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Carducci F, Barucca M, Canapa A, Carotti E, Biscotti MA. Mobile Elements in Ray-Finned Fish Genomes. Life (Basel) 2020; 10:E221. [PMID: 32992841 PMCID: PMC7599744 DOI: 10.3390/life10100221] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/29/2020] [Revised: 09/18/2020] [Accepted: 09/22/2020] [Indexed: 12/12/2022] Open
Abstract
Ray-finned fishes (Actinopterygii) are a very diverse group of vertebrates, encompassing species adapted to live in freshwater and marine environments, from the deep sea to high mountain streams. Genome sequencing offers a genetic resource for investigating the molecular bases of this phenotypic diversity and these adaptations to various habitats. The wide range of genome sizes observed in fishes is due to the role of transposable elements (TEs), which are powerful drivers of species diversity. Analyses performed to date provide evidence that class II DNA transposons are the most abundant component in most fish genomes and that compared to other vertebrate genomes, many TE superfamilies are present in actinopterygians. Moreover, specific TEs have been reported in ray-finned fishes as a possible result of an intricate relationship between TE evolution and the environment. The data summarized here underline the biological interest in Actinopterygii as a model group to investigate the mechanisms responsible for the high biodiversity observed in this taxon.
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- Dipartimento di Scienze della Vita e dell’Ambiente, Università Politecnica delle Marche, 60131 Ancona, Italy; (F.C.); (M.B.); (A.C.); (E.C.)
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Conde-Saldaña CC, Cunha MS, Albornoz-Garzón JG, Barreto CAV, Ibagón N, Villa-Navarro FA, Dergam JA. Karyotypic Divergence of Two Co-Occurring Species of Andean Climbing Catfishes (Siluriformes: Loricarioidei: Astroblepidae). Zebrafish 2018; 16:106-114. [PMID: 30457940 DOI: 10.1089/zeb.2018.1659] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/13/2022] Open
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The monotypic Astroblepidae fish family includes 81 species distributed along Central and Northern Andes in South America and Panamá in Central America; most aspects regarding its biology, taxonomy, and chromosomal features remain largely unknown. This study reports the karyotype of two sympatric Astroblepus species from the Colombian Andes, aiming to provide novel information on karyotype organization and reveal possible chromosomal rearrangements occurred on these species, through mapping of different repetitive DNA classes, including microsatellites and ribosomal DNA multigene families. The results showed differences in the chromosome number and karyotypic formula: Astroblepus grixalvii had 2n = 52 (28m+8sm +12st +4a) with the metacentric pair number 1 as the largest chromosome pair, whereas Astroblepus homodon had 2n = 54 (30m+8sm +8st +8a) and less evident chromosome size differences. Microsatellite probes marked the tips of all chromosomes in both species except the short arms of acrocentric pair numbers 24 and 25 in A. homodon. Each ribosomal probe marked different chromosome pairs in both species. Microsatellite patterns suggest that the 2n increase probably involved a centric fission event that occurred during the evolutionary history of these species. This is the first karyotype description of an Astroblepus species and it contributes to the theoretical framework about the karyoevolutionary trends within Loricarioidei.
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- Cristhian Camilo Conde-Saldaña
- 1 Departamento de Morfologia, Instituto de Biociências, UNESP-Universidade Estadual Paulista "Julio de Mesquita Filho," Botucatu, Brazil.,2 Departamento de Biologia Animal and Universidade Federal de Viçosa, Viçosa, Brazil
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- 2 Departamento de Biologia Animal and Universidade Federal de Viçosa, Viçosa, Brazil.,3 Departamento de Biologia Geral, Universidade Federal de Viçosa, Viçosa, Brazil
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- 4 Colecciones Biológicas, Instituto de Investigación de Recursos Biológicos Alexander von Humboldt, Villa de Leyva, Colombia.,5 Departamento de Biología, Facultad de Ciencias, Grupo de Investigación en Zoología, Universidad del Tolima, Ibagué, Colombia
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- 2 Departamento de Biologia Animal and Universidade Federal de Viçosa, Viçosa, Brazil.,3 Departamento de Biologia Geral, Universidade Federal de Viçosa, Viçosa, Brazil
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- 5 Departamento de Biología, Facultad de Ciencias, Grupo de Investigación en Zoología, Universidad del Tolima, Ibagué, Colombia
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- 2 Departamento de Biologia Animal and Universidade Federal de Viçosa, Viçosa, Brazil
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Bueno V, Konerat JT, Zawadzki CH, Venere PC, Blanco DR, Margarido VP. Divergent Chromosome Evolution in Hypostominae Tribes (Siluriformes: Loricariidae): Correlation of Chromosomal Data with Morphological and Molecular Phylogenies. Zebrafish 2018; 15:492-503. [DOI: 10.1089/zeb.2018.1612] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/13/2022] Open
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- Vanessa Bueno
- Coordenação do Curso de Ciências Biológicas, Universidade Tecnológica Federal do Paraná, Santa Helena, Brazil
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- Centro de Ciências Biológicas e da Saúde, Universidade Estadual do Oeste do Paraná, Cascavel, Brazil
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- Laboratório de Citogenética e Genética Animal, Instituto de Biociências, Universidade Federal de Mato Grosso, Cuiabá, Brazil
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- Coordenação do Curso de Ciências Biológicas, Universidade Tecnológica Federal do Paraná, Santa Helena, Brazil
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- Centro de Ciências Biológicas e da Saúde, Universidade Estadual do Oeste do Paraná, Cascavel, Brazil
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