The karyotype of Cepaea sylvatica (Pulmonata: Helicidae) and its relationship to those of C. hortensis and C. nemoralis

The karyotypes of Cepaea nemoralis (L.) and C. hortensis (Müller), with 2n=44 and a conspicuously large pair of chromosomes, are described and compared with that of C. sylvatica (Draparnaud) which has 2n=50. The karyotype of C. sylvatica also has a conspicuously large pair of chromosomes but the comparison suggests that these have an independent origin from those in the 2n = 44 species. There is no evidence that the large chromosomes in C. nemoralis and C. hortensis have originated from simple fusion of chromosomes from a 2n=50 karyotype with chromosomes all sub-equal such as is reported for C. vindobonensis. It may be that such a karyotype with little size differentiation amongst the chromosomes is not a primitive feature in the Helicinae. The relationship of shell colour and banding polymorphism to the chromosome architecture is discussed.     

杂交鳢(斑鳢 ♀ ×乌鳢 ♂ )及其自交后代细胞核型初步分析

对杂交鳢(斑鳢♀×乌鳢♂)(Channa maculata ♀×C.argus ♂)及其自交后代的细胞核型进行了初步分析.结果表明,杂交鳢染色体数目为2n=45,核型公式为3m+4sm+6st+32t,染色体臂数(NF)为52;杂交鳢自繁后代群体存在两种染色体核型,一是染色体数目为45,核型公式为3m+4sm+6st+...     

Major cytogenetic landmarks and karyotype analysis inDaucus carota and other Apiaceae

Karyotype analysis provides insights into genome organization at the chromosome level and into chromosome evolution. Chromosomes were marked for comparative karyotype analysis using FISH localization of rDNA genes for the first time in Apioideae species including taxa of economic importance and several wild Daucus relatives. Interestingly, Daucus species did not vary in number of rDNA loci despite variation in chromosome number (2n = 18, 20, 22, and 44) and previous publications suggesting multiple loci. All had single loci for both 5S and 18S-25S (nucleolar organizing region) rDNA, located on two different chromosome pairs. The 5S rDNA was on the short arm of a metacentric chromosome pair in D. crinitus (2n = 22) and D. glochidiatus (2n = 44) and on the long arm of a metacentric pair in other Daucus species, suggesting possible rearrangement of this chromosome. For other Apiaceae, from two (Apium graveolens), to three (Orlaya grandiflora), to four (Cuminum cyminum) chromosomes had 18S-25S rDNA sites. Variability for number and position of the 5S rDNA was also observed. FISH signals enabled us to identify 20-40% of the chromosome complement among species examined. Comparative karyotype analysis provides insights into the fundamental aspects of chromosome evolution in Daucus.     

Karyotaxonomical analysis in the genusAngelica (Umbelliferae)

Morphometric karyotype characters were studied in 25Angelica spp. (Umbelliferae, Apioideae) and in one species of the related genusTommasinia. For three species the chromosome numbers are new. In our study the majority of the species investigated are diploids with 2n = 22, some are tetraploids with 2n = 44 (for these tetraploids also diploid cytotypes are reported in the literature). Among the diploid species,A. miqueliana has a distinct karyotype consisting of submetacentric and acrocentric chromosomes only, the remaining diploids with 2n = 22 as well as tetraploids with 2n = 44 have rather symmetrical karyotypes, consisting of metacentric and submetacentric chromosomes. The very different chromosome number 2n = 28 has been found inA. gmelinii. Its karyotype includes two distinct groups of chromosomes: 8 pairs of rather large metacentrics and submetacentrics and 6 pairs of very short and asymmetrical chromosomes. Chromosome numbers and structures appear to be useful in the taxonomy of some intrageneric taxa inAngelica.     

Mitotic karyotypes of Brassica campestris and Brassica alboglabra and identification of the B. alboglabra chromosome in an addition line.

A Brassica campestris-alboglabra monosomic addition line (genome: AA + one chromosome from the C genome, 2n = 21) harbours the Brassica alboglabra (CC, 2n = 18) chromosome with the gene for erucic acid. In order to identify this chromosome, we have studied the mitotic prometaphase chromosomes of Brassica campestris (AA, 2n = 20), B. alboglabra, and the monosomic addition line. More pronounced differential staining and size differences of chromosomes were observed in B. campestris than in B. alboglabra. The karyotype of B. campestris was composed of four median (m), four submedian (sm), and two subterminal (st) chromosome pairs, while that of B. alboglabra was composed of three m, four sm, and two st chromosome pairs, provided that the length of the satellite was excluded when determining the arm ratio of the nucleolar chromosome. The alien chromosome from the C genome in the addition line was easily identified in the background B. campestris genome by its large size, its submedian centromere, and its differential staining pattern. When compared with the karyotype of B. alboglabra, the alien chromosome from the C genome in the monosomic addition line was revealed to be chromosome 4.     

