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Guzmán-Markevich K, Roco ÁS, Ruiz-García A, Bullejos M. Cytogenetic Analysis in the Toad Species Bufo spinosus, Bufotes viridis and Epidalea calamita (Anura, Bufonidae) from the Mediterranean Area. Genes (Basel) 2022; 13:genes13081475. [PMID: 36011385 PMCID: PMC9408106 DOI: 10.3390/genes13081475] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/28/2022] [Revised: 08/13/2022] [Accepted: 08/14/2022] [Indexed: 11/06/2022] Open
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Taxonomy in Bufonidae witnessed notable transformations. Bufotes viridis and Epidalea calamita, previously included in genus Bufo, were relocated in other genera, while the genus Bufo was restricted to members of the earlier Bufo bufo group. On the other hand, Bufo bufo sensu lato now includes four species: Bufo bufo, Bufo spinosus, Bufo verrucosissimus and Bufo eichwaldi. In this study, we examined three species of three Bufonidae genera (B. spinosus, B. viridis and E. calamita) by conventional (C-banding and Ag-NOR staining) and molecular (in situ hybridization with probes for telomeric repeats and rDNA loci, and genomic in situ hybridization (GISH)) cytogenetic methods. C-banding patterns are reported for the first time for B. spinosus and E. calamita populations from Iberian Peninsula and for B. viridis from Greece, and reveal several differences with the reported C-banded karyotypes described for other European populations of these species. Silver staining shows size heteromorphisms of the signals at the Nucleolar Organizing Region (NOR). By contrast, FISH with ribosomal probes only reveal size heteromorphism of rDNA sequences in E. calamita, suggesting that the differences observed after silver staining in B. spinosus and B. viridis should be attributed to differences in chromosomal condensation and/or gene activity rather than to differences in the copy number for ribosomal genes. Regarding telomeric repeats, E. calamita is the only species with interstitial telomeric sequences (ITS) located on centromeric regions, probably originated by accumulation of telomeric sequences in the centromeric heterochromatin. Finally, we analyzed the composition and distribution of repetitive sequences by genome in situ hybridization. These experiments reveal the accumulation of repetitive sequences in centromeric regions of the three species, although these sequences are not conserved when species from different genera are compared.
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Ali HBM, Osman SA. Ribosomal DNA localization on Lathyrus species chromosomes by FISH. J Genet Eng Biotechnol 2020; 18:63. [PMID: 33079306 PMCID: PMC7575666 DOI: 10.1186/s43141-020-00075-1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/04/2020] [Accepted: 09/22/2020] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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BACKGROUND Fluorescence In Situ Hybridization (FISH) played an essential role to locate the ribosomal RNA genes on the chromosomes that offered a new tool to study the chromosome structure and evolution in plant. The 45S and 5S rRNA genes are independent and localized at one or more loci per the chromosome complement, their positions along chromosomes offer useful markers for chromosome discriminations. In the current study FISH has been performed to locate 45S and 5S rRNA genes on the chromosomes of nine Lathyrus species belong to five different sections, all have chromosome number 2n=14, Lathyrus gorgoni Parl, Lathyrus hirsutus L., Lathyrus amphicarpos L., Lathyrus odoratus L., Lathyrus sphaericus Retz, Lathyrus incospicuus L, Lathyrus paranensis Burkart, Lathyrus nissolia L., and Lathyrus articulates L. RESULTS The revealed loci of 45S and 5S rDNA by FISH on metaphase chromosomes of the examined species were as follow: all of the studied species have one 45S rDNA locus and one 5S rDNA locus except L. odoratus L., L. amphicarpos L. and L. sphaericus Retz L. have two loci of 5S rDNA. Three out of the nine examined species have the loci of 45S and 5S rRNA genes on the opposite arms of the same chromosome (L. nissolia L., L. amphicarpos L., and L. incospicuus L.), while L. hirsutus L. has both loci on the same chromosome arm. The other five species showed the loci of the two types of rDNA on different chromosomes. CONCLUSION The detected 5S and 45S rDNA loci in Lathyrus could be used as chromosomal markers to discriminate the chromosome pairs of the examined species. FISH could discriminate only one chromosome pair out of the seven pairs in three species, in L. hirsutus L., L. nissolia L. and L. incospicuus L., and two chromosome pairs in five species, in L. paranensis Burkart, L. odoratus L., L. amphicarpos L., L. gorgoni Parl. and L. articulatus L., while it could discriminate three chromosome pairs in L. sphaericus Retz. these results could contribute into the physical genome mapping of Lathyrus species and the evolution of rDNA patterns by FISH in the coming studies in future.
