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Exploring the Relationship between Spontaneous Sister Chromatid Exchange and Genome Instability in Two Cryptic Species of Non-Human Primates. Animals (Basel) 2023; 13:ani13030510. [PMID: 36766399 PMCID: PMC9913470 DOI: 10.3390/ani13030510] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/01/2022] [Revised: 01/23/2023] [Accepted: 01/29/2023] [Indexed: 02/04/2023] Open
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There are extensive studies on chromosome morphology and karyotype diversity in primates, yet we still lack insight into genomic instability as a key factor underlying the enormous interspecies chromosomal variability and its potential contribution to evolutionary dynamics. In this sense, the assessment of spontaneous sister chromatid exchange (SCE) frequencies represents a powerful tool for evaluating genome stability. Here, we employed G-banding, fluorescence plus Giemsa (FPG), and chromosome orientation fluorescence in situ hybridization (CO-FISH) methodologies to characterize both chromosome-specific frequencies of spontaneously occurring SCE throughout the genome (G-SCE) and telomere-specific SCE (T-SCE). We analyzed primary fibroblast cultures from two male species of Ateles living in captivity: Ateles paniscus (APA) and Ateles chamek (ACH). High frequencies of G-SCEs were observed in both species. Interestingly, G-SCEs clustered on evolutionary relevant chromosome pairs: ACH chromosomes 1, 2, 3, 4, and 7, and APA chromosomes 1, 2, 3, 4/12, 7, and 10. Furthermore, a statistically significant difference between the observed and expected G-SCE frequencies, not correlated with chromosome size, was also detected. CO-FISH analyses revealed the presence of telomere-specific recombination events in both species, which included T-SCE, as well as interstitial telomere signals and telomere duplications, with APA chromosomes displaying higher frequencies, compared to ACH. Our analyses support the hypothesis that regions of Ateles chromosomes susceptible to recombination events are fragile sites and evolutionary hot spots. Thus, we propose SCE analyses as a valuable indicator of genome instability in non-human primates.
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Dumas F, Perelman PL, Biltueva L, Roelke-Parker ME. Retrotransposon mapping in spider monkey genomes of the family Atelidae (Platyrrhini, Primates) shows a high level of LINE-1 amplification. JOURNAL OF BIOLOGICAL RESEARCH - BOLLETTINO DELLA SOCIETÀ ITALIANA DI BIOLOGIA SPERIMENTALE 2022. [DOI: 10.4081/jbr.2022.10725] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/06/2022]
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To investigate the distribution of LINE-1 repeat sequences, a LINE-1 probe was Fluorescence In Situ Hybridized (FISH) on the chromosomes of Ateles geoffroyi and Ateles fusciceps (Atelidae); a LINE-1 probe was also mapped on Cebuella pygmaea (Cebidae) and used as an outgroup for phylogenetic comparison. Ateles spider monkeys have a highly rearranged genome and are an ideal model for testing whether LINE-1 is involved in genome evolution. The LINE-1 probe has been mapped in the two Atelidae species for the first time, revealing a high accumulation of LINE-1 sequences along chromosomal arms, including telomeres, and a scarcity of LINE-1 signals at centromere positions. LINE-1 mapping in C. pygmaea (Cebidae) revealed signals at centromere positions and along chromosome arms, which was consistent with previous published data from other Cebidae species. In a broader sense, the results were analyzed in light of published data on whole-chromosomal human probes mapped in these genomes. This analysis allows us to speculate about the presence of LINE-1 sequences at the junction of human chromosomal syntenies, as well as a possible link between these sequences and chromosomal rearrangements.
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Steinberg ER, Bressa MJ, Mudry MD. Sex chromosome systems in Neotropical Primates: What have we learnt so far from cytogenetics and genomics? J Evol Biol 2022; 35:1589-1600. [PMID: 35731796 DOI: 10.1111/jeb.14039] [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: 01/30/2022] [Revised: 05/10/2022] [Accepted: 05/26/2022] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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Neotropical Primates (Platyrrhini) show great diversity in their life histories, ecology, behaviour and genetics. This diversity extends to their chromosome complements, both to autosomes and to sex chromosomes. In this contribution, we will review what is currently known about sex chromosomes in this group, both from cytogenetic and from genomic evidence. The X and Y chromosomes in Neotropical Primates, also known as New World Monkeys, have striking structural differences compared with Old World Monkeys when Catarrhini sex chromosomes are considered. The XY bivalent displays a different meiotic behaviour in prophase I, and their Y chromosome shows extensive genomic differences. Even though the most widespread sex chromosome system is the XX/XY and thus considered the ancestral one for Platyrrhini, modifications of this sexual system are observed within this group. Multiple sex chromosome systems originated from Y-autosome translocations were described in several genera (Aotus, Callimico and Alouatta). In the howler monkeys, genus Alouatta, an independent origin of the sexual systems in South American and Mesoamerican species was postulated. All the above-mentioned evidence suggests that the Y chromosome of Platyrrhini has a different evolutionary history compared with the Catarrhini Y. There is still much to understand regarding their sex chromosome systems.
