两种长臂猿染色体的C带和Ag－NORs的比较研究

本文对长臂猿属（Ｈｙｌｏｂａｔｅｓ）中白眉长臂猿（Ｈ．ｈｏｏｌｏｃｋ）２ｎ＝３８和白颊长臂猿（Ｈ．ｌｅｕｃｏｇｅｎｙｓ）２ｎ＝５２的染色体Ｃ带和Ａｇ－ＮＯＲｓ进行了比较研究。结果表明,两种长臂猿的Ｃ带核型中除多数染色体有着丝点Ｃ带外,一些染色体上还出现插入Ｃ带和着丝点Ｃ带弱化或减少现象;白眉长臂猿有全异染色质臂;白颊长臂猿有较多的端位Ｃ带。白眉长臂猿有两个Ａｇ－ＮＯＲｓ,而白颊长臂猿的Ａｇ－ＮＯＲｓ雌体有４个,雄体有５个,Ｙ染色体上有ＮＯＲ．本文对长臂猿的核型进化作了讨论。     

利用染色体涂染方法建立人和白眉长臂猿(Hylobates hoolock)的比较染色体图谱

除人Y染色体外,本文采用生物素标记的人全部整条染色体特异探针与白眉长臂猿(Hylobates hoolock)有丝分裂中期分裂相进行染色体原位杂交即染色体涂染法以研究人和白眉长臂猿染色体之间的同源性。在白眉长臂猿18对常染色体上检测出了与人22对常染色体同源的59对染色体片段,确定了人和白眉长臂猿之间的精度较高的染色体连锁群。结果表明:自人与白眉长臂猿的祖先分歧以来,大量的染色体间重排(至少发生了39次易位)和染色体内的重排导致了二者核型的差异。根据杂交结果绘制了首份人和白眉长臂猿比较染色体图谱,并结合已有的人和白掌长臂猿(Hylobates lar)(2n=44)和合趾长臂猿(Hylobates syndactylus)(2n=50)的比较染色体图谱对长臂猿属的染色体进化作了初步的探讨。     

Genomic reorganization and disrupted chromosomal synteny in the siamang (Hylobates syndactylus) revealed by fluorescence in situ hybridization

We employed in situ hybridization (“chromosome painting”) of chromosome-specific DNA libraries of all human chromosomes to establish homologies between the human and siamang karyotypes (Hylobates syndactylus, 2n = 50). Numerous intra- and interchromosomal rearrangements have led to a massive reorganization of the siamang karyotype. There have been a minimum of 33 translocations. The 24 siamang autosomes are composed of 60 recognizable segments that show DNA homology to regions of the 22 human autosomes. Only two autosomes have not been involved in translocations. The siamang presents a case, in a primate closely related to humans, in which chromosome morphology and synteny are highly disturbed in a manner similar to that encountered among rodents. © 1995 Wiley-Liss, Inc.     

A complete comparative chromosome map for the dog, red fox, and human and its integration with canine genetic maps

Cross-species reciprocal chromosome painting was used to delineate homologous chromosomal segments between domestic dog, red fox, and human. Whole sets of chromosome-specific painting probes for the red fox and dog were made by PCR amplification of flow-sorted chromosomes from established cell cultures. Based on their hybridization patterns, a complete comparative chromosome map of the three species has been built. Thirty-nine of the 44 synteny groups from the published radiation hybrid map and 33 of the 40 linkage groups in the linkage map of the dog have been assigned to specific chromosomes by fluorescence in situ hybridization and PCR-based genotyping. Each canine chromosome has at least one DNA marker assigned to it. The human-canid map shows that the canid karyotypes are among the most extensively rearranged karyotypes in mammals. Twenty-two human autosomal paints delineated 73 homologous regions on 38 canine autosomes, while paints from 38 dog autosomes detected 90 homologous segments in the human genome. Of the 22 human autosomes, only the syntenies of three chromosomes (14, 20, and 21) have been maintained intact in the canid genome. The dog-fox map and DAPI banding comparison demonstrate that the remarkable karyotype differences between fox (2n = 34 + 0-8 Bs) and dog (2n = 78) are due to 26 chromosomal fusion events and 4 fission events. It is proposed that the more easily karyotyped fox chromosomes can be used as a common reference and control system for future gene mapping in the DogMap project and CGH analysis of canine tumor DNA.     