Report on Karyotypes of Smilacina tatsienensis and Ophiopogon japonicus

In the present paper the karyotypes of Smilacina tatsienensis (Franch.) Wang et Tang and Ophiopogon japonicus (L. f.) Ker.- Gawl. in Sichuan were analysed. The karyotypes of the two species are reported for the first time. The results are shown as follows. Smilacina tatsienensis (Franch.) Wang et Tang is a dipoiid. Its karyotype formula is 2n=2x=36=16m+10sm+10st(4SAT) (Plate 1: Fig. 1, 3). The karyotype is bimodal with ten large and eight small chromosome pairs and the length ratio of the tenth pair to the eleventh being 1.33. The length ratio of the largest chromosome and the smallest one is 4.33. Ophiopogon japonicus (L.f.) Ker.-Gawl. is a mixoploid, with diploid, triploid and tetraploid cells in a single plant. The karyotype formula of the diploid is 2n=2x=36=18m (4SAT)+18sm(Plate 1: Fig. 2, 4). The species is of a bimodal karyotype with eight large and ten small chromosome pairs and the length ratio to the eighth pair and the ninth being 1.10.There are nine metacentric pairs (two pairs of sat-chromosomes) and nine submetacentric pairs.     

铺道蚁的染色体核型分析

以商丘地区的铺道蚁Tetramorium caespitum(L.)早期胚胎为材料,采用低渗处理—烘干法制备染色体标本,对其染色体组型进行研究。结果表明,铺道蚁染色体组型为n=22,2n=44,是由10条中央着丝粒染色体,3条亚中着丝粒染色体和9条亚端着丝粒染色体组成。     

睡莲科的核型分析及其分类学位置的探讨

本文对睡莲科6属6种代表植物的核型进行了研究,并探讨了它的分类学位置。结果如下：莲2n＝16=9sm+4m+3st;王莲2n＝24=8sm+8m+8T,蓝睡莲2n＝28,可配成14对,染色体小,第l号染色体上有2条随体;萍蓬草2n＝34＝18m+16sm;芡实2n=58,可配成29对,染色体小,第l号染色体有2条随体,莼菜2n＝72,可配成36对,染色体按大小可分成大,中、小三个类别。除莲外,其它5种植物的核型为首次报道。莼菜的体细胞染色体数目2n＝72和国外报道的2n＝80不相一致。莲的染色体以及形态学特征和其它睡莲科分类群显著不同,可将其从睡莲科中独立出来,并成立莲科和莲目。原归属于睡莲科的分类群仍组成睡莲目,并分别置于莼菜科和睡莲科。     

Giemsa C-banded karyotypes of some diploidArtemisia species

Detailed C-banded karyotypes of eight diploidArtemisia species from three different sections are reported together with preliminary observations on three additional related diploid species. In the majority, the overall amount of banding is relatively low. Bands are mostly confined to distal chromosome regions; intercalary banding is virtually absent and centromeric heterochromatin is also scarce. With the exception ofA. judaica there is in general great uniformity in karyotype structure but considerable interspecific variation in total karyotype length (and hence DNA content) ranging from 44 µm inA. capillaris (2n = 18) to 99 µm inA. atrata (2n = 18).A. judaica (2n = 16; total karyotype length 97 µm) was distinguished by its karyomorphology, with one large non-banded metacentric chromosome pair and 7 pairs of smaller terminally banded meta- or submetacentric chromosomes.     

Studies on the Karyotype and Systematic Position of Larix Mill. (Pinaceae)

The present paper reports the karyotype of Larix potaninii Batal. endemic to China, and discuss classification of Larix and its systematic position in the Pinaceae based on karyotype and other data. The karyotypic formula of the species is K(2n)=24= 12m+ 8sm+4st, which belongs to Stebbins’2A type and the chromosome complement of relative length is 2n=24=4L+8M₂+8M₁+4S. The karyotype of the genus Larix (10 species) is composed of six pairs of longer metacentric chromosomes and six pairs of shorter submetacentric or subtelocentric chromosomes with arm ratio>2. This karyotype is an advanced one. It seems that Sect. Multiserales is more advanced than Sect. Larix. On the basis of the comparison among the karyotypes of pinaceous genera, the author finds that Larix and Pseudotsuga are much more closely related to each other than any of them to the others. Therefore, it may be more appropriate to group these two genera into Subfamily Laricoideae, which is a more advanced one. The conclusion is also supported by the data from morphology, anatomy, palynology,biochemistry, palaeobotany and so on.     

