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Gilles A, Thevenin Y, Dione F, Martin JF, Barascud B, Chappaz R, Pech N. Breaking the reproductive barrier of divergent species to explore the genomic landscape. Front Genet 2022; 13:963341. [PMID: 36212150 PMCID: PMC9538152 DOI: 10.3389/fgene.2022.963341] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/07/2022] [Accepted: 09/02/2022] [Indexed: 11/30/2022] Open
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Background: Climate change will have significant consequences for species. Species range shifts induce the emergence of new hybrid zones or the spatial displacement of pre-existing ones. These hybrid zones may become more porous as alleles are passed from one species to another. Currently, hybridization between highly divergent species living in sympatry seems extremely limited. Indeed, this phenomenon involves breaking two barriers. The first is the pre-mating barrier, related to the reproductive phenology of the two species. The second is the post-zygotic barrier, related to the genetic divergence between these species. Here, we were interested in identifying new hybridization patterns and potential implications, especially in the context of environmental modifications. Methods: We sampled Telestes souffia and Parachondrostoma toxostoma wild specimens from different locations across France and genotyped them for SNP markers. We identified discriminant loci using F1-hybrid specimens and parental species and performed principal component analysis and Bayesian model-based clustering to analyze phylogenetic information. Furthermore, we assessed deviation in allele frequency from F1 to F2 and for Hardy–Weinberg equilibrium for F2 and assessed gene function associated with two F2 cohorts. Results: We demonstrate that by breaking the ecological barrier, massive introgressive hybridization is possible between two endemic lineages of Cyprinidae belonging to two distinct genera. For both cohorts studied (=2 cm and >2 cm), a large majority of loci (>88%) presented no deviation in allele frequency and no departure from the Hardy–Weinberg equilibrium. For individuals beyond the 2 cm stage, two phenomena were observed. The first was an allelic imbalance in favor of P. toxostoma, for some genomic regions, with genes involved in developmental regulatory processes, cytoskeletal organization, and chromosome organization. The second was an excess of heterozygous loci coupled with an equilibrium of allelic frequencies for genes involved in immune response and kidney/liver development. Moreover, the 2 cm-sized specimens with high mortality yielded a particular genomic signature. Conclusion: Our study displayed important results for understanding the early stages of hybridization between divergent lineages and predicting the emergence of future hybrid zones in the wild. Moreover, this hybridization generates a wide spectrum of hybrids that are a potential source of important evolutionary novelties.
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- A. Gilles
- Aix Marseille University, INRAE, UMR 1467 RECOVER, Centre Saint-Charles, Marseille, France
- *Correspondence: A. Gilles,
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- Aix Marseille University, INRAE, UMR 1467 RECOVER, Centre Saint-Charles, Marseille, France
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- Aix Marseille University, INRAE, UMR 1467 RECOVER, Centre Saint-Charles, Marseille, France
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- CBGP, Montpellier SupAgro, INRA, CIRAD, IRD, Université Montpellier, Montpellier, France
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- Aix Marseille University, INRAE, UMR 1467 RECOVER, Centre Saint-Charles, Marseille, France
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- Aix Marseille University, INRAE, UMR 1467 RECOVER, Centre Saint-Charles, Marseille, France
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- Aix Marseille University, INRAE, UMR 1467 RECOVER, Centre Saint-Charles, Marseille, France
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Nedoluzhko A, Sharko F, Tsygankova S, Boulygina E, Slobodova N, Teslyuk A, Galindo-Villegas J, Rastorguev S. Intergeneric hybridization of two stickleback species leads to introgression of membrane-associated genes and invasive TE expansion. Front Genet 2022; 13:863547. [PMID: 36092944 PMCID: PMC9452749 DOI: 10.3389/fgene.2022.863547] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/31/2022] [Accepted: 07/20/2022] [Indexed: 12/03/2022] Open
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Interspecific hybridization has occurred relatively frequently during the evolution of vertebrates. This process usually abolishes reproductive isolation between the parental species. Moreover, it results in the exchange of genetic material and can lead to hybridogenic speciation. Hybridization between species has predominately been observed at the interspecific level, whereas intergeneric hybridization is rarer. Here, using whole-genome sequencing analysis, we describe clear and reliable signals of intergeneric introgression between the three-spined stickleback (Gasterosteus aculeatus) and its distant mostly freshwater relative the nine-spined stickleback (Pungitius pungitius) that inhabit northwestern Russia. Through comparative analysis, we demonstrate that such introgression phenomena apparently take place in the moderate-salinity White Sea basin, although it is not detected in Japanese sea stickleback populations. Bioinformatical analysis of the sites influenced by introgression showed that they are located near transposable elements, whereas those in protein-coding sequences are mostly found in membrane-associated and alternative splicing-related genes.
