scholarly journals Fundamentally different repetitive element composition of sex chromosomes in Rumex acetosa

2020 ◽  
Vol 127 (1) ◽  
pp. 33-47
Author(s):  
Wojciech Jesionek ◽  
Markéta Bodláková ◽  
Zdeněk Kubát ◽  
Radim Čegan ◽  
Boris Vyskot ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
In Situ Hybridization ◽  
Fluorescence In Situ Hybridization ◽  
X Chromosome ◽  
Sex Chromosomes ◽  
Tandem Repeats ◽  
Sex Chromosome ◽  
Rumex Acetosa ◽  
Dioecious Species ◽  
Y Chromosomes

Abstract Background and Aims Dioecious species with well-established sex chromosomes are rare in the plant kingdom. Most sex chromosomes increase in size but no comprehensive analysis of the kind of sequences that drive this expansion has been presented. Here we analyse sex chromosome structure in common sorrel (Rumex acetosa), a dioecious plant with XY1Y2 sex determination, and we provide the first chromosome-specific repeatome analysis for a plant species possessing sex chromosomes. Methods We flow-sorted and separately sequenced sex chromosomes and autosomes in R. acetosa using the two-dimensional fluorescence in situ hybridization in suspension (FISHIS) method and Illumina sequencing. We identified and quantified individual repeats using RepeatExplorer, Tandem Repeat Finder and the Tandem Repeats Analysis Program. We employed fluorescence in situ hybridization (FISH) to analyse the chromosomal localization of satellites and transposons. Key Results We identified a number of novel satellites, which have, in a fashion similar to previously known satellites, significantly expanded on the Y chromosome but not as much on the X or on autosomes. Additionally, the size increase of Y chromosomes is caused by non-long terminal repeat (LTR) and LTR retrotransposons, while only the latter contribute to the enlargement of the X chromosome. However, the X chromosome is populated by different LTR retrotransposon lineages than those on Y chromosomes. Conclusions The X and Y chromosomes have significantly diverged in terms of repeat composition. The lack of recombination probably contributed to the expansion of diverse satellites and microsatellites and faster fixation of newly inserted transposable elements (TEs) on the Y chromosomes. In addition, the X and Y chromosomes, despite similar total counts of TEs, differ significantly in the representation of individual TE lineages, which indicates that transposons proliferate preferentially in either the paternal or the maternal lineage.

scholarly journals Application of the FISH Technique to Visualize Sex Chromosomes in Domestic Cat Spermatozoa

Animals ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 11 (7) ◽  
pp. 2106
Author(s):  
Barbara Kij-Mitka ◽  
Halina Cernohorska ◽  
Svatava Kubickova ◽  
Sylwia Prochowska ◽  
Wojciech Niżański ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
In Situ Hybridization ◽  
Fluorescence In Situ Hybridization ◽  
Sex Chromosomes ◽  
Chromosomal Abnormalities ◽  
Molecular Cytogenetics ◽  
Molecular Probes ◽  
Domestic Cat ◽  
Fish Technique ◽  
Y Chromosomes

Fluorescence in situ hybridization is a molecular cytogenetics technique that enables the visualization of chromosomes in cells via fluorescently labeled molecular probes specific to selected chromosomes. Despite difficulties in carrying out the FISH technique on sperm, related to the need for proper nuclear chromatin decondensation, this technique has already been used to visualize chromosomes in human, mouse, cattle, swine, horse, and dog spermatozoa. Until now, FISH has not been performed on domestic cat sperm; therefore, the aim of this study was to visualize sex chromosomes in domestic cat sperm. The results showed the presence of X and Y chromosomes in feline spermatozoa. The procedure used for sperm decondensation and fluorescence in situ hybridization was adequate to visualize chromosomes in domestic cat spermatozoa and, in the future, it may be used to determine the degree of chromosomal abnormalities in these gametes.

