinct genes. The amino acid sequences of two insulins from the kaluga sturgeon were identical to those of paddlefish insulin-II and Russian sturgeon insulin except that kaluga sturgeon insulin-I had an extension of five residues at the B-chain N-terminus. This is the first demonstration that more than two molecular forms of glucagon have been characterized from a single animal species.
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- T Andoh
- Hokkaido National Fisheries Research Institute, 116 Katsurakoi, 085-0802, Kushiro, Japan.
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Kim JB, Gadsbøll V, Whittaker J, Barton BA, Conlon JM. Gastroenteropancreatic hormones (insulin, glucagon, somatostatin, and multiple forms of PYY) from the pallid sturgeon, Scaphirhynchus albus (Acipenseriformes). Gen Comp Endocrinol 2000; 120:353-63. [PMID: 11121300 DOI: 10.1006/gcen.2000.7571] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/22/2022]
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Insulin, glucagon, somatostatin-14, and three structurally related molecular forms of peptide tyrosine-tyrosine (PYY) were isolated from an extract of the combined pancreas and gastrointestinal tract of the pallid sturgeon, Scaphirhynchus albus. Pallid sturgeon insulin was identical to insulin from the Russian sturgeon, Acipenser guldenstaedti, and to insulin-2 from the paddlefish, Polyodon spathula, and was approximately twofold less potent than human insulin in inhibiting the binding of [3-[(125)I] iodotyrosine-A14] human insulin to the soluble human insulin receptor. The sturgeon glucagon (HSQGMFTNDY(10)-SKYLEEKLAQ(20) EFVEWLKNGK(30)S), like the two paddlefish glucagons, contains 31 rather than 29 amino acid residues, indicative of an anomalous pathway of posttranslational processing of proglucagon. Pallid sturgeon somatostatin, identical to human somatostatin-14, was also isolated in a second molecular form containing an oxidized tryptophan residue, but [Pro(2)]somatostatin-14, previously isolated from the pituitary of A. guldenstaedti, was not identified. Sturgeon PYY (FPPKPEHPGD(10)DAPAEDVAKY(20)YTALRHYINL(30) ITRQRY.HN(2)) was also isolated in variant forms containing the substitutions (Phe(1) --> Ala) and (Ala(18) --> Val), indicative of at least two gene duplications occurring within the Acipenseriformes lineage. The amino acid sequences of the pallidsturgeon PYY peptides are appreciably different from the proposed "ancestral" PYY sequence that has otherwise been very strongly conserved among the actinopterygian and elasmobranch fish.
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- J B Kim
- Regulatory Peptide Center, Creighton University School of Medicine, Omaha, Nebraska 68178, USA
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Tagliavini J, Williot P, Congiu L, Chicca M, Lanfredi M, Rossi R, Fontana F. Molecular cytogenetic analysis of the karyotype of the European Atlantic sturgeon, Acipenser sturio. Heredity (Edinb) 1999; 83 ( Pt 5):520-5. [PMID: 10620023 DOI: 10.1038/sj.hdy.6886150] [Citation(s) in RCA: 29] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/08/2022] Open
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A karyotype analysis was carried out on the European Atlantic sturgeon, Acipenser sturio (2n=121 +/- 3). The telomeric sequence repeat (TTAGGG)n detected by fluorescent in situ hybridization (FISH) was mostly localized at the telomeres of all chromosomes. Ribosomal DNA (rDNA) genes were detected by silver staining techniques and by FISH with digoxigenin-labelled probe for 28S rDNA. Silver staining detected active NORs in the telomeric regions of six chromosomes, and by FISH one or two additional minor sites were detected. The 5S rDNA was found in the interstitial region of a small metacentric pair. The 5S rRNA gene was completely sequenced for the first time in a sturgeon species. The A. sturio karyotype organization is discussed in relation to phylogenesis of the species within the Acipenseridae and to polyploidization events characterizing sturgeon evolution.