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- Artem Nedoluzhko
- Paleogenomics Laboratory, European University at Saint Petersburg, Saint Petersburg, Russia
- Limited Liability Company ELGENE, Moscow, Russia
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- Limited Liability Company ELGENE, Moscow, Russia
- Laboratory of Vertebrate Genomics and Epigenomics, Research Center of Biotechnology of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Moscow, Russia
- Laboratory of Bioinformatics and Big Data Analysis, Kurchatov Center for Genomic Research, National Research Center “Kurchatov Institute”, Moscow, Russia
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- Laboratory of Eukaryotic Genomics, Kurchatov Center for Genomic Research, National Research Center “Kurchatov Institute”, Moscow, Russia
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- Laboratory of Eukaryotic Genomics, Kurchatov Center for Genomic Research, National Research Center “Kurchatov Institute”, Moscow, Russia
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- Laboratory of Eukaryotic Genomics, Kurchatov Center for Genomic Research, National Research Center “Kurchatov Institute”, Moscow, Russia
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- National Research Center “Kurchatov Institute”, Moscow, Russia
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- Faculty of Biosciences and Aquaculture, Nord University, Bodø, Norway
- *Correspondence: Jorge Galindo-Villegas, ; Sergey Rastorguev,
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- Limited Liability Company ELGENE, Moscow, Russia
- Laboratory of Bioinformatics and Big Data Analysis, Kurchatov Center for Genomic Research, National Research Center “Kurchatov Institute”, Moscow, Russia
- *Correspondence: Jorge Galindo-Villegas, ; Sergey Rastorguev,
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Behling AH, Winter DJ, Ganley ARD, Cox MP. Cross-kingdom transcriptomic trends in the evolution of hybrid gene expression. J Evol Biol 2022; 35:1126-1137. [PMID: 35830478 PMCID: PMC9546207 DOI: 10.1111/jeb.14059] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/11/2021] [Accepted: 06/13/2022] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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Hybridization is a route to speciation that occurs widely across the eukaryote tree of life. The success of allopolyploids (hybrid species with increased ploidy) and homoploid hybrids (with unchanged ploidy) is well documented. However, their formation and establishment is not straightforward, with a suite of near‐instantaneous and longer term biological repercussions faced by the new species. Central to these challenges is the rewiring of gene regulatory networks following the merger of distinct genomes inherited from both parental species. Research on the evolution of hybrid gene expression has largely involved studies on a single hybrid species or a few gene families. Here, we present the first standardized transcriptome‐wide study exploring the fates of genes following hybridization across three kingdoms: animals, plants and fungi. Within each kingdom, we pair an allopolyploid system with a closely related homoploid hybrid to decouple the influence of increased ploidy from genome merger. Genome merger, not changes in ploidy, has the greatest effect on posthybridization expression patterns across all study systems. Strikingly, we find that differentially expressed genes in parent species preferentially switch to more similar expression in hybrids across all kingdoms, likely as a consequence of regulatory trans‐acting cross‐talk within the hybrid nucleus. We also highlight the prevalence of gene loss or silencing among extremely differentially expressed genes in hybrid species across all kingdoms. These shared patterns suggest that the evolutionary process of hybridization leads to common high‐level expression outcomes, regardless of the particular species or kingdom.
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- Anna H Behling
- School of Natural Sciences, Massey University, Palmerston North, New Zealand
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- School of Natural Sciences, Massey University, Palmerston North, New Zealand
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- School of Biological Sciences, University of Auckland, Auckland, New Zealand
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- School of Natural Sciences, Massey University, Palmerston North, New Zealand
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Nedoluzhko A, Sharko F, Tsygankova S, Boulygina E, Ibragimova A, Teslyuk A, Galindo-Villegas J, Rastorguev S. Genomic evidence supports the introgression between two sympatric stickleback species inhabiting the White Sea basin. Heliyon 2021; 7:e06160. [PMID: 33604473 PMCID: PMC7875830 DOI: 10.1016/j.heliyon.2021.e06160] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/02/2020] [Revised: 11/16/2020] [Accepted: 01/27/2021] [Indexed: 11/26/2022] Open
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Interspecies hybridization is driven by a complex interplay of factors where introgression plays an important role. In the present study, the transfer of genetic material, between two quite distant fish species from different genera, through spontaneous hybridization was documented with dedicated molecular and bioinformatics tools. We investigate the genomic landscape of putative stickleback-relative introgression by carefully analyzing the tractable transposable elements (TE) on the admixed genome of some individuals of two sympatric stickleback species inhabiting northwestern Russia, namely the three-spined (Gasterosteus aculeatus) and the nine-spined (Pungitius pungitius) sticklebacks. Our data revealed that unique TE amplification types exist, supporting our proposed hypothesis that infers on the interspecific introgression. By running a restriction site-associated DNA sequencing (RAD-Seq) with eight samples of G. aculeatus and P. pungitius and subjecting further the results to a contrasting analysis by variated bioinformatic tools, we identified the related introgression-linked markers. The admixture nature observed in a single sample of the nine-spined stickleback demonstrated the possible traces of remote introgression between these two species. Our work reveals the potential that introgression has on providing particular variants at a high-frequency speed while linking blocks of sequence with multiple functional mutations. However, even though our results are of significant interest, an increased number of samples displaying the introgression are required to further ascertain our conclusions.
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- Artem Nedoluzhko
- Faculty of Biosciences and Aquaculture, Nord University, 8049 Bodø, Norway
- Corresponding author.
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- Institute of Bioengineering, Research Center of Biotechnology of the Russian Academy of Sciences, 119071, Moscow, Russia
- National Research Center “Kurchatov Institute”, 123182 Moscow, Russia
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- National Research Center “Kurchatov Institute”, 123182 Moscow, Russia
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- National Research Center “Kurchatov Institute”, 123182 Moscow, Russia
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- National Research Center “Kurchatov Institute”, 123182 Moscow, Russia
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- Faculty of Biosciences and Aquaculture, Nord University, 8049 Bodø, Norway
- Corresponding author.
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- National Research Center “Kurchatov Institute”, 123182 Moscow, Russia
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Boštjančić LL, Bonassin L, Anušić L, Lovrenčić L, Besendorfer V, Maguire I, Grandjean F, Austin CM, Greve C, Hamadou AB, Mlinarec J. The Pontastacus leptodactylus (Astacidae) Repeatome Provides Insight Into Genome Evolution and Reveals Remarkable Diversity of Satellite DNA. Front Genet 2021; 11:611745. [PMID: 33552130 PMCID: PMC7859515 DOI: 10.3389/fgene.2020.611745] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/29/2020] [Accepted: 12/21/2020] [Indexed: 12/14/2022] Open
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Pontastacus leptodactylus is a native European crayfish species found in both freshwater and brackish environments. It has commercial importance for fisheries and aquaculture industries. Up till now, most studies concerning P. leptodactylus have focused onto gaining knowledge about its phylogeny and population genetics. However, little is known about the chromosomal evolution and genome organization of this species. Therefore, we performed clustering analysis of a low coverage genomic dataset to identify and characterize repetitive DNA in the P. leptodactylus genome. In addition, the karyogram of P. leptodactylus (2n = 180) is presented here for the first time consisting of 75 metacentric, 14 submetacentric, and a submetacentric/metacentric heteromorphic chromosome pair. We determined the genome size to be at ~18.7 gigabase pairs. Repetitive DNA represents about 54.85% of the genome. Satellite DNA repeats are the most abundant type of repetitive DNA, making up to ~28% of the total amount of repetitive elements, followed by the Ty3/Gypsy retroelements (~15%). Our study established a surprisingly high diversity of satellite repeats in P. leptodactylus. The genome of P. leptodactylus is by far the most satellite-rich genome discovered to date with 258 satellite families described. Of the five mapped satellite DNA families on chromosomes, PlSAT3-411 co-localizes with the AT-rich DAPI positive probable (peri)centromeric heterochromatin on all chromosomes, while PlSAT14-79 co-localizes with the AT-rich DAPI positive (peri)centromeric heterochromatin on one chromosome and is also located subterminally and intercalary on some chromosomes. PlSAT1-21 is located intercalary in the vicinity of the (peri)centromeric heterochromatin on some chromosomes, while PlSAT6-70 and PlSAT7-134 are located intercalary on some P. leptodactylus chromosomes. The FISH results reveal amplification of interstitial telomeric repeats (ITRs) in P. leptodactylus. The prevalence of repetitive elements, especially the satellite DNA repeats, may have provided a driving force for the evolution of the P. leptodactylus genome.
