Early stages of sex chromosome differentiation in fish as analysed by simple repetitive DNA sequences |
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Authors: | Indrajit Nanda Manfred Schartl Wolfgang Feichtinger Jörg T Epplen Michael Schmid |
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Institution: | (1) Institut für Humangenetik der Universtät, Am Hubland, W-8700 Würzburg, Federal Republic of Germany;(2) Gene Center, Am Klopferspitz 18a, W-8033 Martinsried, Federal Republic of Germany;(3) Max-Planck-Institut für Psychiatrie, Am Klopferspitz 18a, W-8033 Martinsried, Federal Republic of Germany |
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Abstract: | Animal sex chromosome evolution has started on different occasions with a homologous pair of autosomes leading to morphologically differentiated gonosomes. In contrast to other vertebrate classes, among fishes cytologically demonstrable sex chromosomes are rare. In reptiles, certain motifs of simple tandemly repeated DNA sequences like (gata)n/(gaca)m are associated with the constitutive heterochromatin of sex chromosomes. In this study a panel of simple repetitive sequence probes was hybridized to restriction enzyme digested genomic DNA of poeciliid fishes. Apparent male heterogamety previously established by genetic experiments in Poecilia reticulata (guppy) was correlated with male-specific hybridization using the (GACA)4 probe. The (GATA)4 oligonucleotide identifies certain male guppies by a Y chromosomal polymorphism in the outbred population. In contrast none of the genetically defined heterogametic situations in Xiphophorus could be verified consistently using the collection of simple repetitive sequence probes. Only individuals from particular populations produced sex-specific patterns of hybridization with (GATA)4. Additional poeciliid species (P. sphenops, P. velifera) harbour different sex-specifically organized simple repeat motifs. The observed sex-specific hybridization patterns were substantiated by banding analyses of the karyotypes and by in situ hybridization using the (GACA)4 probe.by E.R. SchmidtDedicated to Professor Karl Sperling on the occasion of his 50th birthday |
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