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- Eliana Ruth Steinberg
- Grupo de Investigación en Biología Evolutiva (GIBE). Instituto de Ecología, Genética y Evolución de Buenos Aires (IEGEBA), Departamento de Ecología, Genética y Evolución (EGE), Facultad de Ciencias Exactas y Naturales (FCEyN), Universidad de Buenos Aires (UBA), CONICET, Ciudad Autónoma de Buenos Aires, Buenos Aires, Argentina
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- Grupo de Citogenética de Insectos. Instituto de Ecología, Genética y Evolución de Buenos Aires (IEGEBA), Departamento de Ecología, Genética y Evolución (EGE), Facultad de Ciencias Exactas y Naturales (FCEyN), Universidad de Buenos Aires (UBA), CONICET, Ciudad Autónoma de Buenos Aires, Buenos Aires, Argentina
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- Grupo de Investigación en Biología Evolutiva (GIBE). Instituto de Ecología, Genética y Evolución de Buenos Aires (IEGEBA), Departamento de Ecología, Genética y Evolución (EGE), Facultad de Ciencias Exactas y Naturales (FCEyN), Universidad de Buenos Aires (UBA), CONICET, Ciudad Autónoma de Buenos Aires, Buenos Aires, Argentina
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Steinberg ER, Sestelo AJ, Ceballos MB, Wagner V, Palermo AM, Mudry MD. Sperm Morphology in Neotropical Primates. Animals (Basel) 2019; 9:E839. [PMID: 31640171 PMCID: PMC6827008 DOI: 10.3390/ani9100839] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/21/2019] [Accepted: 07/13/2019] [Indexed: 01/21/2023] Open
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The morphological and morphometric characterization of spermatozoa has been used as a taxonomic and phylogenetic tool for different species of mammals. We evaluated and compared the sperm morphometry of five neotropical primate species: Alouatta caraya, Ateles belzebuth and Ateles chamek of family Atelidae; and Cebus cay (=Sapajus cay) and Cebus nigritus (=Sapajus nigritus) of family Cebidae. After the collection of semen samples, the following parameters were measured on 100 spermatozoa from each specimen: Head Length, Head Width, Acrosome Length, Midpiece Length, Midpiece Width and Tail Length. Considering the available literature on sperm morphometry, we gathered data of 75 individuals, from 20 species, 8 genera and 2 families. These data were superimposed on a phylogeny to infer the possible direction of evolutionary changes. Narrower and shorter spermatozoa seem to be the ancestral form for Cebidae, with a trend toward wider and larger heads in derived groups. The spermatozoa of Atelidae may show an increase in total length and midpiece length. Sperm heads would have become narrower in the more derived groups of Ateles. Sperm length may increase in the more derived species in both families. Our results are discussed in the context of sperm competition and sexual selection.
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- Eliana R Steinberg
- Grupo de Investigación en Biología Evolutiva (GIBE), EGE, IEGEBA, CONICET, FCEyN, Universidad de Buenos Aires, Pab II, Ciudad Universitaria, Intendente Güiraldes 2160, Ciudad Autónoma de Buenos Aires C1428EGA, Argentina.
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- Laboratorio de Biotecnología Reproductiva, Ecoparque Interactivo (ex ZOO de Buenos Aires), República de la India 3000, Ciudad Autónoma de Buenos Aires 1425, Argentina.
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- Laboratorio de Biotecnología Reproductiva, Ecoparque Interactivo (ex ZOO de Buenos Aires), República de la India 3000, Ciudad Autónoma de Buenos Aires 1425, Argentina.
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- Grupo de Investigación en Biología Evolutiva (GIBE), EGE, IEGEBA, CONICET, FCEyN, Universidad de Buenos Aires, Pab II, Ciudad Universitaria, Intendente Güiraldes 2160, Ciudad Autónoma de Buenos Aires C1428EGA, Argentina.