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- Division of Molecular Biology, Department of Biology, University of Zagreb, Zagreb, Croatia
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- Division of Molecular Biology, Department of Biology, University of Zagreb, Zagreb, Croatia
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- Division of Zoology, Department of Biology, University of Zagreb, Zagreb, Croatia
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- Division of Molecular Biology, Department of Biology, University of Zagreb, Zagreb, Croatia
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- Division of Zoology, Department of Biology, University of Zagreb, Zagreb, Croatia
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- Laboratoire Ecologie Biologie des Interactions-UMR CNRS 7267, University of Poitiers, Poitiers, France
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- Centre of Integrative Ecology, School of Life and Environmental Sciences Deakin University, Geelong, VIC, Australia
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- LOEWE Centre for Translational Biodiversity Genomics (LOEWE-TBG), Frankfurt, Germany
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- LOEWE Centre for Translational Biodiversity Genomics (LOEWE-TBG), Frankfurt, Germany
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- Division of Molecular Biology, Department of Biology, University of Zagreb, Zagreb, Croatia
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Sember A, Pelikánová Š, de Bello Cioffi M, Šlechtová V, Hatanaka T, Do Doan H, Knytl M, Ráb P. Taxonomic Diversity Not Associated with Gross Karyotype Differentiation: The Case of Bighead Carps, Genus Hypophthalmichthys (Teleostei, Cypriniformes, Xenocyprididae). Genes (Basel) 2020; 11:E479. [PMID: 32354012 PMCID: PMC7291238 DOI: 10.3390/genes11050479] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/26/2020] [Revised: 03/31/2020] [Accepted: 04/24/2020] [Indexed: 11/30/2022] Open
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The bighead carps of the genus Hypophthalmichthys (H. molitrix and H. nobilis) are important aquaculture species. They were subjected to extensive multidisciplinary research, but with cytogenetics confined to conventional protocols only. Here, we employed Giemsa-/C-/CMA3- stainings and chromosomal mapping of multigene families and telomeric repeats. Both species shared (i) a diploid chromosome number 2n = 48 and the karyotype structure, (ii) low amount of constitutive heterochromatin, (iii) the absence of interstitial telomeric sites (ITSs), (iv) a single pair of 5S rDNA loci adjacent to one major rDNA cluster, and (v) a single pair of co-localized U1/U2 snDNA tandem repeats. Both species, on the other hand, differed in (i) the presence/absence of remarkable interstitial block of constitutive heterochromatin on the largest acrocentric pair 11 and (ii) the number of major (CMA3-positive) rDNA sites. Additionally, we applied here, for the first time, the conventional cytogenetics in H. harmandi, a species considered extinct in the wild and/or extensively cross-hybridized with H. molitrix. Its 2n and karyotype description match those found in the previous two species, while silver staining showed differences in distribution of major rDNA. The bighead carps thus represent another case of taxonomic diversity not associated with gross karyotype differentiation, where 2n and karyotype structure cannot help in distinguishing between genomes of closely related species. On the other hand, we demonstrated that two cytogenetic characters (distribution of constitutive heterochromatin and major rDNA) may be useful for diagnosis of pure species. The universality of these markers must be further verified by analyzing other pure populations of bighead carps.
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- Alexandr Sember
- 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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- Departamento de Genética e Evolução, Universidade Federal de São Carlos, Rod. Washington Luiz km 235 cep, São Carlos 13565-905, Brazil
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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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- Departamento de Genética e Evolução, Universidade Federal de São Carlos, Rod. Washington Luiz km 235 cep, São Carlos 13565-905, Brazil
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- Research Institute of Aquaculture No. 1, Dinh Bang, Tu Son, Bac Ninh 16000, Vietnam
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- Department of Cell Biology, Faculty of Science, Charles University, Viničná 7, 2-128-43 Prague, 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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Sousa RPCDE, Sodré D, Costa RMDA, Vallinoto M, Oliveira EHC, Silva-Oliveira GC, Sampaio I, Guimarães-Costa A. Range distribution and contributions to taxonomy of Elops smithi (ELOPIFORMES: ELOPIDAE). AN ACAD BRAS CIENC 2019; 91:e20181240. [PMID: 31800702 DOI: 10.1590/0001-3765201920181240] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/28/2018] [Accepted: 08/29/2019] [Indexed: 05/30/2023] Open
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This study presents the first record of Elops smithi for northern Brazil. The evidence suggests this species is being misidentified incorrectly as Elops saurus in estuaries of the Western Atlantic Ocean. Here, morphological, molecular, and cytogenetic evidence identified all ladyfish specimens from one estuary in the region as E. smithi. Thus, at least Elops smithi occurs in the northern coast of Brazil and it is recommended that specimens from this region identified as E. saurus be further investigated with genetic and cytogenetic tools in order to assure a correct species identification.