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- J Tagliavini
- Department of Evolutionary Biology, University of Parma, Via delle Scienze, 43100 Parma, Italy
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Fontana F, Lanfredi M, Chicca M, Congiu L, Tagliavini J, Rossi R. Fluorescent in situ hybridization with rDNA probes on chromosomes of Acipenser ruthenus and Acipenser naccarii (Osteichthyes Acipenseriformes). Genome 1999. [DOI: 10.1139/g99-030] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/22/2022]
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The genes for 28S and 5S rDNA were physically mapped on the chromosomes of two sturgeon species, the sterlet (Acipenser ruthenus, 2n = 118 ± 4) and the Adriatic sturgeon (Acipenser naccarii, 2n = 248 ± 4) by fluorescent in situ hybridization. In the sterlet, the 28S rDNA was located on six chromosomes, four of which actively transcribed, while in the Adriatic sturgeon the 28S rDNA was located on a chromosome number ranging from 10 to 12, eight of which actively transcribed. The 5S rDNA was physically mapped on two chromosomes in the sterlet and on four in the Adriatic sturgeon. A more detailed characterization of the latter karyotype was obtained during this study. All these data are discussed in connection with the ploidy relationships among sturgeon species.Key words: karyotype, ploidy, FISH, 28S and 5S rDNA.
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Poly WJ. Nongenetic variation, genetic-environmental interactions and altered gene expression. I. Temperature, photoperiod, diet, pH and sex-related effects. COMPARATIVE BIOCHEMISTRY AND PHYSIOLOGY. PART A, PHYSIOLOGY 1997; 117:11-66. [PMID: 9185336 DOI: 10.1016/s0300-9629(96)00366-0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/04/2023]
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The use of protein electrophoretic data for determining the relationships among species or populations is widespread and generally accepted. However, many confounding factors may alter the results of an electrophoretic study in such a way as to allow erroneous conclusions to be drawn in taxonomic, systematic or population studies. Such variables as temperature, photoperiod, salinity, pH and diet have been shown to influence enzymes and proteins both quantitatively and qualitatively. Production of distinct "cold" and "warm" isozymes or "seasonal" isozymes have been found in a variety of organisms. The factors that are or may be responsible for the appearance of these isozymes is discussed. Most studies that have demonstrated some apparent form of environmentally induced genetic expression have not determined that mechanisms responsible. However, proteolytic modification has been shown to produce seasonal isozymes of fructose 1,6-bisphosphatase in rabbit liver and may account for other seasonal isozymes. Acclimating organisms to various conditions may actually allow detection of cryptic genetic variation and provide valuable data. There are many aspects to consider in designing acclimation experiments, and the conditions used will vary according to the aim of the research. Polyploidy may contribute to the genesis of environmentally regulated isozymes. A review of this literature follows with additional hypotheses and conclusions. Recommendations are given for the resolution of real and potential problems.
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- W J Poly
- Department of Zoology, Southern Illinois University, Carbondale 62901-6501, USA.
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Lescheid DW, Powell JF, Fischer WH, Park M, Craig A, Bukovskaya O, Barannikova IA, Sherwood NM. Mammalian gonadotropin-releasing hormone (GnRH) identified by primary structure in Russian sturgeon, Acipenser gueldenstaedti. REGULATORY PEPTIDES 1995; 55:299-309. [PMID: 7761629 DOI: 10.1016/0167-0115(94)00118-h] [Citation(s) in RCA: 30] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/27/2023]
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The mammalian form of gonadotropin-releasing hormone (GnRH) was purified from the brains of Russian sturgeon, Acipenser gueldenstaedti, using reversed-phase high pressure liquid chromatography (HPLC). The total concentration of mGnRH within these fish was 5.4 ng/brain. Small amounts of immunoreactive chicken GnRH-II like molecules were also detected but at insufficient quantities for purification. The primary structure of mGnRH was determined using automated Edman degradation. Because sequence data could not be obtained until after digestion by bovine pyroglutamyl amino-peptidase, it was determined that the amino-terminal residue was modified. Furthermore, mass spectrometric data and co-elution with synthetic mGnRH on HPLC confirmed that the carboxy-terminal residue was amidated. The amino acid sequence of sturgeon GnRH is pGlu-His-Trp-Ser-Tyr-Gly-Leu-Arg-Pro-Gly-NH2.
