scholarly journals Extensive chromosomal fissions and repetitive DNA accumulation shaped the atypical karyotypes of two Ramphastidae (Aves: Piciformes) species

2020 ◽  
Vol 130 (4) ◽  
pp. 839-849 ◽  
Author(s):  
Rafael Kretschmer ◽  
Ivanete De Oliveira Furo ◽  
Marcelo De Bello Cioffi ◽  
Ricardo José Gunski ◽  
Analía Del Valle Garnero ◽  
...  

Abstract In contrast to the ‘avian-like’ diploid number (2n = 80), most toucans and aracaris (Piciformes: Ramphastidae) have divergent karyotypes, exhibiting a higher 2n. To identify the chromosomal rearrangements that shaped the karyotype of these species, we applied chicken macrochromosome paints 1–10 and 11 microsatellite sequences to the chromosomes of two representative species, Pteroglossus inscriptus and Ramphastos tucannus tucannus. Paints of chicken chromosomes revealed that at least the first five ancestral chromosomes have undergone fissions, and a fusion between a segment of chicken chromosome 1 and a segment from chromosome 3 occurred in both species. The microsatellite sequences were accumulated mainly in the Z chromosome and in several microchromosomes in both species. These results suggest that the genomes of the Ramphastidae have been shaped by extensive fissions and repetitive DNA accumulation as the main driving forces leading to the higher 2n as found in these species. Furthermore, our results suggest that the putative ancestral karyotype of Ramphastidae already had a high diploid number, probably close to 2n = 112, similar to that observed in P. inscriptus and R. t. tucannus.

2001 ◽  
Vol 32 (1) ◽  
pp. 50-50
Author(s):  
S. F. Ge ◽  
M. N. Romanov ◽  
P. J. Sharp ◽  
D. W. Burt ◽  
I. R. Paton ◽  
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2021 ◽  
Vol 21 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Talita Fernanda Augusto Ribas ◽  
Julio Cesar Pieczarka ◽  
Darren K. Griffin ◽  
Lucas G. Kiazim ◽  
Cleusa Yoshiko Nagamachi ◽  
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Abstract Background Thamnophilidae birds are the result of a monophyletic radiation of insectivorous Passeriformes. They are a diverse group of 225 species and 45 genera and occur in lowlands and lower montane forests of Neotropics. Despite the large degree of diversity seen in this family, just four species of Thamnophilidae have been karyotyped with a diploid number ranging from 76 to 82 chromosomes. The karyotypic relationships within and between Thamnophilidae and another Passeriformes therefore remain poorly understood. Recent studies have identified the occurrence of intrachromosomal rearrangements in Passeriformes using in silico data and molecular cytogenetic tools. These results demonstrate that intrachromosomal rearrangements are more common in birds than previously thought and are likely to contribute to speciation events. With this in mind, we investigate the apparently conserved karyotype of Willisornis vidua, the Xingu Scale-backed Antbird, using a combination of molecular cytogenetic techniques including chromosome painting with probes derived from Gallus gallus (chicken) and Burhinus oedicnemus (stone curlew), combined with Bacterial Artificial Chromosome (BAC) probes derived from the same species. The goal was to investigate the occurrence of rearrangements in an apparently conserved karyotype in order to understand the evolutionary history and taxonomy of this species. In total, 78 BAC probes from the Gallus gallus and Taeniopygia guttata (the Zebra Finch) BAC libraries were tested, of which 40 were derived from Gallus gallus macrochromosomes 1–8, and 38 from microchromosomes 9–28. Results The karyotype is similar to typical Passeriformes karyotypes, with a diploid number of 2n = 80. Our chromosome painting results show that most of the Gallus gallus chromosomes are conserved, except GGA-1, 2 and 4, with some rearrangements identified among macro- and microchromosomes. BAC mapping revealed many intrachromosomal rearrangements, mainly inversions, when comparing Willisornis vidua karyotype with Gallus gallus, and corroborates the fissions revealed by chromosome painting. Conclusions Willisornis vidua presents multiple chromosomal rearrangements despite having a supposed conservative karyotype, demonstrating that our approach using a combination of FISH tools provides a higher resolution than previously obtained by chromosome painting alone. We also show that populations of Willisornis vidua appear conserved from a cytogenetic perspective, despite significant phylogeographic structure.


Genome ◽  
1990 ◽  
Vol 33 (6) ◽  
pp. 798-802 ◽  
Author(s):  
M. D. B. Eldridge ◽  
R. L. Close ◽  
P. G. Johnston

The karyotypes of Petrogale inornata and the two currently recognised races of Petrogale penicillata were examined using G-banding from cultured fibroblasts. Petrogale inornata (2n = 22) was found to retain plesiomorphic chromosomes 3 and 4 but possessed an apomorphic inverted chromosome 5 (5i). This 5i appears identical with the 5i found in two other Queensland taxa, Petrogale assimilis and Petrogale godmani, and can be derived from the ancestral chromosome 5 by an extensive paracentric inversion or a centromeric transposition. Petrogale penicillata penicillata (2n = 22) and Petrogale penicillata herberti (2n = 22) both possess the synapomorphic acrocentric chromosome 3, which appears to differ from the plesiomorphic 3 by a small centromeric transposition. Petrogale p. penicillata was also found to be characterised by an apomorphic acrocentric chromosome 4, while P. p. herberti was characterised by an autapomorphic submetacentric chromosome 4. Both apomorphic chromosomes 4 can be related to the plesiomorphic chromosome 4 by centromeric transpositions. Thus although P. inornata is chromosomally distinct it is more closely related to other north Queensland taxa than it is to either P. p. penicillata or P. p. herberti.Key words: chromosomal rearrangements, G-banding, Marsupialia, Petrogale, Macropodidae.