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- Rodrigo P C DE Sousa
- Universidade Federal do Pará, Laboratório de Evolução, Alameda Leandro Ribeiro, s/n, Aldeia, 68600-000 Bragança, PA, Brazil
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- Universidade Federal do Pará, Laboratório de Plâncton e Cultivo de Microalgas. Alameda Leandro Ribeiro, s/n, Aldeia, 68600-000 Bragança, PA, Brazil
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- Universidade Federal do Pará, Laboratório de Plâncton e Cultivo de Microalgas. Alameda Leandro Ribeiro, s/n, Aldeia, 68600-000 Bragança, PA, Brazil
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- Universidade Federal do Pará, Laboratório de Evolução, Alameda Leandro Ribeiro, s/n, Aldeia, 68600-000 Bragança, PA, Brazil.,CIBIO/InBIO, Centro de Investigacão em Biodiversidade e Recursos Genéticos, Universidade do Porto, 4485-661, Vairão, Portugal
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- Instituto Evandro Chagas, Laboratório de Cultura de Tecidos e Citogenética Animal, Rodovia BR-316 Km 7, s/n, Levilândia, 67030-000 Ananindeua, PA, Brazil
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- Universidade Federal do Pará, Laboratório de Evolução, Alameda Leandro Ribeiro, s/n, Aldeia, 68600-000 Bragança, PA, Brazil
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- Universidade Federal do Pará, Laboratório de Genética e Biologia Molecular, Alameda Leandro Ribeiro, s/n, Aldeia, 68600-000 Bragança, PA, Brazil
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- Universidade Federal do Pará, Laboratório de Genética e Biologia Molecular, Alameda Leandro Ribeiro, s/n, Aldeia, 68600-000 Bragança, PA, Brazil
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Ditcharoen S, Antonio Carlos Bertollo L, Ráb P, Hnátková E, Franco Molina W, Liehr T, Tanomtong A, Triantaphyllidis C, Ozouf-Costaz C, Tongnunui S, Pengseng P, Supiwong W, Aroutiounian R, de Bello Cioffi M. Genomic Organization of Repetitive DNA Elements and Extensive Karyotype Diversity of Silurid Catfishes (Teleostei: Siluriformes): A Comparative Cytogenetic Approach. Int J Mol Sci 2019; 20:E3545. [PMID: 31331072 PMCID: PMC6678683 DOI: 10.3390/ijms20143545] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/08/2019] [Revised: 07/03/2019] [Accepted: 07/16/2019] [Indexed: 11/30/2022] Open
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The catfish family Siluridae contains 107 described species distributed in Asia, but with some distributed in Europe. In this study, karyotypes and other chromosomal characteristics of 15 species from eight genera were examined using conventional and molecular cytogenetic protocols. Our results showed the diploid number (2n) to be highly divergent among species, ranging from 2n = 40 to 92, with the modal frequency comprising 56 to 64 chromosomes. Accordingly, the ratio of uni- and bi-armed chromosomes is also highly variable, thus suggesting extensive chromosomal rearrangements. Only one chromosome pair bearing major rDNA sites occurs in most species, except for Wallago micropogon, Ompok siluroides, and Kryptoterus giminus with two; and Silurichthys phaiosoma with five such pairs. In contrast, chromosomes bearing 5S rDNA sites range from one to as high as nine pairs among the species. Comparative genomic hybridization (CGH) experiments evidenced large genomic divergence, even between congeneric species. As a whole, we conclude that karyotype features and chromosomal diversity of the silurid catfishes are unusually extensive, but parallel some other catfish lineages and primary freshwater fish groups, thus making silurids an important model for investigating the evolutionary dynamics of fish chromosomes.
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- Sukhonthip Ditcharoen
- Toxic Substances in Livestock and Aquatic Animals Research Group, Department of Biology, Faculty of Science, Khon Kaen University, Muang, Khon Kaen 40002, Thailand
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- Departamento de Genética e Evolução, Universidade Federal de São Carlos (UFSCar), Rodovia Washington Luiz Km. 235, C.P. 676, São Carlos, SP 13565-905, Brazil
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- Laboratory of Fish Genetics, Institute of Animal Physiology and Genetics, Czech Academy of Sciences, Rumburská 89, Liběchov 277 21, Czech Republic
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- Department of Zoology and Fisheries, Faculty of Agrobiology, Food and Natural Resources, Czech University of Life Sciences, Kamýcká 129, Prague 165 00, Czech Republic
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- Departamento de Biologia Celular e Genética, Centro de Biociências, Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Norte (UFRN), Natal, RN 59078970, Brazil
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- Institute of Human Genetics, University Hospital Jena, Jena 07747, Germany
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- Toxic Substances in Livestock and Aquatic Animals Research Group, Department of Biology, Faculty of Science, Khon Kaen University, Muang, Khon Kaen 40002, Thailand
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- Department of Genetics, Development and Molecular Biology, Faculty of Sciences, School of Biology, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, University Campus, Thessaloniki 54124, Greece
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- Laboratorie Evolution Paris Seine, Institut de Biologie Paris Seine (IBPS), Sorbonne Universités, Case 5, 7 Quai St Bernard, Paris, 75952 Paris CEDEX 05, France
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- Department of Conservation Biology, Mahidol University, Kanchanaburi Campus, Sai Yok, Kanchanaburi Province 71150, Thailand
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- School of Agricultural of Technology, Walailak University, Thasala, Nakhon Si Thammarat 80160, Thailand
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- Faculty of Applied Science and Engineering, Khon Kaen University, Nong Khai Campus, Muang, Nong Khai 43000, Thailand
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- Department of Genetics and Cytology, Yerevan State University, Yerevan 0025, Armenia
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- Departamento de Genética e Evolução, Universidade Federal de São Carlos (UFSCar), Rodovia Washington Luiz Km. 235, C.P. 676, São Carlos, SP 13565-905, Brazil.
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Saenjundaeng P, de Bello Cioffi M, de Oliveira EA, Tanomtong A, Supiwong W, Phimphan S, Collares-Pereira MJ, Sember A, Bertollo LAC, Liehr T, Yano CF, Hatanaka T, Ráb P. Chromosomes of Asian cyprinid fishes: cytogenetic analysis of two representatives of small paleotetraploid tribe Probarbini. Mol Cytogenet 2018; 11:51. [PMID: 30202442 PMCID: PMC6123905 DOI: 10.1186/s13039-018-0399-8] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/16/2018] [Accepted: 08/23/2018] [Indexed: 12/01/2022] Open
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Background Polyploidy, although still poorly explored, represents an important evolutionary event in several cyprinid clades. Herein, Catlocarpio siamensis and Probarbus jullieni - representatives of the paleotetraploid tribe Probarbini, were characterized both by conventional and molecular cytogenetic methods. Results Alike most other paleotetraploid cyprinids (with 2n = 100), both species studied here shared 2n = 98 but differed in karyotypes: C. siamensis displayed 18m + 34sm + 46st/a; NF = 150, while P. jullieni exhibited 26m + 14sm + 58st/a; NF = 138. Fluorescence in situ hybridization (FISH) with rDNA probes revealed two (5S) and eight (18S) signals in C. siamensis, respectively, and six signals for both probes in P. jullieni. FISH with microsatellite motifs evidenced substantial genomic divergence between both species. The almost doubled size of the chromosome pairs #1 in C. siamensis and #14 in P. jullieni compared to the rest of corresponding karyotypes indicated chromosomal fusions. Conclusion Based on our findings, together with likely the same reduced 2n = 98 karyotypes in the remainder Probarbini species, we hypothesize that the karyotype 2n = 98 might represent a derived character, shared by all members of the Probarbini clade. Besides, we also witnessed considerable changes in the amount and distribution of certain repetitive DNA classes, suggesting complex post-polyploidization processes in this small paleotetraploid tribe.
