Cytogenetic characterization of Hypostomus soniae Hollanda-Carvalho & Weber, 2004 from the Teles Pires River, southern Amazon basin: evidence of an early stage of an XX/XY sex chromosome system.

abstract：:The species-rich and widespread genus Taraxacum F. H. Wiggers, 1780 (Asteraceae subfamily Cichorioideae) is one of the most taxonomically complex plant genera in the world, mainly due to its combination of different sexual and asexual reproduction strategies. Polyploidy is usually confined to apomictic microspecies, v...

journal_title：Comparative cytogenetics

authors： Macháčková P,Majeský Ľ,Hroneš M,Hřibová E,Bohumil Trávníček,Vašut RJ

更新日期：2018-09-18 00:00:00

abstract：:This article provides an overview of research on chromatin diminution (CD) in copepods. The phenomenology, mechanisms and biological role of CD are discussed. A model of CD as an alternative means of regulating cell differentiation is presented. While the vast majority of eukaryotes inactivate genes that are no longer...

journal_title：Comparative cytogenetics

authors： Grishanin A

更新日期：2014-01-09 00:00:00

abstract：:A lectotype is designated for the Tibetan species Deronectesemmerichi Falkenström, 1936 (Currently Boreonectesemmerichi (Falkenström)), and its habitus, as well as the median lobe and parameres of its aedeagus, are figured along with additional comparative material. Material of Boreonectesemmerichi from Sikkim (BMNH) ...

journal_title：Comparative cytogenetics

authors： Angus RB,Angus EM,Jia F,Chen ZN,Zhang Y

更新日期：2015-03-31 00:00:00

abstract：:Ninety individuals of the characid fish Astyanax fasciatus (Cuvier, 1819) were collected at Água da Madalena stream (Botucatu, São Paulo, Brazil) and analyzed for diploid chromosome number 2n and karyotype composition as well as for the chromosomal location of the 5S and 18S ribosomal DNA (rDNA). Whereas no chromosome...

journal_title：Comparative cytogenetics

authors： Ferreira-Neto M,Artoni RF,Vicari MR,Moreira-Filho O,Camacho JP,Bakkali M,de Oliveira C,Foresti F

更新日期：2012-01-24 00:00:00

abstract：:The genomes of five Agropyron Gaertner, 1770 species were characterized using all potential di- or trinucleotide simple sequence repeat (SSR) motifs and four satellite DNA repeats as fluorescence in situ hybridization (FISH) probes. The sites of 5S and 45S rDNA were relatively conserved among the diploid and tetraploi...

journal_title：Comparative cytogenetics

authors： Zhao Y,Xie J,Dou Q,Wang J,Zhang Z

更新日期：2017-08-03 00:00:00

abstract：:The fluorescent in situ hybridization (FISH) technique has been applied to somatic chromosomes in the medicinally important species, Bunium persicum, to elucidate its karyotypes. The bicolour FISH technique involving 18S-5.8S-26S and 5S ribosomal RNA genes as probes was used to assign physical localization and measure...

journal_title：Comparative cytogenetics

authors： Chahota RK,Mukai Y,Chaudhary HK,Kishore N,Sharma TR

更新日期：2011-11-09 00:00:00

abstract：:The African chironomid Polypedilumvanderplanki Hinton, 1951 is the only chironomid able to withstand almost complete desiccation in an ametabolic state known as anhydrobiosis. The karyotypes of two allopatric populations of this anhydrobiotic chironomid, one from Nigeria and another from Malawi, were described accordi...

journal_title：Comparative cytogenetics

authors： Petrova NA,Cornette R,Shimura S,Gusev OA,Pemba D,Kikawada T,Zhirov SV,Okuda T

更新日期：2015-05-11 00:00:00

abstract：:The centromere is a chromosomal region where the kinetochore is formed, which is the attachment point of spindle fibers. Thus, it is responsible for the correct chromosome segregation during cell division. Telomeres protect chromosome ends against enzymatic degradation and fusions, and localize chromosomes in the cell...

journal_title：Comparative cytogenetics

authors： Achrem M,Szućko I,Kalinka A

更新日期：2020-07-07 00:00:00

abstract：:Agave Linnaeus, 1753 is endemic of America and is considered one of the most important crops in Mexico due to its key role in the country's economy. Cytogenetic analysis was carried out in Agave tequilana Weber, 1902 'Azul', Agave cupreata Trelease et Berger, 1915 and Agave angustifolia Haworth, 1812. The analysis sho...

journal_title：Comparative cytogenetics

authors： Gomez-Rodriguez VM,Rodriguez-Garay B,Palomino G,Martínez J,Barba-Gonzalez R

更新日期：2013-08-12 00:00:00

abstract：:We describe the karyotype, location of nucleolus-organizing regions (NORs) and heterochromatin composition and distribution in Lepidochitona caprearum (Scacchi, 1836). The examined specimens had 2n=24 chromosomes; the elements of pairs 1-4 were metacentric, subtelocentric those of the fifth pair, telocentric the eleme...