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- Hoda B. M. Ali
- Genetics and Cytology Department, Genetic Engineering and Biotechnology Research Division, National Research Centre, Giza, P.O. 12622 Egypt
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- Genetics and Cytology Department, Genetic Engineering and Biotechnology Research Division, National Research Centre, Giza, P.O. 12622 Egypt
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Chalup L, Samoluk SS, Neffa VS, Seijo G. Karyotype characterization and evolution in South American species of Lathyrus (Notolathyrus, Leguminosae) evidenced by heterochromatin and rDNA mapping. JOURNAL OF PLANT RESEARCH 2015; 128:893-908. [PMID: 26440502 DOI: 10.1007/s10265-015-0756-1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/15/2015] [Accepted: 06/28/2015] [Indexed: 06/05/2023]
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Notolathyrus is a section of South American endemic species of the genus Lathyrus. The origin, phylogenetic relationship and delimitation of some species are still controversial. The present study provides an exhaustive analysis of the karyotypes of approximately half (10) of the species recognized for section Notolathyrus and four outgroups (sections Lathyrus and Orobus) by cytogenetic mapping of heterochromatic bands and 45S and 5S rDNA loci. The bulk of the parameters analyzed here generated markers to identify most of the chromosomes in the complements of the analyzed species. Chromosome banding showed interspecific variation in the amount and distribution of heterochromatin, and together with the distribution of rDNA loci, allowed the characterization of all the species studied here. Additionally, some of the chromosome parameters described (st chromosomes and the 45S rDNA loci) constitute the first diagnostic characters for the Notolathyrus section. Evolutionary, chromosome data revealed that the South American species are a homogeneous group supporting the monophyly of the section. Variation in the amount of heterochromatin was not directly related to the variation in DNA content of the Notolathyrus species. However, the correlation observed between the amount of heterochromatin and some geographical and bioclimatic variables suggest that the variation in the heterochromatic fraction should have an adaptive value.
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- Laura Chalup
- Instituto de Botánica del Nordeste (UNNE-CONICET), Facultad de Ciencias Agrarias, CC 209, 3400, Corrientes, Argentina.
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- Instituto de Botánica del Nordeste (UNNE-CONICET), Facultad de Ciencias Agrarias, CC 209, 3400, Corrientes, Argentina
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- Instituto de Botánica del Nordeste (UNNE-CONICET), Facultad de Ciencias Agrarias, CC 209, 3400, Corrientes, Argentina
- Facultad de Ciencias Exactas y Naturales y Agrimensura (UNNE), Av. Libertad 5460, 3400, Corrientes, Argentina
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- Instituto de Botánica del Nordeste (UNNE-CONICET), Facultad de Ciencias Agrarias, CC 209, 3400, Corrientes, Argentina
- Facultad de Ciencias Exactas y Naturales y Agrimensura (UNNE), Av. Libertad 5460, 3400, Corrientes, Argentina
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Oliveira VM, Mansanares ME, Semir J, Forni-Martins ER. Karyotype characterization of two populations of Vernonia geminata (Asteraceae, Vernonieae) using banding and FISH techniques. GENETICS AND MOLECULAR RESEARCH 2012; 11:4204-12. [PMID: 23079987 DOI: 10.4238/2012.september.25.1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/03/2022]
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In order to extend our knowledge concerning karyotypes of the genus Vernonia, we applied various techniques of chromosome banding, including AgNOR and triple staining with the fluorochromes CMA/DA/DAPI (CDD), and of fluorescent in situ hybridization (FISH) for the 45S rDNA probe to specimens of two populations of Vernonia geminata collected from an open-pasture area, in southern Brazil. B chromosomes were observed in one of the populations. Both populations of V. geminata presented a pair of CMA(3)(+) terminal bands and one pair of chromosomes with terminal AgNOR banding. The FISH evidenced, in one population, two pairs of small sites of 45S rDNA; these being two small terminal sites and two centromeric sites. In the other population, there was only one pair of small terminal sites and two sites in two B chromosomes, one in each chromosome. There was coincidence of localization between CMA(+) and NOR bands with one of the small terminal sites of 45S rDNA of one chromosome of the normal complement, but not in B chromosomes.