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- Pasakorn Saenjundaeng
- 1Toxic Substances in Livestock and Aquatic Animals Research Group, Department of Biology, Faculty of Science, Khon Kaen University, Muang District, Khon Kaen, Thailand
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- 2Departamento de Genética e Evolução, Universidade Federal de São Carlos, São Carlos, SP Brazil
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- 2Departamento de Genética e Evolução, Universidade Federal de São Carlos, São Carlos, SP Brazil.,Secretaria de Estado de Educação de Mato Grosso - SEDUC-MT, Cuiabá, MT Brazil
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- 1Toxic Substances in Livestock and Aquatic Animals Research Group, Department of Biology, Faculty of Science, Khon Kaen University, Muang District, Khon Kaen, Thailand
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- 4Faculty of Applied Science and Engineering, Khon Kaen University, Nong Kai Campus, Muang, Nong Kai Thailand
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- 1Toxic Substances in Livestock and Aquatic Animals Research Group, Department of Biology, Faculty of Science, Khon Kaen University, Muang District, Khon Kaen, Thailand
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- 5Faculdade de Ciencias, Centre for Ecology, Evolution and Environmental Changes, Universidade de Lisboa, Campo Grande, PT-1749-016 Lisbon, Portugal
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- 6Laboratory of Fish Genetics, Institute of Animal Physiology and Genetics, Czech Academy of Sciences, Rumburská 89, 277 21 Liběchov, Czech Republic
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- 7Institute of Human Genetics, Jena University Hospital, Am Klinikum 1, D-07747 Jena, Germany
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- 2Departamento de Genética e Evolução, Universidade Federal de São Carlos, São Carlos, SP Brazil
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- 2Departamento de Genética e Evolução, Universidade Federal de São Carlos, São Carlos, SP Brazil
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- 6Laboratory of Fish Genetics, Institute of Animal Physiology and Genetics, Czech Academy of Sciences, Rumburská 89, 277 21 Liběchov, Czech Republic
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Carvalho PC, de Oliveira EA, Bertollo LAC, Yano CF, Oliveira C, Decru E, Jegede OI, Hatanaka T, Liehr T, Al-Rikabi ABH, Cioffi MDB. First Chromosomal Analysis in Hepsetidae (Actinopterygii, Characiformes): Insights into Relationship between African and Neotropical Fish Groups. Front Genet 2017; 8:203. [PMID: 29312435 PMCID: PMC5733008 DOI: 10.3389/fgene.2017.00203] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/18/2017] [Accepted: 11/22/2017] [Indexed: 01/27/2023] Open
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Hepsetidae is a small fish family with only the genus Hepsetus, with six described species distributed throughout the South, Central and Western regions of Africa, showing a close relationship with the Alestidae and some Neotropical fish families. However, no cytogenetic information is available for both Hepsetidae and Alestidae species, thus preventing any evolutionary comparative studies at the chromosomal level. In the present study, we are providing new cytogenetic data for Hepsetus odoe, including the standard karyotype, C-banding, repetitive DNAs mapping, comparative genomic hybridization (CGH) and whole chromosome painting (WCP), providing chromosomal patterns and subsidies for comparative cytogenetics with other characiform families. Both males and females H. odoe have 2n = 58 chromosomes (10m + 28sm + 20st/a), with most of the C-band positive heterochromatin localized in the centromeric and subtelomeric regions. Only one pair of chromosomes bears proximal 5S rDNA sites in the short arms, contrasting with the 18S rDNA sequences which are located in the terminal regions of four chromosome pairs. Clear interstitial hybridization signals are evidenced for the U1 and U2 snDNA probes, but in only one and two chromosome pairs, respectively. Microsatellite motifs are widely distributed in the karyotype, with exception for the (CGG)10, (GAA)10 and (GAG)10 probes, which highlight conspicuous interstitial signals on an unique pair of chromosomes. Comparative data from conventional and molecular cytogenetics, including CGH and WCP experiments, indicate that H. odoe and some Erythrinidae species, particularly Erythrinus erythrinus, share similar chromosomal sequences suggesting some relatedness among them, although bearing genomic specificities in view of their divergent evolutionary histories.