比较染色体涂色显示小熊猫(Ailurus fulgens)具有高度保守的核型

以狗的整条染色体特异探针,通过比较染色体涂色（Comparative Chromosome Painting）,建立了小熊猫和狗的比较染色体图谱。狗的38条常染色体探针在小熊猫染色体上共检出71个同源片段。其中狗的18条常染色体每一条在小熊猫染色全上各有1个同源片段,其余的20条常染色体每一条在小熊猫染色体上各有2至5个同源片段。广泛的染色体结构重排造成了小熊猫与狗的核型差异：至少需要经过28次断裂,49次融合,4次倒位才能将狗的核型（2n=78）“转变”为小熊猫的核型（2n=36）。结合已发表的狗与家猫的比较染色体图谱,我们推测：小熊猫与家猫之间共存在26个同源片段,二者的核型之间显示了较高的同源性。通过比较分析狗的染色体同源片段在小熊猫与家猫染色体上的分布和排列,可以看出：4次染色体易拉,2次倒位造成了小熊猫与家猫的核型差异。我们的工作进一步证实了利用基因组高度重排的物种（如：狗）的染色体特异探针与核型保守的物种（如：家猫、水貂、小熊猫）进行比较染色体涂色研究,不但可以准确快速地鉴别物种进化过程中所发生的染色体间的结构重排,而且还可揭示染色体内的结构重组。     

Karyotype of the gibbons hylobates lar and h. moloch inversion in chromosome 7.

A karyotype of the gibbon, Hylobates, has been prepared based on the chromosome banding patterns produced by quinacrine, trypsin-Giemsa, and centromeric heterochromatin stains. The banding patterns of H. lar and H. moloch are virtually identical. No brilliant quinacrine-fluorescent areas are present. The banding pattern of most of the gibbon chromosomes show less resemblance to those of the human, chimpanzee, gorilla, or orangutan than the chromosomes of the higher primates do to each other, suggesting a relatively large evolutionary separation of the gibbon from the higher primates. A pericentric inversion of chromosome 7 is present in one gibbon.     

A high-resolution map of synteny disruptions in gibbon and human genomes

Gibbons are part of the same superfamily (Hominoidea) as humans and great apes, but their karyotype has diverged faster from the common hominoid ancestor. At least 24 major chromosome rearrangements are required to convert the presumed ancestral karyotype of gibbons into that of the hominoid ancestor. Up to 28 additional rearrangements distinguish the various living species from the common gibbon ancestor. Using the northern white-cheeked gibbon (2n = 52) (Nomascus leucogenys leucogenys) as a model, we created a high-resolution map of the homologous regions between the gibbon and human. The positions of 100 synteny breakpoints relative to the assembled human genome were determined at a resolution of about 200 kb. Interestingly, 46% of the gibbon–human synteny breakpoints occur in regions that correspond to segmental duplications in the human lineage, indicating a common source of plasticity leading to a different outcome in the two species. Additionally, the full sequences of 11 gibbon BACs spanning evolutionary breakpoints reveal either segmental duplications or interspersed repeats at the exact breakpoint locations. No specific sequence element appears to be common among independent rearrangements. We speculate that the extraordinarily high level of rearrangements seen in gibbons may be due to factors that increase the incidence of chromosome breakage or fixation of the derivative chromosomes in a homozygous state.     

Phylogenetic implications of the 38 putative ancestral chromosome segments for four canid species.

Chromosome homologies between the Japanese raccoon dog (Nectereutes procyonoides viverrinus, 2n = 39 + 2-4 B chromosomes) and domestic dog (Canis familiaris, 2n = 78) have been established by hybridizing a complete set of canine paint probes onto high-resolution G-banded chromosomes of the raccoon dog. Dog chromosomes 1, 13, and 19 each correspond to two raccoon dog chromosome segments, while the remaining 35 dog autosomes each correspond to a single segment. In total, 38 dog autosome paints revealed 41 conserved segments in the raccoon dog. The use of dog painting probes has enabled integration of the raccoon dog chromosomes into the previously established comparative map for the domestic dog, Arctic fox (Alopex lagopus), and red fox (Vulpes vulpes). Extensive chromosome arm homologies were found among chromosomes of the red fox, Arctic fox, and raccoon dog. Contradicting previous findings, our results show that the raccoon dog does not share a single biarmed autosome in common with the Arctic fox, red fox, or domestic cat. Comparative analysis of the distribution patterns of conserved chromosome segments revealed by dog paints in the genomes of the canids, cats, and human reveals 38 ancestral autosome segments. These segments could represent the ancestral chromosome arms in the karyotype of the most recent ancestor of the Canidae family, which we suggest could have had a low diploid number, based on comparisons with outgroup species.     