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- V M Oliveira
- Laboratório de Biossistemática e Evolução, Departamento de Biologia Vegetal, Instituto de Biologia, Universidade Estadual de Campinas, Campinas, SP, Brasil
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Badr S, Mustafa AEZ, Taher W, Sammour RH. Genetic Variability in Lathyrus spp. as Revealed by Karyotype Analysis. CYTOLOGIA 2009. [DOI: 10.1508/cytologia.74.101] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/16/2022]
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- Salwa Badr
- Botany department, Faculty of Science, Tanta University
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- Botany department, Faculty of Science, Tanta University
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Badr SF. Karyotype analysis and chromosome evolution in species of Lathyrus (Fabaceae). Pak J Biol Sci 2007; 10:49-56. [PMID: 19069985 DOI: 10.3923/pjbs.2007.49.56] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/15/2022]
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The karyotypes of 21 accessions of Lathyrus L. belonging to four sections were investigated. Although all the species have a chromosome number of 2n = 14, they could be differentiated by their karyotype formula and quantitative parameters of the karyotypes. Phenetic distance showed that in spite of the differences observed among entitied, they can be grouped in clusters that coincide with the taxonomic sections established by Kupicha and with the life cycle of the species. The section Clymenum can be distinguished by the presence of a subtelocentric pair. From an evolutionary point of view, variation in genome size, however, is congruent with morphological variation as well as with the life cycle.
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- Salwa Fahmy Badr
- Department of Botany, Faculty of Science, Tanta University, Tanta, Egypt
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Meywald T, Scherthan H, Nagl W. Increased specificity of colloidal silver staining by means of chemical attenuation. Hereditas 2004; 124:63-70. [PMID: 8690615 DOI: 10.1111/j.1601-5223.1996.00063.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/01/2023] Open
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A modification of the silver staining procedure of Howell and Black (1980) is reported which makes use of teleostean gelatin as protective colloid and renders a high signal-to-noise ratio. We demonstrate that this ratio can be further increased by subsequent attenuation with a chemical reducer consisting of a mixture of potassium ferricyanide (III) and sodium thiosulphate. It is shown that slight changes of the concentration of the reactive compounds of the chemical reducer make the protocol applicable to human, plant (Aliium cepa, Rhinanthus minor) as well as meiotic insect (Acheta domesticus) chromosome preparations. Due to its broad applicability, the method could find utilization in studies on chromatin and chromosome functions in many species.
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- T Meywald
- Dept. of Cell Biology, The University, Kaiserslautern, Germany
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Ali HB, Meister A, Schubert I. DNA content, rDNA loci, and DAPI bands reflect the phylogenetic distance between Lathyrus species. Genome 2000; 43:1027-32. [PMID: 11195334 DOI: 10.1139/g00-070] [Citation(s) in RCA: 30] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/22/2022]
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The nuclear DNA content, the proportion of A+T base pairs, the chromosomal positions of 5S and 25S rRNA genes, as well as of DAPI (4,6-diamidino-2-phenylindole) bands are described for seven species belonging to three different sections of the genus Lathyrus. These data and chromosome measurements allowed to establish precise idiograms and to discriminate most of the chromosome pairs of the seven species. The karyotypic features correlate well with the phylogenetic distances between these species.
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- H B Ali
- Institut für Pflanzengenetik und Kulturpflanzenforschung, Gatersleben, Germany
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Klamt A, Schifino-Wittmann MT. Karyotype morphology and evolution in some Lathyrus (Fabaceae) species of southern Brazil. Genet Mol Biol 2000. [DOI: 10.1590/s1415-47572000000200036] [Citation(s) in RCA: 23] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/21/2022] Open
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The karyotypes of Lathyrus nervosus Lam., L. pubescens Hook. et Arn., L. paranensis Burk. and L. crassipes Gill ap. Hook et Arn., native to Rio Grande do Sul (southern Brazil), are described in detail for the first time. All taxa have 2n = 14 chromosomes. The karyotypic formulae were 2 m + 12 sm for L. nervosus, L. pubescens and L. paranensis and 4 m + 10 sm for L. crassipes. In all species, the smallest chromosome pair bore a secondary constriction with a satellite in the long arm. Intraspecific variability in the position and number of secondary constrictions was observed in L. nervosus and L. pubescens. All of the species had a conservative and similar karyotype morphology, but differed in total complement size by as much as 20% between the highest (L. nervosus) and lowest (L. crassipes) values. These results suggest that changes in chromosome size during evolution have been similar for all the chromosomes of the complement. Together with data on the life cycle and mode of reproduction, these results also indicate that L. crassipes is a derived taxon, if an evolutionary trend towards a decrease in chromosome size is accepted.