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- Grupo de Investigación en Biología Evolutiva (GIBE), EGE, IEGEBA, CONICET, FCEyN, Universidad de Buenos Aires, Pab II, Ciudad Universitaria, Intendente Güiraldes 2160, Ciudad Autónoma de Buenos Aires C1428EGA, Argentina.
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- Grupo de Investigación en Biología Evolutiva (GIBE), EGE, IEGEBA, CONICET, FCEyN, Universidad de Buenos Aires, Pab II, Ciudad Universitaria, Intendente Güiraldes 2160, Ciudad Autónoma de Buenos Aires C1428EGA, Argentina.
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Mere Roncal C, Bowler M, Gilmore MP. The ethnoprimatology of the Maijuna of the Peruvian Amazon and implications for primate conservation. JOURNAL OF ETHNOBIOLOGY AND ETHNOMEDICINE 2018; 14:19. [PMID: 29514692 PMCID: PMC5842639 DOI: 10.1186/s13002-018-0207-x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/25/2017] [Accepted: 12/11/2017] [Indexed: 06/02/2023]
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BACKGROUND In Amazonia, primates are not only an important food source but they also hold significant cultural and symbolic value for many indigenous groups. We document the relationship between primates and community members of the Maijuna indigenous community of Sucusari in the Peruvian Amazon and describe how ethnoprimatological studies provide a better understanding of the significance of primates in people's lives. Additionally, we explore how ethnoprimatological studies can help inform and enhance primate conservation initiatives. METHODS Semi-structured interviews were conducted with 50 residents of the community of Sucusari to assess the classification, cultural significance and traditional uses, beliefs, ceremonies and stories of primates within the Sucusari River basin. RESULTS Primates play an important role in the lives of individuals in the Sucusari community. They are distinguished by their arboreal lifestyle, and among the 11 species reported in the area, seven (Lagothrix lagotricha, Alouatta seniculus, Pithecia monachus, Callicebus spp., Saimiri sciureus, Leontocebus nigricollis) are highly recognized and culturally salient. Primates are used as food, medicine, pets, domestic tools and in the production of handicrafts. They are primarily hunted for local consumption, with larger primates such as L. lagotricha being preferred. Lagothrix lagotricha was also the most commonly reported pet species and the only observed pet primate in the community during surveys. Maijuna traditional beliefs include ancestral dietary taboos for A. seniculus, which are referred to as sorcerer monkeys, but this taboo is no longer fully adhered to. Maijuna traditional stories associated with primates describe the origin of primates found in Sucusari. CONCLUSION Primates are embedded in the intricate sociocultural system of the community of Sucusari. Better understanding the relationship between primates and people can help to focus conservation efforts on primate species of particularly high sociocultural importance as well as ecological value, such as L. lagotricha. We highly recommend the inclusion of ethnoprimatological studies into primate conservation initiatives to accomplish more effective conservation planning, ultimately integrating the goals of biodiversity conservation with the cultural and economic needs of indigenous and local communities.
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- Carla Mere Roncal
- Environmental Science and Policy, George Mason University, 4400 University Drive, Fairfax, VA 22030 USA
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- Institute for Conservation Research, San Diego Zoo Global, 15600 San Pasqual Valley Road, Escondido, CA 92027 USA
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- School of Integrative Studies, George Mason University, 4400 University Drive, Fairfax, VA 22030 USA
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Nunes AV, Koroiva R, Gomes Vanessa GN, Orsini VS. Distribution extension of Ateles chamek (Humboldt 1812) in the southwestern Brazilian Amazon: identification by visual evidence and fecal DNA. MAMMALIA 2017. [DOI: 10.1515/mammalia-2016-0180] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/15/2022]
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One group of Ateles chamek (Humboldt 1812) was observed during 12 days in the Vila Bela da Santíssima Trindade municipality, in the state of Mato Grosso. During that time fecal samples (n=10) were collected and molecular sequencing was used to confirm species identification. The results suggest that the particular pattern of facial hair color observed in this group may be used for differentiation from other sub-populations; however, a deeper study is required for confirmation of these results. This record represents the most southwestern observation of this species, and increases the geographic distribution of A. chamek for about 16 km into the southern Brazilian Amazon. Taking into consideration the threatened status of this species of monkey, and that this region is under constant intensive deforestation, it is important to highlight that ecological studies and conservation activities require urgent development.
