MITOTIC AND KARYOTYPE OF INDIGOFERA SUFFRUTICOSA MILL. IN CENTRAL JAVA

Wahyu Kusumawardani, Muzzazinah & Murni Ramli. 2021. Mitotic and Karyotype of Indigofera suffruticosa Mill. in Central Java. Floribunda 6(6): 213–219 . — Indigofera suffruticosa has been widely used by Indonesians, but its cytological information is still limited. This study was aimed to observe the mitotic phases and chromosome structures of I. suffruticosa. The analysis was performed on I. suffruticosa sampled from Magelang, Central Java. Mitotic phases and chromosomes’ structures were observed using root tips prepared with the squash method. The chromosome morphological structure was analyzed with karyotype maps using Image Raster, Corel Draw, and Microsoft Excel. The observation showed that I. suffruticosa were at various mitosis phases starting from prophase, pro-metaphase, metaphase, anaphase, and telophase. The chromosome in the pro-metaphase was analyzed for its karyotype morphology. The species has some diploid chromosomes (2n = 16). I. suffruticosa’s chromosomes have an average chromosome’ length of 2.08 µm with submetacentric and metacentric types. Data about the chromosome structure of I. suffruticosa from Indonesia could complement the novelty of the taxonomic classification information obtained by previous researchers.

CYTOGENETICS OF CHILEAN FISHES: A COMMENTED DATABASE

<p>A database containing data from cytogenetic studies of Chilean fish species is documented for the first time. The cytogenetic data compiled for Chilean fishes include 28 species belonging to 11 families, 9 orders and 16 genera, taking as reference 18 publications since 1972. The application of a variety of cytogenetic methods has provided information on chromosome number, karyotype morphology, genome size, and /or location of different DNA sequences. These data represent only ca. 2.7% of Chile’s fish diversity.</p>

KARYOLOGICAL STUDY IN THE CHILEAN RHATANY Krameria cistoidea HOOK. & ARN. (KRAMERIACEAE)

The karyotype of the plant species Krameria cistoidea Hook. & Arn. was studied by assessing chromosome characters such as morphology, size, and C-banding pattern. The karyotype of K. cistoidea was composed only by metacentric chromosomes in the two populations studied. The haploid set length was 51.9±2.3 µm and the mean chromosome size was 8.68±0.78 µm. Some similarities in chromosome morphology and size can be observed among K. cistoidea and K. triandra, in addition to the chromosome number 2n=12 which is conserved within the genus. K. cistoidea exhibited a symmetric banding pattern with large C-bands in the telomeres of the short and long arms of all chromosomes, except the short arm of pair 1. The relative length of the C-bands was 23.5% of the total haploid set length. These cytological results on K. cistoidea are the first data on quantitative karyotype morphology and C-banding patterns in the genus Krameria. Key words: Krameria, karyotype, C-banding

Comparative cytogenetics of Astyanax (Teleostei: Characidae) from the upper Paraguay basin

ABSTRACT Astyanax is one of the most abundant and diverse taxa of fishes in the Neotropical region. In order to increase the amount of cytogenetic information for Astyanax as well as to exhibit data to subsidize future taxonomic studies, this work analyzed three species of Astyanax: two species are cryptic, and are here reported to live in syntopy (A. abramis and A. lacustris); the first karyotype description for A. pirapuan is also presented. Cytogenetic analyzes reveal a diploid number of 2n=50 chromosomes for three species, yet with differences in their karyotype morphology. The physical mapping of 18S rDNA showed up to thirteen sites in A. pirapuan and two in A. abramis and A. lacustris. The physical mapping of 5S rDNA has proven to be an effective marker for the characterization of species of Astyanax studied in this work.

Charachterization of umbilical cord mesenchymal stromal cells during long-term expansion in vitro

One of the clinicians’ major concerns is the biological safety of MSC. The critical question for clinical application of human MSC is their ability to undergo spontaneous malignant transformation in a recipient organism. The goal of our research was to study umbilical cord hMSC proliferative and differentiation capacities, karyotype stability, telomerase activity and telomere length, oncomarkers expression and tumorigenicity during long-term (6 months) cultivation ex vivo. Here we report on the establishing the primary culture of human umbilical cord MSC, MSC_0714, that was capable to proliferate ex vivo for up to 59 passages (6 months). During this period, the cells preserved their normal karyotype, morphology and MSC immunophenotype. Telomeres started to shorten only after the passage 20, while hTERT was inactive in these cells for the whole period of expansion. At the beginning of cultivation the number of SA-β-gal positive cells did not exceeded 3-5%, after the 22th passage their number started to increase and reached 49% at the passage 57. Thus, it was shown that MSC during long-term culture retain their characteristics and undergo cell senescence.

Comparative cytogenetics in Cyclopogon (Orchidaceae)

A cytotaxonomical description of Cyclopogon (Spiranthinae, Orchidaceae) is carried out through a deep karyotype analysis of four species from NE Argentina. Distinctive karyotype parameters concerning the chromosomes number, morphology, size and symmetry and the genome size associate to each taxon. Cyclopogon calophyllus (2n = 2x =28; 18m + 10sm), C. congestus (2n = 2x = 32; 26m + 6sm), C. elatus (2n = 2x = 28; 18m + 10sm) and C. oliganthus (2n = 4x = 64; 40m + 24sm) possess symmetrical karyotypes (i-mean = 40.01–42.84; A 1 = 0.24–032; r>2 = 0.06–0.29) and excluding C. congestus (A 2 = 0.26; R = 2.62) unimodality is the rule (A 2 = 0.12–0.20; R = 1.73–1.92). Diploid taxa show a terminal macrosatellite in the m pair no. 2 (large arm) and share a comparable mean chromosome length (ca. 2.75 μm) and genome size (ca. 40 μm), superior to the tetraploid C. oliganthus (ca. 2 and 32 μm, respectively). The novel data added to preceding cytological, morphological and molecular approaches involving Cyclopogon and those related taxa of Spiranthinae largely based on x = 23 support the hypothesis that the unusual 2n and the karyotype morphology of Cyclopogon is an evolutionary advance within Spiranthinae with a basic reduction to x = 14 or 16 by chromosome fusions. A polyploid-dysploid series added to dibasic hybridization explain the extant 2n diversity though a paleopolyploid series on x = 7–8 is also possible.