journal_title：Comparative cytogenetics

authors： Petraccioli A,Maio N,Odierna G

更新日期：2012-12-12 00:00:00

abstract：:We report the karyotype, some aspects of spermatogenesis, and ovarian trophocytes ploidy in three aquatic bug species: Ilyocoris cimicoides (Linnaeus, 1758), Notonecta glauca Linnaeus, 1758, and Diplonychus rusticus Fabricius, 1871 from previously unexplored regions - South Europe (Bulgaria) and Southeast Asia (Vietna...

journal_title：Comparative cytogenetics

authors： Stoianova D,Simov N,Vu MQ,Nguyen DM,Grozeva S

更新日期：2020-03-05 00:00:00

abstract：:Next-generation sequencing data analysis on Triatoma infestans Klug, 1834 (Heteroptera, Cimicomorpha, Reduviidae) revealed the presence of the ancestral insect (TTAGG)n telomeric motif in its genome. Fluorescence in situ hybridization confirms that chromosomes bear this telomeric sequence in their chromosomal ends. Fu...

journal_title：Comparative cytogenetics

authors： Pita S,Panzera F,Mora P,Vela J,Palomeque T,Lorite P

更新日期：2016-09-13 00:00:00

abstract：:Phaneropterinae is the largest subfamily of Tettigoniidae, distributed across the globe. There are few cytogenetic studies regarding this group, as in the case of the genus group Aniarae, which represents only two karyotyped species. The current study aims to analyze cytogenetically three species of Hyperophora Brunne...

journal_title：Comparative cytogenetics

authors： Cansanção Silva B,Henrique Bonfim Souza L,Chamorro-Rengifo J,Araujo D

更新日期：2019-04-02 00:00:00

abstract：:Chromosome morphometry and nuclear DNA content are useful data for cytotaxonomy and to understand the evolutionary history of different taxa. For the genus Bromus Linnaeus, 1753, distinct ploidy levels have been reported, occurring from diploid to duodecaploid species. The geographic distribution of Bromus species has...

journal_title：Comparative cytogenetics

authors： Artico LL,Mazzocato AC,Ferreira JL,Carvalho CR,Clarindo WR

更新日期：2017-04-07 00:00:00

abstract：:Parallel trends of chromosomal evolution in Aphidococca are discussed, based on the catalogue of chromosomal numbers and genetic systems of scale insects by Gavrilov (2007) and the new catalogue for aphids provided in the present paper. To date chromosome numbers have been reported for 482 species of scale insects and...

journal_title：Comparative cytogenetics

authors： Gavrilov-Zimin IA,Stekolshchikov AV,Gautam DC

更新日期：2015-07-09 00:00:00

abstract：:Valeriana jatamansi, a medicinally important species of the family Valerianaceae, has been cytologically studied in different geographical areas of North-Western Himalayan region of India. The tetraploid cytotype with chromosome numbers 2n=32 is in conformity with the earlier reports of the species from different part...

journal_title：Comparative cytogenetics

authors： Rani S,Sharma TR,Kapila R,Chahota RK

更新日期：2015-08-07 00:00:00

abstract：:The Tc1 mariner element is widely distributed among organisms and have been already described in different species of fish. The genus Ancistrus (Kner, 1854) has 68 nominal species and is part of an interesting taxonomic and cytogenetic group, as well as presenting a variation of chromosome number, ranging from 2n=34 t...

journal_title：Comparative cytogenetics

authors： da Silva KR,Mariotto S,Centofante L,Parise-Maltempi PP

更新日期：2017-01-20 00:00:00

abstract：:An extreme example of nonrandom rearrangements, especially inversion breaks, is described in the polytene chromosomes of the black fly Simulium bergi Rubtsov, 1956 from Armenia and Turkey. A total of 48 rearrangements was discovered, relative to the standard banding sequence for the subgenus Simulium Latreille, 1802. ...

journal_title：Comparative cytogenetics

authors： Adler PH,Yildirim A,Onder Z,Tasci GT,Duzlu O,Arslan MO,Ciloglu A,Sari B,Parmaksizoglu N,Inci A

更新日期：2016-06-30 00:00:00

abstract：:[This corrects the article DOI: 10.3897/CompCytogen.v11i1.10339.]. ...

journal_title：Comparative cytogenetics

authors： Celeste SM,Ortiz AM,Robledo GA,Valls JFM,Lavia GI

更新日期：2017-12-08 00:00:00

abstract：:Stingless bees are distributed widely in the tropics, where they are major pollinators of several plant species. In this study, the karyotype of Meliponaquinquefasciata Lepeletier, 1836 was analysed, with emphasis on the presence of B chromosomes. Post-defecating larvae were analysed using Giemsa staining, the C-bandi...