Laser isolation of plant sex chromosomes: studies on the DNA composition of the X and Y sex chromosomes of Silene latifolia

Genome ◽  
1997 ◽  
Vol 40 (5) ◽  
pp. 705-715 ◽  
Author(s):  
Charles P. Scutt ◽  
Yasuko Kamisugi ◽  
Philip M. Gilmartin ◽  
Fukumi Sakai
Keyword(s):  
In Situ Hybridization ◽  
Sex Chromosomes ◽  
Dna Sequences ◽  
Sex Chromosome ◽  
Silene Latifolia ◽  
Dioecious Species ◽  
Mitotic Metaphase Chromosome ◽  
Degenerate Oligonucleotide ◽  
Plant Sex Chromosomes

X and Y sex chromosomes from the dioecious plant Silene latifolia (white campion) were isolated from mitotic metaphase chromosome preparations on polyester membranes. Autosomes were ablated using an argon ion laser microbeam and isolated sex chromosomes were then recovered on excised fragments of polyester membrane. Sex chromosome associated DNA sequences were amplified using the degenerate oligonucleotide primed polymerase chain reaction (DOP–PCR) and pools of DOP–PCR products were used to investigate the genomic organization of the S. latifolia sex chromosomes. The chromosomal locations of cloned sex chromosome repeat sequences were analysed by fluorescence in situ hybridization and data complementary to laser ablation studies were obtained by genomic in situ hybridization. In combination, these studies demonstrate that the X and Y sex chromosomes of S. latifolia are of very similar DNA composition and also that they share a significant repetitive DNA content with the autosomes. The evolution of sex chromosomes in Silene is discussed and compared with that in another dioecious species, Rumex acetosa.Key words: FISH, GISH, laser-microdissection, sex chromosome, Silene latifolia.

Cloning and characterization of dispersed repetitive DNA derived from microdissected sex chromosomes of Rumex acetosa

Genome ◽  
2006 ◽  
Vol 49 (2) ◽  
pp. 114-121 ◽  
Author(s):  
Beatrice Mariotti ◽  
Rafael Navajas-Pérez ◽  
Rafael Lozano ◽  
John S Parker ◽  
Roberto de la Herrán ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Repetitive Dna ◽  
Sex Chromosomes ◽  
Dna Sequences ◽  
Sex Chromosome ◽  
Rumex Acetosa ◽  
Dioecious Species ◽  
Rumex Crispus ◽  
Origin And Evolution ◽  
Y Chromosomes ◽  
Plant Sex Chromosomes

Rumex acetosa is characterized by a multiple chromosome system (2n = 12 + XX for females, and 2n = 12 + XY1Y2 for males), in which sex is determined by the ratio between the number of X chromosomes and autosome sets. For a better understanding of the molecular structure and evolution of plant sex chromosomes, we have generated a sex chromosome specific library of R. acetosa by microdissection. The screening of this library has allowed us to identify 5 repetitive DNA families that have been characterized in detail. One of these families, DOP-20, has shown no homology with other sequences in databases. Nevertheless, the putative proteins encoded by the other 4 families, DOP-8, DOP-47, DOP-60, and DOP-61, show homology with proteins from different plant retroelements, including poly proteins from Ty3-gypsy- and Ty1-copia-like long terminal repeat (LTR) retroelements, and reverse transcriptase from non-LTR retro elements. Results indicate that sequences from these 5 families are dispersed throughout the genome of both males and females, but no appreciable accumulation or differentiation of these types of sequences have been found in the Y chromosomes. These repetitive DNA sequences are more conserved in the genome of other dioecious species such as Rumex papillaris, Rumex intermedius, Rumex thyrsoides, Rumex hastatulus, and Rumex suffruticosus, than in the polygamous, gynodioecious, or hermaphrodite species Rumex induratus, Rumex lunaria, Rumex con glom er atus, Rumex crispus, and Rumex bucephalo phorus, which supports a single origin of dioecious species in this genus. The implication of these transposable elements in the origin and evolution of the heteromorphic sex chromosomes of R. acetosa is discussed.Key words: Rumex acetosa, sex chromosomes, microdissection, evolution, retroelements.