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- André Valle Nunes
- Centro de Ciências Biológicas e da Saúde, Programa de Pós-Graduação em Ecologia e Conservação , Universidade Federal de Mato Grosso do Sul, Av. Costa e Silva, s/n, Cidade Universitária , 79070-900, Campo Grande , Mato Grosso do Sul , Brazil
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- Centro de Ciências Biológicas e da Saúde, Programa de Pós-Graduação em Ecologia e Conservação , Universidade Federal de Mato Grosso do Sul, Av. Costa e Silva, s/n, Cidade Universitária , 79070-900, Campo Grande , Mato Grosso do Sul , Brazil
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- Centro de Ciências Biológicas e da Saúde, Programa de Pós-Graduação em Ecologia e Conservação , Universidade Federal de Mato Grosso do Sul, Av. Costa e Silva, s/n, Cidade Universitária , 79070-900, Campo Grande , Mato Grosso do Sul , Brazil
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- Departamento de Ciências Biológicas, Programa de Pós-Graduação em Zoologia de Vertebrados, Pontifícia Universidade Católica de Minas Gerais , Av. Dom José Gaspar , 30535-610, Belo Horizonte, Minas Gerais , Brazil
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Fantini L, Jeffery NW, Pierossi P, Gregory TR, Nieves M. Qualitative and quantitative analysis of the genomes and chromosomes of spider monkeys (Primates: Atelidae). Biol J Linn Soc Lond 2016. [DOI: 10.1111/bij.12775] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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- Lucía Fantini
- Grupo de Investigación en Biología Evolutiva; Departamento de Ecología, Genética y Evolución; Facultad de Ciencias Exactas y Naturales; Universidad de Buenos Aires, IEGEBA (CONICET-UBA), Ciudad Universitaria; Buenos Aires Argentina
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- Department of Integrative Biology; University of Guelph; Guelph ON N1G 2W1 Canada
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- Department of Integrative Biology; University of Guelph; Guelph ON N1G 2W1 Canada
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- Department of Integrative Biology; University of Guelph; Guelph ON N1G 2W1 Canada
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- Grupo de Investigación en Biología Evolutiva; Departamento de Ecología, Genética y Evolución; Facultad de Ciencias Exactas y Naturales; Universidad de Buenos Aires, IEGEBA (CONICET-UBA), Ciudad Universitaria; Buenos Aires Argentina
- Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas CONICET; Buenos Aires Argentina
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Morales-Jimenez AL, Disotell T, Di Fiore A. Revisiting the phylogenetic relationships, biogeography, and taxonomy of spider monkeys (genus Ateles) in light of new molecular data. Mol Phylogenet Evol 2014; 82 Pt B:467-83. [PMID: 25451801 DOI: 10.1016/j.ympev.2014.09.019] [Citation(s) in RCA: 27] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/30/2013] [Revised: 09/10/2014] [Accepted: 09/19/2014] [Indexed: 12/29/2022]
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Spider monkeys (Ateles) are one of the most endangered groups of primates in the Neotropics. The genus is widely distributed from Mexico to the north of Bolivia and includes many morphologically distinct forms in terms of pelage color and patterning. The taxonomy, phylogenetic relationships, and biogeographic history of the genus have been subject to much debate, making scientific communication difficult and creating challenges for conservation actions. We extracted DNA from samples of all currently recognized species of spider monkeys collected from across the geographic range of the genus, sequenced ∼3.5 kilobases of coding sequence from the mitochondrial genome, and used this large dataset to (a) infer the phylogenetic relationships among the different forms of spider monkeys, (b) evaluate whether currently recognized species of spider monkeys form reciprocally monophyletic groups that are concordant with contemporary classifications, and (c) estimate divergence dates among the different lineages of Ateles. We found that all proposed species of spider monkeys for which we have samples from multiple localities indeed appear to form monophyletic groups. However, in contrast to previous studies, several of our analyses robustly inferred Ateles marginatus from northeast Brazil as the sister taxon to all other spider monkeys. A Bayesian dating analysis suggests that the most recent common ancestor of extant Ateles dates to ∼6.7 Ma, in the late Miocene, and most species-level splits within the genus took place in the late Pliocene, suggesting that the modern diversity in spider monkeys cannot be explained principally by isolation and divergence of populations in forest refugia during the Pleistocene. Based on our new phylogenetic inference and dating analysis, we propose a revised biogeographic scenario for the evolution of this genus.
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- Alba Lucia Morales-Jimenez
- Center for the Study of Human Origins, New York University, Department of Anthropology, 25 Waverly Place, New York, NY 10003, United States; Fundación Biodiversa Colombia, Cra. 22 # 41 - 80, Apto. 401, Bogotá, D.C., Colombia.