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Battistin A, Biondo E, Coelho LGM. Chromosomal characterization of three native and one cultivated species of Lathyrus L. in Southern Brazil. Genet Mol Biol 1999. [DOI: 10.1590/s1415-47571999000400016] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/21/2022] Open
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Mitotic metaphase chromosomes and interphase nuclei of nine populations of three South American species of Lathyrus (L. pubescens, L. nervosus and L. crassipes) and six populations of the cultivated species L. odoratus were analyzed. All populations had 2n = 2x = 14 chromosomes. There were significant differences among populations within each species and among species in the number of metacentric, submetacentric and subtelocentric chromosomes, the number and location of secondary constrictions, chromosome length (longest and shortest), total haploid complement, arm ratio, and centromeric index. L. odoratus showed the highest tendency towards karyotype symmetry whereas the three South American species showed a moderate tendency towards asymmetry, with L. pubescens being the most asymmetrical. Silver staining was used to identify the nucleolar organizer regions (NORs) and the number of nucleoli per interphase nucleus in each species. In L. pubescens and L. nervosus, the NORs were located on the secondary constriction of the long arm of pair 7, in L. crassipes, the NOR was proximal being located in the pair of metacentric chromosomes, and in L. odoratus there were four terminal NORs on the short arms of pairs 4 and 5. The four species had a maximum of four nucleoli per interphase nucleus, indicating the presence of four regions with active ribosomal genes in each case.
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Lorite P, Aránega AE, Luque F, Palomeque T. Analysis of the nucleolar organizing regions in the ant Tapinoma nigerrimum (Hymenoptera, Formicidae). Heredity (Edinb) 1997; 78 ( Pt 6):578-82. [PMID: 9203352 DOI: 10.1038/hdy.1997.96] [Citation(s) in RCA: 27] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/04/2023] Open
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This study analyses the NORs of Tapinoma nigerrimum, a species that, as known from previous studies, has various chromosomes which carry a NOR site. The analysis was made by a combination of three methods: silver nitrate staining, in situ hybridization with fluorescein-or digoxigenin-labelled probes, and staining with the CG-specific fluorochrome chromomycin A3. The silver staining technique showed an Ag-positive region on chromosome 6 and on various other chromosomes. However, the application of in situ hybridization techniques showed only one positive signal in the proximal region of the short arm of chromosome 6 of T. nigerrimum. Similar results were observed by CMA banding. The absence of rDNA genes or the presence of only a small number of these, not detectable with the above probes, might explain the absence of hybridization signal in the remaining chromosomes.
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- P Lorite
- Departamento de Biologia Experimental, Universidad de Jaén, Spain
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Murray BG, Davies BJ. An improved method for preparing the chromosomes of pines and other gymnosperms. Biotech Histochem 1996; 71:115-7. [PMID: 8724435 DOI: 10.3109/10520299609117146] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/01/2023] Open
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A simple technic is described to produce well spread gymnosperm chromosomes. Root tip meristems are digested with a pectinase:cellulase mixture to produce a cell suspension which then is squashed to yield flat, well spread chromosome complements that can be stained or used for in situ hybridization.
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- B G Murray
- School of Biological Sciences, University of Auckland, New Zealand
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Zhu J, Gardiner S, Lay-Yee M. Physical mapping of three fruit ripening genes: Endopolygalacturonase, ACC oxidase and ACC synthase from apple (Malus x domestica) in an apple rootstock A106 (Malus sieboldii). Cell Res 1995. [DOI: 10.1038/cr.1995.23] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/09/2022] Open
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