journal_title：Comparative cytogenetics

authors： Silva AA,Rocha MP,Ompolo SDG,Campos LAO,Tavares MG

更新日期：2018-11-09 00:00:00

abstract：:The ancient insect order Odonata is divided into three suborders: Anisoptera and Zygoptera with approximately 3000 species worldwide each, and Anisozygoptera with only four extant species in the relict family Epiophlebiidae. An updated list of Odonata species studied regarding chromosome number, sex chromosome mechani...

journal_title：Comparative cytogenetics

authors： Kuznetsova VG,Golub NV

更新日期：2020-10-22 00:00:00

abstract：:Setaria Beauvois, 1812 is a genus of economically important forage species, including Setaria italica (Linnaeus, 1753) Beauvois, 1812 and Setaria viridis (Linnaeus, 1753) Beauvois, 1812, closely related species and considered as model systems for studies of C4 plants. However, complications and uncertainties related t...

journal_title：Comparative cytogenetics

authors： Nani TF,Cenzi G,Pereira DL,Davide LC,Techio VH

更新日期：2015-10-07 00:00:00

abstract：:Chromosome counts and karyotype characterization have proved to be important features of a genome. Chromosome changes during the diversification of ants might play an important role, given the diversity and success of Formicidae. Comparative karyotype analyses on ants have enriched and helped ant systematics. Among le...

journal_title：Comparative cytogenetics

authors： Pereira TTP,Dos Reis ACCC,Cardoso DC,Cristiano MP

更新日期：2018-01-09 00:00:00

abstract：:Drosophila melanogaster Meigen, 1830 has served as a model insect for over a century. Sequencing of the 11 additional Drosophila Fallen, 1823 species marks substantial progress in comparative genomics of this genus. By comparison, practically nothing is known about the genome size or genome sequences of parasitic wasp...

journal_title：Comparative cytogenetics

authors： Gokhman VE,Johnston JS,Small C,Rajwani R,Hanrahan SJ,Govind S

更新日期：2011-08-24 00:00:00

abstract：:Immunocytochemical and electron microscopic analysis of synaptonemal complexes (SCs) was carried out for the first time in homozygotes and complex Robertsonian heterozygotes (hybrids) of the common shrew, Sorex araneus Linnaeus, 1758, from a newly discovered hybrid zone between the Moscow and the Neroosa chromosomal r...

journal_title：Comparative cytogenetics

authors： Matveevsky SN,Pavlova SV,Maret M Acaeva,Oxana L Kolomiets

更新日期：2012-09-14 00:00:00

abstract：:The B chromosome in the hylid Hypsiboas albopunctatus (2n = 22 + B) is small, almost entirely composed of C-positive heterochromatin, and does not pair with any chromosome of the A complement. B probe, obtained by microdissection and DOP-PCR amplification, was used to search for homology between the B and regular chro...

journal_title：Comparative cytogenetics

authors： Gruber SL,Diniz D,Sobrinho-Scudeler PE,Fausto Foresti,Haddad CF,Kasahara S

更新日期：2014-08-08 00:00:00

abstract：:Synaptonemal complex (SC) chains were revealed in semisterile intraspecific F1 hybrids of Ellobius tancrei Blasius, 1884 (2n = 49, NF=56 and 2n=50, NF=56), heterozygous for Robertsonian (Rb) translocations. Chains were formed by Rb submetacentrics with monobrachial homology. Chromosome synapsis in spermatocytes of the...

journal_title：Comparative cytogenetics

authors： Matveevsky S,Bakloushinskaya I,Tambovtseva V,Romanenko S,Kolomiets O

更新日期：2015-12-02 00:00:00

abstract：:Cichlids represent one of the most species-rich families of fishes and have attracted the attention of evolutionary biologists due to the rapid radiation occurring in some groups and the importance of some species in the world aquaculture. Cytogenetic analysis was conducted in 10 cichlid species from the Araguaia Rive...

journal_title：Comparative cytogenetics

authors： Valente GT,Vitorino Cde A,Cabral-de-Mello DC,Oliveira C,Souza IL,Martins C,Venere PC

更新日期：2012-04-27 00:00:00

abstract：:In the present study, the chromosomes numbers were confirmed, 2n = 34 for Amaranthus cruentus Linnaeus, 1759, and 2n = 32 for Amaranthus hypochondriacus Linnaeus, 1753, Amaranthus mantegazzianus Passer, 1864, and Amaranthus caudatus Linnaeus, 1753. The distribution and variability of constitutive heterochromatin were ...

journal_title：Comparative cytogenetics

authors： Bonasora MG,Poggio L,Greizerstein EJ

更新日期：2013-03-26 00:00:00

abstract：:Several strains of the apparently well-known cosmopolitan synanthropic parasitoid of coleopteran stored-product pests, Lariophagusdistinguendus (Förster, 1841) from Western Europe, were studied using DNA sequencing and chromosomal analysis. The presence of at least two cryptic species with different COI sequences and ...

journal_title：Comparative cytogenetics

authors： König C,Paschke S,Pollmann M,Reinisch R,Gantert C,Weber J,Krogmann L,Steidle JLM,Gokhman VE

更新日期：2019-06-11 00:00:00