Fluorescence In Situ Hybridization Analysis of Sex-Chromosome Mosaicism in Azoospermic Men

2001 ◽  
Vol 22 (6) ◽  
pp. 970-972 ◽  
Author(s):  
HIROSHI OKADA ◽  
MASAKI DOBASHI ◽  
TAKAFUMI YAMAZAKI ◽  
MASATO FUJISAWA ◽  
SOICHI ARAKAWA ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
In Situ Hybridization ◽  
Fluorescence In Situ Hybridization ◽  
Sex Chromosome ◽  
Hybridization Analysis ◽  
Chromosome Mosaicism

Characterization of a small supernumerary ring X chromosome by fluorescence in situ hybridization

1993 ◽  
Vol 47 (8) ◽  
pp. 1153-1156 ◽  
Author(s):  
Alessandra M. V. Duncan ◽  
Athen Macdonald ◽  
Carolyn J. Brown ◽  
Daynna Wolff ◽  
Huntington F. Willard ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
In Situ Hybridization ◽  
Fluorescence In Situ Hybridization ◽  
X Chromosome

Estimation of aneuploidy levels for 8, 15, 18, X and Y chromosomes in 97 human sperm samples using fluorescence in situ hybridization

1997 ◽  
Vol 67 (6) ◽  
pp. 1134-1139 ◽  
Author(s):  
Frédéric Morel ◽  
Sylvie Mercier ◽  
Christophe Roux ◽  
Marie Claire Clavequin ◽  
Jean-Luc Bresson
Keyword(s):  
In Situ Hybridization ◽  
Fluorescence In Situ Hybridization ◽  
Human Sperm ◽  
Y Chromosomes

Fluorescence in Situ Hybridization Studies on the Sex Chromosome Constitution of Human Sperm

1997 ◽  
Vol 39 (3) ◽  
pp. 217-222 ◽  
Author(s):  
T. Dineen ◽  
A. Nolan ◽  
J. Harrington ◽  
A. Greer ◽  
R. Kennedy ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
In Situ Hybridization ◽  
Fluorescence In Situ Hybridization ◽  
Sex Chromosome ◽  
Human Sperm ◽  
Chromosome Constitution

LTR retrotransposons in the dioecious plant Silene latifolia

Genome ◽  
2002 ◽  
Vol 45 (4) ◽  
pp. 745-751 ◽  
Author(s):  
Sachihiro Matsunaga ◽  
Fumi Yagisawa ◽  
Maki Yamamoto ◽  
Wakana Uchida ◽  
Shunsuke Nakao ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Sex Chromosomes ◽  
Evolutionary Dynamics ◽  
Sex Chromosome ◽  
Silene Latifolia ◽  
Ltr Retrotransposons ◽  
Dioecious Plant ◽  
Dioecious Species ◽  
Y Chromosomes ◽  
Genus Silene ◽  
Silene Species

Conserved domains of two types of LTR retrotransposons, Ty1–copia- and Ty3–gypsy-like retrotransposons, were isolated from the dioecious plant Silene latifolia, whose sex is determined by X and Y chromosomes. Southern hybridization analyses using these retrotransposons as probes resulted in identical patterns from male and female genomes. Fluorescence in situ hybridization indicated that these retrotransposons do not accumulate specifically in the sex chromosomes. These results suggest that recombination between the sex chromosomes of S. latifolia has not been severely reduced. Conserved reverse transcriptase regions of Ty1–copia-like retrotransposons were isolated from 13 different Silene species and classified into two major families. Their categorization suggests that parallel divergence of the Ty1–copia-like retrotransposons occurred during the differentiation of Silene species. Most functional retrotransposons from three dioecious species, S. latifolia, S. dioica, and S. diclinis, fell into two clusters. The evolutionary dynamics of retrotransposons implies that, in the genus Silene, dioecious species evolved recently from gynodioecious species.Key words: retrotransposon, dioecious plant, sex chromosome.

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