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- Pedro C Carvalho
- Departamento de Genética e Evolução, Universidade Federal de São Carlos, São Carlos, Brazil
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- Departamento de Genética e Evolução, Universidade Federal de São Carlos, São Carlos, Brazil.,Secretaria de Estado de Educação de Mato Grosso (Seduc-MT), Cuiabá, Brazil
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- Departamento de Genética e Evolução, Universidade Federal de São Carlos, São Carlos, Brazil
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- Departamento de Genética e Evolução, Universidade Federal de São Carlos, São Carlos, Brazil
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- Departamento de Morfologia, Instituto de Biociências, Universidade Estadual Paulista, Botucatu, Brazil
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- Section Vertebrates, Ichthyology, Royal Museum for Central Africa, Tervuren, Belgium
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- Department of Fisheries and Aquaculture, Adamawa State University, Mubi, Nigeria
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- Departamento de Genética e Evolução, Universidade Federal de São Carlos, São Carlos, Brazil
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- Institute of Human Genetics, University Hospital Jena, Jena, Germany
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- Departamento de Genética e Evolução, Universidade Federal de São Carlos, São Carlos, Brazil
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Introgression from non-native species unveils a hidden threat to the migratory Neotropical fish Prochilodus hartii. Biol Invasions 2017. [DOI: 10.1007/s10530-017-1556-4] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/22/2022]
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Nieto Feliner G, Álvarez I, Fuertes-Aguilar J, Heuertz M, Marques I, Moharrek F, Piñeiro R, Riina R, Rosselló JA, Soltis PS, Villa-Machío I. Is homoploid hybrid speciation that rare? An empiricist's view. Heredity (Edinb) 2017; 118:513-516. [PMID: 28295029 PMCID: PMC5436029 DOI: 10.1038/hdy.2017.7] [Citation(s) in RCA: 93] [Impact Index Per Article: 13.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/13/2016] [Revised: 01/19/2017] [Accepted: 01/20/2017] [Indexed: 12/25/2022] Open
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- Real Jardín Botánico, CSIC, Madrid, Spain
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- BioGeCo INRA, Université de Bordeaux, Cestas, France
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- Department of Agricultural and Environmental Sciences, High Polytechnic School of Huesca, University of Zaragoza, Huesca, Spain
- UBC Botanical Garden & Centre for Plant Research, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
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- Department of Plant Biology, Faculty of Biological Sciences, Tarbiat Modares University, Tehran, Iran
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- Jodrell Laboratory, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, Richmond, UK
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- Real Jardín Botánico, CSIC, Madrid, Spain
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- Jardí Botànic, Universitat de Valencia, Valencia, Spain
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- Florida Museum of Natural History, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL, USA
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Dion-Côté AM, Symonová R, Lamaze FC, Pelikánová Š, Ráb P, Bernatchez L. Standing chromosomal variation in Lake Whitefish species pairs: the role of historical contingency and relevance for speciation. Mol Ecol 2016; 26:178-192. [PMID: 27545583 DOI: 10.1111/mec.13816] [Citation(s) in RCA: 32] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/30/2015] [Revised: 08/08/2016] [Accepted: 08/11/2016] [Indexed: 12/19/2022]
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The role of chromosome changes in speciation remains a debated topic, although demographic conditions associated with divergence should promote their appearance. We tested a potential relationship between chromosome changes and speciation by studying two Lake Whitefish (Coregonus clupeaformis) lineages that recently colonized postglacial lakes following allopatry. A dwarf limnetic species evolved repeatedly from the normal benthic species, becoming reproductively isolated. Lake Whitefish hybrids experience mitotic and meiotic instability, which may result from structurally divergent chromosomes. Motivated by this observation, we test the hypothesis that chromosome organization differs between Lake Whitefish species pairs using cytogenetics. While chromosome and fundamental numbers are conserved between the species (2n = 80, NF = 98), we observe extensive polymorphism of subtle karyotype traits. We describe intrachromosomal differences associated with heterochromatin and repetitive DNA, and test for parallelism among three sympatric species pairs. Multivariate analyses support the hypothesis that differentiation at the level of subchromosomal markers mostly appeared during allopatry. Yet we find no evidence for parallelism between species pairs among lakes, consistent with colonization effect or postcolonization differentiation. The reported intrachromosomal polymorphisms do not appear to play a central role in driving adaptive divergence between normal and dwarf Lake Whitefish. We discuss how chromosomal differentiation in the Lake Whitefish system may contribute to the destabilization of mitotic and meiotic chromosome segregation in hybrids, as documented previously. The chromosome structures detected here are still difficult to sequence and assemble, demonstrating the value of cytogenetics as a complementary approach to understand the genomic bases of speciation.
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- Anne-Marie Dion-Côté
- Département de Biologie, Institut de Biologie Intégrative et des Systèmes (IBIS), Université Laval, 1030, Avenue de la Médecine, Québec, Québec, Canada, G1V 0A6
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- Research Institute for Limnology, University of Innsbruck, Mondseestraße 9, A-5310, Mondsee, Austria
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- Ontario Institut for Cancer Research, MaRS Centre, 661 University Avenue, Suite 510, Toronto, Ontario, Canada, M5G 0A3
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- Laboratory of Fish Genetics, Institute of Animal Physiology and Genetics, AS CR, vvi, Liběchov, 277 21, Czech Republic
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- Laboratory of Fish Genetics, Institute of Animal Physiology and Genetics, AS CR, vvi, Liběchov, 277 21, Czech Republic
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- Département de Biologie, Institut de Biologie Intégrative et des Systèmes (IBIS), Université Laval, 1030, Avenue de la Médecine, Québec, Québec, Canada, G1V 0A6
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Majtánová Z, Choleva L, Symonová R, Ráb P, Kotusz J, Pekárik L, Janko K. Asexual Reproduction Does Not Apparently Increase the Rate of Chromosomal Evolution: Karyotype Stability in Diploid and Triploid Clonal Hybrid Fish (Cobitis, Cypriniformes, Teleostei). PLoS One 2016; 11:e0146872. [PMID: 26808475 PMCID: PMC4726494 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0146872] [Citation(s) in RCA: 26] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/16/2014] [Accepted: 12/25/2015] [Indexed: 12/23/2022] Open
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Interspecific hybridization, polyploidization and transitions from sexuality to asexuality considerably affect organismal genomes. Especially the last mentioned process has been assumed to play a significant role in the initiation of chromosomal rearrangements, causing increased rates of karyotype evolution. We used cytogenetic analysis and molecular dating of cladogenetic events to compare the rate of changes of chromosome morphology and karyotype in asexually and sexually reproducing counterparts in European spined loach fish (Cobitis). We studied metaphases of three sexually reproducing species and their diploid and polyploid hybrid clones of different age of origin. The material includes artificial F1 hybrid strains, representatives of lineage originated in Holocene epoch, and also individuals of an oldest known age to date (roughly 0.37 MYA). Thereafter we applied GISH technique as a marker to differentiate parental chromosomal sets in hybrids. Although the sexual species accumulated remarkable chromosomal rearrangements after their speciation, we observed no differences in chromosome numbers and/or morphology among karyotypes of asexual hybrids. These hybrids possess chromosome sets originating from respective parental species with no cytogenetically detectable recombinations, suggesting their integrity even in a long term. The switch to asexual reproduction thus did not provoke any significant acceleration of the rate of chromosomal evolution in Cobitis. Asexual animals described in other case studies reproduce ameiotically, while Cobitis hybrids described here produce eggs likely through modified meiosis. Therefore, our findings indicate that the effect of asexuality on the rate of chromosomal change may be context-dependent rather than universal and related to particular type of asexual reproduction.