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- Center for the Study of Human Origins, New York University, Department of Anthropology, 25 Waverly Place, New York, NY 10003, United States
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- Center for the Study of Human Origins, New York University, Department of Anthropology, 25 Waverly Place, New York, NY 10003, United States; University of Texas at Austin, Primate Molecular Ecology and Evolution Laboratory, Department of Anthropology, 2201 Speedway Stop C3200, Austin, TX 78712, United States.
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Steinberg ER, Nieves M, Fantini L, Mudry MD. Primates karyological diagnosis and management programs applications. J Med Primatol 2014; 43:455-67. [DOI: 10.1111/jmp.12131] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Accepted: 04/23/2014] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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- Eliana R. Steinberg
- Grupo de Investigación en Biología Evolutiva (GIBE); Departamento de Ecología, Genética y Evolución; Facultad de Ciencias Exactas y Naturales; Universidad de Buenos Aires; IEGEBA (CONICET-UBA); Ciudad Universitaria; Buenos Aires Argentina
- Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas (CONICET); Buenos Aires Argentina
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- Grupo de Investigación en Biología Evolutiva (GIBE); Departamento de Ecología, Genética y Evolución; Facultad de Ciencias Exactas y Naturales; Universidad de Buenos Aires; IEGEBA (CONICET-UBA); Ciudad Universitaria; Buenos Aires Argentina
- Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas (CONICET); Buenos Aires Argentina
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- Grupo de Investigación en Biología Evolutiva (GIBE); Departamento de Ecología, Genética y Evolución; Facultad de Ciencias Exactas y Naturales; Universidad de Buenos Aires; IEGEBA (CONICET-UBA); Ciudad Universitaria; Buenos Aires Argentina
- Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas (CONICET); Buenos Aires Argentina
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- Grupo de Investigación en Biología Evolutiva (GIBE); Departamento de Ecología, Genética y Evolución; Facultad de Ciencias Exactas y Naturales; Universidad de Buenos Aires; IEGEBA (CONICET-UBA); Ciudad Universitaria; Buenos Aires Argentina
- Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas (CONICET); Buenos Aires Argentina
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Jameson Kiesling NM, Yi SV, Xu K, Gianluca Sperone F, Wildman DE. The tempo and mode of New World monkey evolution and biogeography in the context of phylogenomic analysis. Mol Phylogenet Evol 2014; 82 Pt B:386-99. [PMID: 24792088 DOI: 10.1016/j.ympev.2014.03.027] [Citation(s) in RCA: 48] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/22/2013] [Revised: 02/24/2014] [Accepted: 03/18/2014] [Indexed: 02/07/2023]
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The development and evolution of organisms is heavily influenced by their environment. Thus, understanding the historical biogeography of taxa can provide insights into their evolutionary history, adaptations and trade-offs realized throughout time. In the present study we have taken a phylogenomic approach to infer New World monkey phylogeny, upon which we have reconstructed the biogeographic history of extant platyrrhines. In order to generate sufficient phylogenetic signal within the New World monkey clade, we carried out a large-scale phylogenetic analysis of approximately 40 kb of non-genic genomic DNA sequence in a 36 species subset of extant New World monkeys. Maximum parsimony, maximum likelihood and Bayesian inference analysis all converged on a single optimal tree topology. Divergence dating and biogeographic analysis reconstruct the timing and geographic location of divergence events. The ancestral area reconstruction describes the geographic locations of the last common ancestor of extant platyrrhines and provides insight into key biogeographic events occurring during platyrrhine diversification. Through these analyses we conclude that the diversification of the platyrrhines took place concurrently with the establishment and diversification of the Amazon rainforest. This suggests that an expanding rainforest environment rather than geographic isolation drove platyrrhine diversification.
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- School of Biology, Institute of Bioscience and Bioengineering, Institute of Biosystems, Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, GA 30332, USA
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- School of Biology, Institute of Bioscience and Bioengineering, Institute of Biosystems, Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, GA 30332, USA
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- Department of Geology, College of Liberal Arts and Sciences, Wayne State University, Detroit, MI 48201, USA
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- Computational Genomic Medicine, Institute for Genomic Biology, Department of Molecular and Integrative Physiology, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Urbana, IL 61801, USA.