2015 ◽  
Vol 146 (1) ◽  
pp. 58-63 ◽  
Author(s):  
Rafael Kretschmer ◽  
Ricardo J. Gunski ◽  
Analía del Valle Garnero ◽  
Patricia C.M. O'Brien ◽  
Malcolm A. Ferguson-Smith ◽  
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The Southern lapwing (Vanellus chilensis) is endemic to America and is well-known because of the vast expansion of its geographical distribution and its involvement in air accidents. Despite its popularity, there is no information concerning the genomic organization and karyotype of this species. Hence, because other species of the genus Vanellus have variable diploid numbers from 2n = 58 to 76, the aim of this report was to analyze the karyotype of V. chilensis by means of classical and molecular cytogenetics. We found that 2n = 78 and chromosome painting using probes of Gallus gallus (GGA) and Leucopternis albicollis revealed an organization similar to the avian putative ancestral karyotype, except for the fusion of GGA7 and GGA8, also found in Burhinus oedicnemus, the only Charadriiforme species analyzed by FISH so far. This rearrangement may represent a cytogenetic signature for this group and, in addition, must be responsible for the difference between the diploid number found in the avian putative ancestral karyotype (2n = 80) and V. chilensis (2n = 78).


2010 ◽  
Vol 41 (6) ◽  
pp. 659-661 ◽  
Author(s):  
S. Sato ◽  
S. Sato ◽  
T. Otake ◽  
C. Suzuki ◽  
Y. Uemoto ◽  
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2017 ◽  
Vol 153 (2) ◽  
pp. 105-116 ◽  
Author(s):  
Olga Raskina

In wild plant populations, chromosome rearrangements lead to the wide intraspecific polymorphisms in the abundance and patterns of highly repetitive DNA. However, despite the large amount of accumulated data, the impact of the complex repetitive DNA fraction on genome reorganization and functioning and the mechanisms balancing and maintaining the structural integrity of the genome are not fully understood. Homologous recombination is thought to play a key role in both genome reshuffling and stabilization, while the contribution of nonhomologous recombination seems to be undervalued. Here, tandem repeat patterns and dynamics during pollen mother cell development were addressed, with a focus on the meiotic recombination that determines chromosome/genome repatterning and stabilization under cross-pollination and artificial hybridization in wild goatgrass, Aegilops speltoides. Native plants from contrasting allopatric populations and artificially created intraspecific hybrids were investigated using a FISH approach. Cytogenetic analysis uncovered a wide spectrum of genotype- and cell-specific chromosomal rearrangements, suggesting intensive repatterning of both parental and hybrid genomes. The data obtained provide evidence that repetitive elements serve as overabundant and ubiquitous resources for maintaining chromosome architecture/genome integrity through homologous and nonhomologous recombination at the intraorganismal level, and genotype-specific repatterning underlies intrapopulation polymorphisms and intraspecific diversification in the wild.


Blood ◽  
1994 ◽  
Vol 84 (7) ◽  
pp. 2283-2290 ◽  
Author(s):  
M Taniwaki ◽  
K Nishida ◽  
T Takashima ◽  
H Nakagawa ◽  
H Fujii ◽  
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Structural chromosomal abnormalities and their break-points were characterized in 17 patients with multiple myeloma (MM) and 4 with plasma cell leukemia by banding. Chromosome 14q32 translocations with a variety of partners were detected in 13 patients, and a variant translocation t(8;22)(q24.1;q11) was detected in 1. Three recurrent 14q32 translocations have been identified: t(6;14)(p21.1;q32.3) occurring in 3 cases, and t(11;14)(q13;q32.3) and t(14;18) (q32.3;q21.3) each occurring in 2 cases. Translocations t(1;14)(q21;q32.3), t(3;14)(p11;q32),t(7;14)(q11.2;q32.3), and t(11;14)(q23;q32.3) were found in each patient, whereas in the remaining 2 patients, partner chromosomes could not be determined. The band 19p13.3 was newly delineated as a recurrent breakpoint involved in translocations in MM. Chromosomes 1 and 6 were also commonly involved in structural abnormalities (14 and 10 patients, respectively), although no particular bands were noted. However, the short arm of chromosome 1 was preferentially involved in deletion, suggesting a certain antioncogene on 1p associated with the development of myeloma. In addition; fluorescence in situ hybridization was successfully applied to determine the nature of the structural abnormalities in a patient with t(8;22) translocation. The present findings suggest that there may be subsets of 14q32 translocations specific to MM.


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