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- Zuzana Majtánová
- Laboratory of Fish Genetics, Institute of Animal Physiology and Genetics, CAS, v.v.i, Liběchov, Czech Republic
- Department of Zoology, Faculty of Science, Charles University in Prague, Prague, Czech Republic
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- Laboratory of Fish Genetics, Institute of Animal Physiology and Genetics, CAS, v.v.i, Liběchov, Czech Republic
- Department of Biology and Ecology, Faculty of Science, University of Ostrava, Ostrava, Czech Republic
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- Laboratory of Fish Genetics, Institute of Animal Physiology and Genetics, CAS, v.v.i, Liběchov, Czech Republic
- Research Institute for Limnology, University of Innsbruck, Mondsee, Austria
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- Laboratory of Fish Genetics, Institute of Animal Physiology and Genetics, CAS, v.v.i, Liběchov, Czech Republic
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- Museum of Natural History, University of Wrocław, Wrocław, Poland
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- Institute of Botany, SAS, Bratislava, Slovakia
- Department of Biology, Faculty of Education, Trnava University, Trnava, Slovakia
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- Laboratory of Fish Genetics, Institute of Animal Physiology and Genetics, CAS, v.v.i, Liběchov, Czech Republic
- Department of Biology and Ecology, Faculty of Science, University of Ostrava, Ostrava, Czech Republic
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Sember A, Bohlen J, Šlechtová V, Altmanová M, Symonová R, Ráb P. Karyotype differentiation in 19 species of river loach fishes (Nemacheilidae, Teleostei): extensive variability associated with rDNA and heterochromatin distribution and its phylogenetic and ecological interpretation. BMC Evol Biol 2015; 15:251. [PMID: 26573692 PMCID: PMC4647339 DOI: 10.1186/s12862-015-0532-9] [Citation(s) in RCA: 50] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/09/2015] [Accepted: 11/04/2015] [Indexed: 01/16/2023] Open
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BACKGROUND Loaches of the family Nemacheilidae are one of the most speciose elements of Palearctic freshwater ichthyofauna and have undergone rapid ecological adaptations and colonizations. Their cytotaxonomy is largely unexplored; with the impact of cytogenetical changes on this evolutionary diversification still unknown. An extensive cytogenetical survey was performed in 19 nemacheilid species using both conventional (Giemsa staining, C- banding, Ag- and Chromomycin A3/DAPI stainings) and molecular (fluorescence in situ hybridization with 5S rDNA, 45S rDNA, and telomeric (TTAGGG)n probes) methods. A phylogenetic tree of the analysed specimens was constructed based on one mitochondrial (cytochrome b) and two nuclear (RAG1, IRBP) genes. RESULTS Seventeen species showed karyotypes composed of 2n = 50 chromosomes but differentiated by fundamental chromosome number (NF = 68-90). Nemachilichthys ruppelli (2n = 38) and Schistura notostigma (2n = 44-48) displayed reduced 2n with an elevated number of large metacentric chromosomes. Only Schistura fasciolata showed morphologically differentiated sex chromosomes with a multiple system of the XY1Y2 type. Chromomycin A3 (CMA3)- fluorescence revealed interspecific heterogeneity in the distribution of GC-rich heterochromatin including its otherwise very rare association with 5S rDNA sites. The 45S rDNA sites were mostly located on a single chromosome pair contrasting markedly with a pattern of two (Barbatula barbatula, Nemacheilus binotatus, N. ruppelli) to 20 sites (Physoschistura sp.) of 5S rDNA. The cytogenetic changes did not follow the phylogenetic relationships between the samples. A high number of 5S rDNA sites was present in species with small effective population sizes. CONCLUSION Despite a prevailing conservatism of 2n, Nemacheilidae exhibited a remarkable cytogenetic variability on microstructural level. We suggest an important role for pericentric inversions, tandem and centric fusions in nemacheilid karyotype differentiation. Short repetitive sequences, genetic drift, founder effect, as well as the involvement of transposable elements in the dispersion of ribosomal DNA sites, might also have played a role in evolutionary processes such as reproductive isolation. These remarkable dynamics of their genomes qualify river loaches as a model for the study of the cytogenetic background of major evolutionary processes such as radiation, endemism and colonization of a wide range of habitats.
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- Alexandr Sember
- Laboratory of Fish Genetics, Institute of Animal Physiology and Genetics, Czech Academy of Sciences, Rumburská 89, Liběchov, 277 21, Czech Republic.
- Department of Genetics and Microbiology, Faculty of Science, Charles University in Prague, Viničná 5, 128 44, Prague 2, Czech Republic.
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- Laboratory of Fish Genetics, Institute of Animal Physiology and Genetics, Czech Academy of Sciences, Rumburská 89, Liběchov, 277 21, Czech Republic.
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- Laboratory of Fish Genetics, Institute of Animal Physiology and Genetics, Czech Academy of Sciences, Rumburská 89, Liběchov, 277 21, Czech Republic.
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- Laboratory of Fish Genetics, Institute of Animal Physiology and Genetics, Czech Academy of Sciences, Rumburská 89, Liběchov, 277 21, Czech Republic.
- Department of Ecology, Faculty of Science, Charles University in Prague, Viničná 7, 128 44, Prague 2, Czech Republic.
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- Laboratory of Fish Genetics, Institute of Animal Physiology and Genetics, Czech Academy of Sciences, Rumburská 89, Liběchov, 277 21, Czech Republic.
- Research Institute for Limnology, University of Innsbruck, Mondseestraße 9, A-5310, Mondsee, Austria.
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- Laboratory of Fish Genetics, Institute of Animal Physiology and Genetics, Czech Academy of Sciences, Rumburská 89, Liběchov, 277 21, Czech Republic.