中国长臂猿的分布(英文)

中国南部分布着3种长臂猿,它们是白眉长臂猿(Hylobates hoolock)、白掌长臂猿(H.lar)和黑冠长臂猿(H.concolor)。黑冠长臂猿在我国境内有3个亚种:指名亚种(H.c.concolor),白颊亚种(H.c.leucogenys)和海南亚种(H.c.hainanus)。这些种类目前只分布在云南和广东的海南岛,但在五十年代初也生活在广西的西南部。这些地区是长臂猿属分布区的东北边界。 同它们在中南半岛的地理特征相一致,中国的3种长臂猿的分布区不相重迭,以两条大江为界。白眉长臂猿栖居在云南怒江以西,白掌长臂猿生活在怒江与澜沧江之间地带,黑冠长臂猿占据澜沧江以东。但是有一处,即黑冠长臂猿的云南保山瓦窑分布点例外,该地的标本收藏在动物研究所。 对于黑冠长臂猿海南亚种的文献记述存在不确切之处。现有较多的标本表明,海南亚种的雌性个体头冠部具有界限明显的黑色大斑块;成年雌性个体背毛呈浅棕灰色或较鲜亮的赭黄色;背中部毛较长,在40—75毫米之间。 我们所研究的标本收藏在以下单位:纽约美国自然历史博物馆,北京自然博物馆,芝加哥福地自然历史博物馆,复旦大学生物系,中国科学院动物研究所,广州华南濒危动物研究所,上海自然博物馆,上海动物园(活体),中山大学生物系。     

Dog chromosome-specific paints reveal evolutionary inter- and intrachromosomal rearrangements in the American mink and human

Forty chromosome-specific paint probes of the domestic dog (Canis familiaris, 2n = 78) were used to delineate conserved segments on metaphase chromosomes of the American mink (Mustela vison, 2n = 30) by fluorescence in situ hybridisation. Half of the 38 canine autosomal probes each painted one pair of homologous segments in a diploid mink metaphase, whereas the other 19 dog probes each painted from two to five pairs of discrete segments. In total, 38 canine autosomal paints highlighted 71 pairs of conserved segments in the mink. These painting results allow us to establish a complete comparative chromosome map between the American mink and domestic dog. This map demonstrates that extensive chromosome rearrangements differentiate the karyotypes of the dog and American mink. The 38 dog autosomes could be reconstructed from the 14 autosomes of the American mink through at least 47 fissions, 25 chromosome fusions, and six inversions. Furthermore, comparison of the current dog/mink map with the published human/dog map discloses 23 cryptic intrachromosomal rearrangements in 10 regions of conserved synteny in the human and American mink genomes and thus further refined the human/mink comparative genome map.     

云南高黎贡山自然保护区白眉长臂猿种群及数量现状初报

经2003~2006年访问和现场调查,表明白眉长臂猿在高黎贡山自然保护区约有15~20群,25~40只。它们主要分布在中山湿性常绿阔叶林。栖息环境的急剧恶化和人类猎捕是造成白眉长臂猿数量下降的两个主要原因。提出应加强白眉长臂猿的栖息地保护和消除生境隔离,加强公众保护宣传教育和加强白眉长臂猿的生态生物学等基础研究。     

Karyotypic study of four gibbon forms provisionally considered as subspecies of Hylobates (Nomascus) concolor (Primates, Hylobatidae)

We report here a karyotypic study of 6 individuals of Hylobates concolor leucogenys, 2H, concolor siki, 3H, concolor gabriellae, 1 hybrid H, concolor leucogenys x H. concolor ski, 3 hybrid H. concolor gabriellae x H. concolor siki and 2 hybrid H. concolor hainanus x H. concolor leucogenys. Difficulties raised by the morphological identification of subspecies are discussed, and a new morphological characteristic for recognising female H. concolor gabriellae is described. Each of the 4 subspecies appears to be distinguishable on the basis of its karyotype: H. concolor leucogenys differs from H. concolor siki by a reciprocal translocation, from H. concolor hainanus by a pericentric inversion and from H. concolor gabriellae by the presence of both of these two rearrangements. However, these data do not allows us to identify a phylogenetic relationship between the subspecies because, with respect to the karyotypes, none occupies an ancestral position in comparison with the others.     