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Rylands AB, Mittermeier RA, Silva JS. Neotropical primates: taxonomy and recently described species and subspecies. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 2011. [DOI: 10.1111/j.1748-1090.2011.00152.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 106] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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- A. B. Rylands
- Conservation International; 2011 Crystal Drive; Arlington; Virginia; 22202; USA
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- Conservation International; 2011 Crystal Drive; Arlington; Virginia; 22202; USA
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- Coordenação de Zoologia; Museu Paraense Emílio Goeldi; Caixa Postal 399; Belém; Pará; 66040-170; Brazil
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Nieves M, De Oliveira EHC, Amaral PJS, Nagamachi CY, Pieczarka JC, Mühlmann MC, Mudry MD. Analysis of the heterochromatin of Cebus (Primates, Platyrrhini) by micro-FISH and banding pattern comparisons. J Genet 2011; 90:111-7. [PMID: 21677395 DOI: 10.1007/s12041-011-0047-0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/27/2022]
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The karyotype of the neotropical primate genus Cebus (Platyrrhini: Cebidae), considered the most ancestral one, shows the greatest amount of heterochromatin described among Platyrrhini genera. Banding techniques and restriction enzyme digestion have previously revealed great variability of quantity and composition of heterochromatin in this genus. In this context, we use fluorescence in situ hybridization (FISH) to analyse this genomic region and discuss its possible role in the diversification of Cebus.We used a heterochromatin probe for chromosome 11 of Cebus libidinosus (11qHe+ CLI probe), obtained by chromosome microdissection. Twenty-six specimens belonging to the families Atelidae, Cebidae, Callitrichidae and Pithecidae (Platyrrhini) were studied. Fourteen out of 26 specimens were Cebus (Cebidae) individuals of C. libidinosus, C. xanthosternos, C. apella, C. nigritus, C. albifrons, C. kaapori and C. olivaceus. In Cebus specimens, we found 6 to 22 positive signals located in interstitial and telomeric positions along the different species. No hybridization signal was observed among the remaining Ceboidea species, thus reinforcing the idea of a Cebus-specific heterochromatin composed of a complex system of repetitive sequences.
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- Mariela Nieves
- Grupo de Investigación en Biología Evolutiva, Laboratorio 46, 4° piso, Facultad de Ciencias Exactas y Naturales, Universidad de Buenos Aires, Pabellón II - Ciudad Universitaria, Intendente Güiraldes 2160 - C1428EGA, Ciudad Autónoma de Buenos Aires, Argentina.
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Voss RS, Fleck DW. Mammalian Diversity and Matses Ethnomammalogy in Amazonian Peru Part 1: Primates. BULLETIN OF THE AMERICAN MUSEUM OF NATURAL HISTORY 2011. [DOI: 10.1206/351.1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 22] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/01/2022]
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Ruiz-Garcia M, Castillo MI, Ledezma A, Leguizamon N, Sánchez R, Chinchilla M, Gutierrez-Espeleta GA. Molecular systematics and phylogeography of Cebus capucinus (Cebidae, Primates) in Colombia and Costa Rica by means of the mitochondrial COII gene. Am J Primatol 2011; 74:366-80. [DOI: 10.1002/ajp.20940] [Citation(s) in RCA: 21] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/08/2010] [Revised: 12/25/2010] [Accepted: 01/27/2011] [Indexed: 11/08/2022]
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- Manuel Ruiz-Garcia
- Laboratorio de Genética de Poblaciones Molecular y Biología Evolutiva; Departamento de Biología, Facultad de Ciencias; Pontificia Universidad Javeriana; Bogotá; DC; Colombia
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- Laboratorio de Genética de Poblaciones Molecular y Biología Evolutiva; Departamento de Biología, Facultad de Ciencias; Pontificia Universidad Javeriana; Bogotá; DC; Colombia
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- Laboratorio de Genética de Poblaciones Molecular y Biología Evolutiva; Departamento de Biología, Facultad de Ciencias; Pontificia Universidad Javeriana; Bogotá; DC; Colombia