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- D W Lescheid
- Department of Biology, University of Victoria, B.C., Canada
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Birstein VJ, Poletaev AI, Goncharov BF. DNA content in Eurasian sturgeon species determined by flow cytometry. CYTOMETRY 1993; 14:377-83. [PMID: 8513694 DOI: 10.1002/cyto.990140406] [Citation(s) in RCA: 96] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/31/2023]
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The nuclear DNA content in 10 species of chondrostean fishes was measured by flow cytometry. The sterlet Acipenser ruthenus blood cells were used as an internal standard. The sterlet DNA content was calculated on the basis of comparison with the Xenopus laevis blood cells, 2C = 6.30 pg. In the tetraploid A. ruthenus and A. stellatus the DNA content comprises 3.74 pg/nucleus and is practically invariant; in Huso dauricus it is almost the same, 3.74-3.81 pg; and in A. nudiventris it is a little higher, 3.88-4.04 pg. In the oldest chondrostean, Pseudoscaphirhynchus kaufmanni, the nuclear DNA content is slightly lower, 2C = 3.46-3.48 pg, and in the American paddlefish Polyodon spathula it is lower still, 3.17 pg. In two octoploid sturgeons, A. baeri and A. gueldenstaedti, the DNA content is twice as high as that of the sterlet, 8.29-8.31 and 7.86-7.88 pg, respectively; a very similar amount, 8.24-8.42 pg, was determined in the hybrid Huso huso x A. ruthenus. In the Sakhalin sturgeon, A. medirostris (= A. mikadoi), the DNA content is two times higher than in the octoploids, 13.93-14.73 pg; therefore its ploidy may be 16n and the number of chromosomes could be 500.
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- V J Birstein
- N. K. Koltsov Institute of Developmental Biology, Russian Academy of Sciences, Moscow
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Bernardi G, Bernardi G. Compositional patterns in the nuclear genome of cold-blooded vertebrates. J Mol Evol 1990; 31:265-81. [PMID: 2124275 DOI: 10.1007/bf02101122] [Citation(s) in RCA: 92] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/30/2022]
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DNA preparations obtained from 122 species of fishes, 5 species of amphibians, and 13 species of reptiles were investigated in their compositional properties by analytical equilibrium centrifugation in CsCl density gradients. These species represented 21 orders of Osteichthyes, 3 orders of Chondrichthyes, 2 orders of amphibians, and 3 orders of reptiles. Modal buoyant densities of fish DNAs ranged from 1.696 to 1.707 g/cm3, the vast majority of values falling, however, between 1.699 and 1.704 g/cm3, which is the range covered by the DNAs of amphibians and reptiles. In all cases, DNA bands in CsCl were only weakly asymmetrical and only very rarely were accompanied by separate satellite bands (mostly on the GC-rich side). Intermolecular compositional heterogeneities were low in the vast majority of cases, and, like CsCl band asymmetries, at least partially due to cryptic or poorly resolved satellites. The present findings indicate, therefore, that DNAs from cold-blooded vertebrates are characterized by a number of common properties, namely a very wide spectrum of modal buoyant densities, low intermolecular compositional heterogeneities, low CsCl band asymmetries, and, in most cases, small amounts of satellite DNAs. In the case of fish DNAs a negative correlation was found between the GC level and the haploid size (c value) of the genome. If polyploidization is neglected, this phenomenon appears to be mainly due to the fact that increases and decreases in GC are associated with contraction and expansion phenomena, respectively, of intergenic noncoding sequences, which are GC poor relative to coding sequences.
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- G Bernardi
- Laboratoire de Génétique Moléculaire, Institut Jacques Monod, Paris, France
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Foresti F, Almeida-Tolcdo LF, Toledo SA. Supernumerary chromosome system, C-banding pattern characterization and multiple nucleolus organizer regions in Moenkhausia sanctaefilomenae (Pisces, Characidae). Genetica 1989. [DOI: 10.1007/bf00057927] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/26/2022]
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