Chromosome evolution in kangaroos (Marsupialia: Macropodidae): cross species chromosome painting between the tammar wallaby and rock wallaby spp. with the 2n = 22 ancestral macropodid karyotype.

Marsupial mammals show extraordinary karyotype stability, with 2n = 14 considered ancestral. However, macropodid marsupials (kangaroos and wallabies) exhibit a considerable variety of karyotypes, with a hypothesised ancestral karyotype of 2n = 22. Speciation and karyotypic diversity in rock wallabies (Petrogale) is exceptional. We used cross species chromosome painting to examine the chromosome evolution between the tammar wallaby (2n = 16) and three 2n = 22 rock wallaby species groups with the putative ancestral karyotype. Hybridization of chromosome paints prepared from flow sorted chromosomes of the tammar wallaby to Petrogale spp., showed that this ancestral karyotype is largely conserved among 2n = 22 rock wallaby species, and confirmed the identity of ancestral chromosomes which fused to produce the bi-armed chromosomes of the 2n = 16 tammar wallaby. These results illustrate the fission-fusion process of karyotype evolution characteristic of the kangaroo group.     

白眉长臂猿鸣叫的时间特征

滇西白眉长臂猿(Hylobateshoolock)鸣叫主要发生在上午,最早开始于黎明时分,最晚则在下午16:30以后。平均开始时间为09:05,SD=1095min(N=70,范围07:12～16:30),持续时间为197min,SD=934min(N=55,R=4～50)。多数鸣叫发生在07:00～10:00之间(80%)。不同季节鸣叫发生时间有显著差异,可能与黎明时间(光亮度)不同有关,但持续时间无差异。同一季节异地间鸣叫持续时间差异显著。气候、猿群密度、栖息地状态对鸣叫有一定影响,但未见明显相关性。与黑长臂猿的种间比较表明,白眉长臂猿的鸣叫声在时间分布上有较大的散开度,持续时间也较长,二者有显著差异。     

笼养白眉长臂猿的繁殖初探

本文报道了白眉长臂猿（Ｈｙｌｏｂａｔｅｓ ｈｏｏｌｏｃｋ）在笼养条件下繁殖成功。经过笼养条件下３例白眉长臂猿繁殖结果的分析认为：舭舒环境、饲养、雌雄猿的配对以及雌猿自身哺育幼仔能力等,呈影响繁殖能否成功的因素。     

Chromosomal phylogeny and evolution of gibbons (Hylobatidae)

Although human and gibbons are classified in the same primate superfamily (Hominoidae), their karyotypes differ by extensive chromosome reshuffling. To date, there is still limited understanding of the events that shaped extant gibbon karyotypes. Further, the phylogeny and evolution of the twelve or more extant gibbon species (lesser apes, Hylobatidae) is poorly understood, and conflicting phylogenies have been published. We present a comprehensive analysis of gibbon chromosome rearrangements and a phylogenetic reconstruction of the four recognized subgenera based on molecular cytogenetics data. We have used two different approaches to interpret our data: (1) a cladistic reconstruction based on the identification of ancestral versus derived chromosome forms observed in extant gibbon species; (2) an approach in which adjacent homologous segments that have been changed by translocations and intra-chromosomal rearrangements are treated as discrete characters in a parsimony analysis (PAUP). The orangutan serves as an "outgroup", since it has a karyotype that is supposed to be most similar to the ancestral form of all humans and apes. Both approaches place the subgenus Bunopithecus as the most basal group of the Hylobatidae, followed by Hylobates, with Symphalangus and Nomascus as the last to diverge. Since most chromosome rearrangements observed in gibbons are either ancestral to all four subgenera or specific for individual species and only a few common derived rearrangements at subsequent branching points have been recorded, all extant gibbons may have diverged within relatively short evolutionary time. In general, chromosomal rearrangements produce changes that should be considered as unique landmarks at the divergence nodes. Thus, molecular cytogenetics could be an important tool to elucidate phylogenies in other species in which speciation may have occurred over very short evolutionary time with not enough genetic (DNA sequence) and other biological divergence to be picked up.Electronic Supplementary Material Supplementary material is available in the online version of this article at     

Chromosome homologies between tsessebe (Damaliscus lunatus) and Chinese muntjac (Muntiacus reevesi) facilitate tracing the evolutionary history of Damaliscus (Bovidae, Antilopinae, Alcelaphini)