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- Sede de Occidente; Universidad de Costa Rica; Alajuela; Costa Rica
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- Departamento de Investigación; Universidad de Ciencias Médicas; San José; Costa Rica
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Stanyon R, Garofalo F, Steinberg ER, Capozzi O, Di Marco S, Nieves M, Archidiacono N, Mudry MD. Chromosome painting in two genera of South American monkeys: species identification, conservation, and management. Cytogenet Genome Res 2011; 134:40-50. [PMID: 21335958 DOI: 10.1159/000324415] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Accepted: 11/22/2010] [Indexed: 11/19/2022] Open
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Cytogenetic studies showed that a number of New World primate taxa, particularly the genera Alouatta, Aotus, and Callicebus, have highly derived karyotypes. Cytogenetics in these primates, at every level of analysis, has contributed to the recognition of species and revealed that their number was certainly underestimated by researchers relying solely on traditional morphological data. Further attention was drawn to Alouatta and Aotus because they are characterized by translocations of the Y chromosome to autosomes, generating multiple sex chromosome systems. Here we present a report on the hybridization of human chromosome-specific paints on metaphases from 4 individuals originally assigned to Alouatta caraya and 1 individual of Aotuslemurinus. This is only the third karyotype studied with chromosome painting out of more than 10 known karyomorphs in Aotus. The banded chromosomes matched those of karyotype II as defined by Ma et al. [1976a], and we were able to more precisely assign the origin of the sample to A. l. griseimembra. Our results on the Argentinean Alouatta caraya samples were generally comparable to the banding and hybridization pattern of previous studies of A. caraya including the presence of an X(1)X(1)X(2)X(2)/X(1)X(2)Y(1)Y(2) sex chromosome system. The karyotype of the Brazilian Alouatta sample labeled as A. caraya differs from the 3 Argentinean samples by at least 10 chromosome rearrangements. The diploid number, G banding, and hybridization pattern of this female cell line was almost identical to previous painting results on Alouatta guariba guariba. Therefore we must conclude that this cell line is actually from an A. guariba guariba individual. The contribution of cytogenetic tools in identifying species or in this case assigning individuals or cell lines to their precise taxonomic allocation is stressed. Gathering further molecular cytogenetic data on New World primates should be conservation and management priorities.
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- R Stanyon
- Dipartimento di Biologia Evoluzionistica, Laboratori di Antropologia, Firenze, Italy.
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Garcia-Cruz R, Robles P, Steinberg ER, Camats N, Brieño MA, Garcia-Caldés M, Mudry MD. Pairing and recombination features during meiosis in Cebus paraguayanus (Primates: Platyrrhini). BMC Genet 2009; 10:25. [PMID: 19500368 PMCID: PMC2702343 DOI: 10.1186/1471-2156-10-25] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/23/2008] [Accepted: 06/05/2009] [Indexed: 11/10/2022] Open
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BACKGROUND Among neotropical Primates, the Cai monkey Cebus paraguayanus (CPA) presents long, conserved chromosome syntenies with the human karyotype (HSA) as well as numerous C+ blocks in different chromosome pairs.In this study, immunofluorescence (IF) against two proteins of the Synaptonemal Complex (SC), namely REC8 and SYCP1, two recombination protein markers (RPA and MLH1), and one protein involved in the pachytene checkpoint machinery (BRCA1) was performed in CPA spermatocytes in order to analyze chromosome meiotic behavior in detail. RESULTS Although in the vast majority of pachytene cells all autosomes were paired and synapsed, in a small number of nuclei the heterochromatic C-positive terminal region of bivalent 11 remained unpaired. The analysis of 75 CPA cells at pachytene revealed a mean of 43.22 MLH1 foci per nucleus and 1.07 MLH1 foci in each CPA bivalent 11, always positioned in the region homologous to HSA chromosome 21. CONCLUSION Our results suggest that C blocks undergo delayed pairing and synapsis, although they do not interfere with the general progress of pairing and synapsis.