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Dynamics of Rex3 in the genomes of endangered Iberian Leuciscinae (Teleostei, Cyprinidae) and their natural hybrids. Mol Cytogenet 2015; 8:81. [PMID: 26512297 PMCID: PMC4623273 DOI: 10.1186/s13039-015-0180-1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/24/2015] [Accepted: 10/01/2015] [Indexed: 02/08/2023] Open
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Background Iberian Leuciscinae are greatly diverse comprising taxa of hybrid origin. With highly conservative karyotypes, Iberian Chondrostoma s.l. have recently demonstrated sub-chromosomal differentiation and rapid genome restructuring in natural hybrids, which was confirmed by ribosomal DNA (rDNA) transposition and/or multiplication. To understand the role of repetitive DNAs in the differentiation of their genomes, a genetic and molecular cytogenetic survey was conducted in Achondrostoma oligolepis, Anaecypris hispanica, Iberochondrostoma lemmingii, I. lusitanicum, Pseudochondrostoma duriense, P. polylepis, Squalius pyrenaicus and hybrids between A. oligolepis x (P. duriense/P. polylepis), representing ‘alburnine’, chondrostomine and Squalius lineages. Results Partial Rex3 sequences evidenced high sequence homology among Leuciscinae (≥98 %) and different fish families (80–95 %) proposing a relatively recent activity of these elements in the species inspected. Low nucleotide substitution rates (<20 %) and intact ORFs suggests that Rex3 may in fact be active in these genomes. The chromosomal distribution of Rex3 retroelement was found highly concentrated at pericentromeric and moderately at subtelomeric blocks, co-localizing with 5S rDNA loci, and correlating with blocks of heterochromatin and C0t-1 DNA. This accumulation was evident in at least 10 chromosome pairs, a pattern that seemed to be shared among the different species, likely pre-dating their divergence. Nevertheless, species-specific clusters were detected in I. lusitanicum, P. duriense, P. polylepis and S. pyrenaicus demonstrating rapid and independent differentiation. Natural hybrids followed the same patterns of accumulation and association with repetitive sequences. An increased number of Rex3 clusters now associating also with translocated 45S rDNA clusters vouched for other genomic rearrangements in hybrids. Rex3 sequence phylogeny did not agree with its hosts’ phylogeny but the observed distribution pattern is congruent with an evolutionary tendency to protect its activity, a robust regulatory system and/or events of horizontal transfer. Conclusions This is the first report directed at retroelement physical mapping in Cyprinidae. It helped outlining conceivable ancestral homologies and recognizing retrotransposon activation in hybrids, being possibly associated with genome diversification within the subfamily. The extensive diversity of Iberian Leuciscinae makes them excellent candidates to explore the processes and mechanisms behind the great plasticity distinguishing vertebrate genomes. Electronic supplementary material The online version of this article (doi:10.1186/s13039-015-0180-1) contains supplementary material, which is available to authorized users.
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Vershinina AO, Anokhin BA, Lukhtanov VA. Ribosomal DNA clusters and telomeric (TTAGG)n repeats in blue butterflies (Lepidoptera, Lycaenidae) with low and high chromosome numbers. COMPARATIVE CYTOGENETICS 2015; 9:161-71. [PMID: 26140159 PMCID: PMC4488964 DOI: 10.3897/compcytogen.v9i2.4715] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/12/2015] [Accepted: 03/20/2015] [Indexed: 05/24/2023]
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Ribosomal DNA clusters and telomeric repeats are important parts of eukaryotic genome. However, little is known about their organization and localization in karyotypes of organisms with holocentric chromosomes. Here we present first cytogenetic study of these molecular structures in seven blue butterflies of the genus Polyommatus Latreille, 1804 with low and high chromosome numbers (from n=10 to n=ca.108) using fluorescence in situ hybridization (FISH) with 18S rDNA and (TTAGG) n telomeric probes. FISH with the 18S rDNA probe showed the presence of two different variants of the location of major rDNA clusters in Polyommatus species: with one or two rDNA-carrying chromosomes in haploid karyotype. We discuss evolutionary trends and possible mechanisms of changes in the number of ribosomal clusters. We also demonstrate that Polyommatus species have the classical insect (TTAGG) n telomere organization. This chromosome end protection mechanism probably originated de novo in small chromosomes that evolved via fragmentations.
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- Alisa O. Vershinina
- Zoological Institute, Russian Academy of Sciences, Universitetskaya emb. 1, St. Petersburg 199034, Russia
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- Zoological Institute, Russian Academy of Sciences, Universitetskaya emb. 1, St. Petersburg 199034, Russia
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- Zoological Institute, Russian Academy of Sciences, Universitetskaya emb. 1, St. Petersburg 199034, Russia
- Department of Entomology, St. Petersburg State University, Universitetskaya emb. 7/9, St. Petersburg 199034, Russia
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Vershinina AO, Anokhin BA, Lukhtanov VA. Ribosomal DNA clusters and telomeric (TTAGG)n repeats in blue butterflies (Lepidoptera, Lycaenidae) with low and high chromosome numbers. COMPARATIVE CYTOGENETICS 2015; 9:161-171. [PMID: 26140159 DOI: 10.3897/compcytogen.v.9i2.4751] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/12/2015] [Accepted: 03/20/2015] [Indexed: 05/21/2023]
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Ribosomal DNA clusters and telomeric repeats are important parts of eukaryotic genome. However, little is known about their organization and localization in karyotypes of organisms with holocentric chromosomes. Here we present first cytogenetic study of these molecular structures in seven blue butterflies of the genus Polyommatus Latreille, 1804 with low and high chromosome numbers (from n=10 to n=ca.108) using fluorescence in situ hybridization (FISH) with 18S rDNA and (TTAGG) n telomeric probes. FISH with the 18S rDNA probe showed the presence of two different variants of the location of major rDNA clusters in Polyommatus species: with one or two rDNA-carrying chromosomes in haploid karyotype. We discuss evolutionary trends and possible mechanisms of changes in the number of ribosomal clusters. We also demonstrate that Polyommatus species have the classical insect (TTAGG) n telomere organization. This chromosome end protection mechanism probably originated de novo in small chromosomes that evolved via fragmentations.
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- Alisa O Vershinina
- Zoological Institute, Russian Academy of Sciences, Universitetskaya emb. 1, St. Petersburg 199034, Russia
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- Zoological Institute, Russian Academy of Sciences, Universitetskaya emb. 1, St. Petersburg 199034, Russia
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- Zoological Institute, Russian Academy of Sciences, Universitetskaya emb. 1, St. Petersburg 199034, Russia ; Department of Entomology, St. Petersburg State University, Universitetskaya emb. 7/9, St. Petersburg 199034, Russia
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