Genome-wide homologies between the tsessebe (Damaliscus lunatus, 2n = 36) and Chinese muntjac (Muntiacus reevesi, 2n = 46) have been established by cross-species painting with Chinese muntjac chromosome paints. Twenty-two autosomal painting probes detected 35 orthologous segments in the tsessebe. Hybridization results confirmed that: (i) D. lunatus carries the (9;14) reciprocal translocation that has been proposed to be a derived chromosomal landmark shared by all species of the Antilopinae; (ii) the karyotype of D. lunatus can be derived almost exclusively from the bovid ancestral karyotype through 12 Robertsonian translocations involving 24 ancestral acrocentric autosomes; (iii) in addition to the Rb fusions, pericentric heterochromatic amplification has shaped the morphology of several of the D. lunatus chromosomes. Integrated analysis of these and published cytogenetic data on pecorans has allowed us to accurately discern the karyotype history of Damaliscus (D. lunatus; D. pygargus, 2n = 38; D. hunteri, 2n = 44). The phylogenomic relationships of 3 species reflected by specific chromosomal rearrangements were consistent with published phylogenies based on morphology, suggesting that chromosomal rearrangements have played an important role in speciation within the Alcelaphini, and that karyotype characters are valuable phylogenetic markers in this group.     

Mapping of five human chromosome 19 DNA markers to owl monkey chromosomes.

Hybridization of DNA from three panels of karyotypically distinct owl monkey x rodent somatic cell hybrids with human DNA probes resulted in the syntenic assignments of INSR-LDLR-TGFB1-APOE-D19S8 to owl monkey chromosome 25 of karyotype VI (2n = 49/50), INSR-LDLR-TGFB1-D19S8 to chromosome 2 of karyotype II (2n = 54), and INSR-APOE to chromosome 2 of karyotype V (2n = 46). The APOE and D19S8 loci are on adjacent regions proximal to the centromere of chromosomes 25q (K-VI) and 2p (K-II), as determined by in situ chromosomal hybridization analysis. These findings support our previous proposals on (1) the homology of these chromosomes of three owl monkey karyotypes, (2) the evolutionary derivation of chromosome 2 of karyotypes II and V as the result of two separate centric fusion events, and (3) the likelihood that owl monkey chromosome 25 (K-VI) (and its homologs) is a conserved genetic homoeolog of human chromosome 19.     

Chromosome painting reveals that galagos have highly derived karyotypes

The differences in chromosome number between Otolemur crassicaudatus (2n = 62) and Galago moholi (2n = 38) are dramatic. However, the total number of signals given by hybridizing human chromosome paints to galago metaphases is similar: 42 in O. crassicaudatus and 38 G. moholi. Many human chromosome homologs are found fragmented in each species, and numerous translocations have resulted in chromosomal syntenies or hybridization associations which differ from those found in humans. Only 7 human autosomes showed conserved synteny in O. crassicaudatus, and 9 in G. moholi. Both galago species have numerous associations or syntenies not found in humans: O. crassicaudatus has 11, and G. moholi has 21. The phylogenetic line leading to the last common ancestor of the two galago species accumulated 6 synapomorphic fissions and 5 synapomorphic fusions. Since the divergence of the two galago species, 10 Robertsonian translocations have further transformed the G. moholi karyotype, and 2 fissions have been incorporated into the O. crassicaudatus karyotype. Comparison with other primates, tree shrews, and other mammals shows that both galagos have karyotypes which are a mixture of derived and conserved chromosomes, and neither has a karyotype close to that of the proposed ancestor of all primates. Am J Phys Anthropol 117:319-326, 2002. Published 2002 Wiley-Liss, Inc.     

Cytogenetics and karyosystematics of South American oryzomyine rodents (Cricetidae: Sigmodontinae). IV. Karyotypes of Venezuelan, Trinidadian, and Argentinian water rats of the genus Nectomys.

Bone marrow chromosomes were studied in South American water rats of the genus Nectomys from Venezuela, Trinidad, and Argentina. Specimens of N. squamipes from western and southern Venezuela showed a 2n = 52-53 karyotype, whereas a 2n = 56-57 karyotype was found in specimens from northeastern Argentina. In both cases, odd karyotypes can be explained by the presence of a supernumerary chromosome. In contrast, water rats from northeastern Venezuela and Trinidad showed a strikingly reduced 2n = 16-17 polymorphic chromosome complement. Six different karyomorphs were found among the latter, which may have resulted from a combination of pericentric inversions in two pairs of autosomes and a centromeric fusion in another autosomal pair. It is proposed that the new 2n = 16-17 cytotypes belong to a species of its own, for which the name N. palmipes is suggested.