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- Raquel Garcia-Cruz
- Unitat de Biologia Cellular i Genètica Mèdica, Facultat de Medicina, Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, Spain
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- Unitat de Biologia Cellular i Genètica Mèdica, Facultat de Medicina, Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, Spain
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- Grupo de Investigación en Biología Evolutiva (GIBE), CONICET, Departamento de Ecología, Genética y Evolución, FCEyN, Universidad de Buenos Aires, Buenos Aires, Argentina
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- Unitat de Biologia Cellular i Genètica Mèdica, Facultat de Medicina, Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, Spain
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- Unitat de Biologia Cellular i Genètica Mèdica, Facultat de Medicina, Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, Spain
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- Unitat de Biologia Cellular i Genètica Mèdica, Facultat de Medicina, Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, Spain
- Grupo de Investigación en Biología Evolutiva (GIBE), Departamento de Ecología, Genética y Evolución, FCEyN, UBA, Cdad, Universitaria, Pabellón II, 4to Piso, Lab 46 (1428 EHA), Cdad, Autónoma de Bs As, Buenos Aires, Argentina
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- Grupo de Investigación en Biología Evolutiva (GIBE), CONICET, Departamento de Ecología, Genética y Evolución, FCEyN, Universidad de Buenos Aires, Buenos Aires, Argentina
- Grupo de Investigación en Biología Evolutiva (GIBE), Departamento de Ecología, Genética y Evolución, FCEyN, UBA, Cdad, Universitaria, Pabellón II, 4to Piso, Lab 46 (1428 EHA), Cdad, Autónoma de Bs As, Buenos Aires, Argentina
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Evolutionary inferences on the diversity of the genus Aotus (Platyrrhini, Cebidae) from mitochondrial cytochrome c oxidase subunit II gene sequences. Mol Phylogenet Evol 2009; 51:382-7. [PMID: 19405201 DOI: 10.1016/j.ympev.2009.01.005] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/22/2022]
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Steinberg ER, Nieves M, Ascunce MS, Palermo AM, Mudry MD. Morphological and Genetic Characterization of Saimiri boliviensis. INT J PRIMATOL 2009. [DOI: 10.1007/s10764-008-9328-8] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [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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Mudry M, Nieves M, Bolzán A. Chromosomal localization of the telomeric (TTAGGG)n sequence in eight species of New World Primates (Neotropical Primates, Platyrrhini). Cytogenet Genome Res 2008; 119:221-4. [DOI: 10.1159/000112064] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Accepted: 10/15/2007] [Indexed: 02/03/2023] Open
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Do Nascimento FF, Bonvicino CR, Seuánez HN. Population genetic studies of Alouatta caraya (Alouattinae, Primates): inferences on geographic distribution and ecology. Am J Primatol 2007; 69:1093-104. [PMID: 17330870 DOI: 10.1002/ajp.20423] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/07/2022]
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Cytochrome b DNA sequence data (ca. 1,140 bp) of 44 Alouatta caraya, including 42 specimens from three localities of Brazil and two from Bolivia, were used for phylogenetic reconstructions and population studies. Seventeen haplotypes were identified, eight of which were present in more than one individual. Seven of these eight haplotypes were shared by individuals from a same locality and one by individuals from two localities. We found 26 variable sites along the entire gene, consisting of 18 transitions and eight transversions; most replacements occurring at the third codon position (65.39%) in contrast to first and second positions (26.92 and 7.69%, respectively). In the sample collected at Chapada dos Guimarães (Brazil), nucleotide and haplotype diversity estimates were pi=0.002325 and h=0.8772, respectively. Maximum parsimony analysis grouped all haplotypes in two clades, separating Bolivian haplotypes from Brazilian haplotypes, the grouping of which did not show a straightforward correspondence with geographic distribution. Median-joining and TCS network pointed to haplotypes 11 or 12 as the most likely ancestral ones. Mismatch distribution and the goodness-of-fit test (SSD estimate=0.0027; P=0.6999) indicated that the population from Chapada dos Guimarães experienced a demographic expansion, in agreement with the median-joining star-like pattern, although this finding could not be confirmed by Fu's F(s) test.
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- Fabrícia F Do Nascimento
- Pos-graduate Programme in Molecular and Cell Biology, Instituto Oswaldo Cruz, FIOCRUZ, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
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Steinberg ER, Nieves M, Mudry MD. Meiotic characterization and sex determination system of neotropical primates: Bolivian squirrel monkey Saimiri boliviensis (primates: Cebidae). Am J Primatol 2007; 69:1236-41. [PMID: 17387714 DOI: 10.1002/ajp.20430] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/09/2022]
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The chromosomal sex determination system differs among platyrrhine monkeys more than any other group of primates. Although a number of studies have investigated mitotic chromosomes across platyrrhine species, the meiotic chromosomes of many genera have not yet been described. The goal of this study was to characterize the sex determination system of Saimiri boliviensis. We described for the first time the meiotic cycle, confirming the sexual system in germ cells from testicular biopsies of four adult male S. boliviensis. All specimens were weighed and testicular volume was measured. We observed 22 bivalents corresponding to 2N = 44, and a "human-like" XY bivalent was found in diakinesis/metaphase I. In addition, mitotic studies from blood samples of both sexes were performed and G- and C-banding patterns agreed with previously reported karylogy of S. boliviensis boliviensis. Further meiotic studies should be performed in New World primates based on the great value of those studies for systematic evolutionary biology and conservation programs.
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- Eliana R Steinberg
- Grupo de Investigación en Biología Evolutiva (GIBE), CONICET, Departamento de Ecología, Genética y Evolución, Universidad de Buenos Aires, Ciudad Universitaria, Pab. II, 4 degrees piso, Lab 46, (1428EHA), Buenos Aires, Argentina.
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