A chromosomal study on Greek populations of the genusApodemus (Rodentia, Murinae) reveals new data on B chromosome distribution

During this study, 94 specimens (51 males, 43 females) of the wood mouseApodemus sylvaticus (Linnaeus, 1758), the yellow-necked mouseA. flavicollis (Melchior, 1834) and the western broad-toothed mouseA. epimelas (Nehring, 1902) from 20 localities of Greece were karyologically examined. The first two species were found to be widely distributed and their otherwise very similar karyotype (2n=48, FN=48) could be clearly distinguished, based on C-banding pattern. The third species appeared to have a more limited geographical distribution and its karyotype was distinguished from that of the previous two species, since it contained two pairs of small metacentric autosomes (2n=48, FN=52). The chromosomal study further revealed that nine individuals ofA. flavicollis possessed supernumerary B chromosomes (2n=49–50, FN=49–50). Meiotic chromosome preparations revealed that in contrast to sex chromosomes and autosomes, B chromosomes do not participate in bivalent formation. On the other hand, no supernumerary chromosomes were found in the studiedA. sylvaticus andA. epimelas material.     

Karyotype analysis and heterochromatin differentiation with Giemsa C-banding and fluorescent counterstaining inCephalanthera (Orchidaceae)

Detailed studies of the chromosomes of the three Austrian species of the genusCephalanthera showed them all to have basically similar karyotypes. BothC. damasonium (2n = 36) andC. longifolia (2n = 32) have three large and several classes of smaller chromosome pairs. The karyotype ofC. rubra (2n = 44) is composed of four large and several groups of smaller pairs. The heterochromatin in these species amounts to about 10% of total karyotype length. All the chromosomes have Giemsa-positive centromeres, but only a few have intercalary or terminal bands. Using differential fluorescent staining with DAPI/actinomycin D, quinacrine/actinomycin D (both A-T specific), and chromomycin A₃/distamycin A (G-C specific) three different types of major heterochromatic bands can be characterized in respect of their satellite DNA composition: highly A-T rich, slightly A-T rich, and very G-C rich. The chromosomes ofC. longifolia contain more A-T rich C-bands than those ofC. damasonium, while the latter's have more G-C rich heterochromatin. In both species several C-bands appear as secondary constrictions or gaps in the Feulgen-stained chromosomes, but most likely, in each species there is only one pair of chromosomes where the secondary constrictions function as nucleolus organizing regions. No major intraspecific variation could be observed except on one small chromosome pair ofC. longifolia which had a heteromorphic C-band in most individuals. Possible pathways of karyotype evolution involving polyploidy and Robertsonian events are discussed.     

江豚的染色体核型研究

江豚(Neophocaena phocaenoides)是鲸目(Cetacea)鼠海豚科(Phocaenidae)的一种小型齿鲸,在淡水和海洋中均有分布。关于江豚染色体的研究,国外文献中尚未见记载,国内亦无报道。Pilleri和Gihr(1972,1975)根据江豚的形态解剖学的研究,认为我国产的江豚和印度洋的及日本海的江豚不属同一个种,但国际上对此尚有不同意见。因此,搞清江豚染色体的核型,将可有助于澄清江豚属的的分类问题。本文就我国长江产江豚的染色体核型作初步探讨。     

Cytogenetic studies on Choeroniscus minor (Chiroptera, Phyllostomidae) from the Amazon region

The Choeroniscus genus (Glossophaginae, Phyllostomidae) has five monotypic species: C. minor, C. godmani, C. intermedius, C. inca and C. periosus. This paper analyses the karyotype of a female C. minor, collected close to the Guama river (Belém, Para, Brazil). G-, C-banding and NOR-staining were performed. This species has 2n = 20 chromosomes, where there are two bi-armed pairs (numbers 1 and 9) and seven subtelocentric pairs (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7 and 8). The probable X chromosome is a submetacentric. The constitutive heterochromatin can be found in the short arm of five subtelocentric pairs (4, 5, 6, 7 and 8) and is centromeric in the bi-armed pairs numbers 1 and 9, and the X chromosome. The heterochromatic bands are heteromorphic in three pairs (1, 2 and 3). Active NOR were observed in the short arms of eight subtelocentric chromosomes, suggesting that at least four pairs are nucleolar organizers. This paper describes for the first time the karyotype of C. minor from the Amazon region.     

Karyotypic study of titi monkeys,Callicebus moloch brunneus

A karyotypic study on a subspecies of the dusky titi,Callicebus moloch brunneus, was carried out and a third karyotype ofC. moloch was discovered. The chromosome number of this subspecies is 48. The autosomes consist of 5 subtelocentric, 5 submeta- or metacentric, and 13 acrocentric chromosome pairs. The X chromosome and the Y chromosome are submetacentric and metacentric, respectively. A comparative study with other subspecies of theC. moloch group (i.e.,C. m. cupreus andC. m. ornatus with 2n=46 andC. m. donacophilus with 2n=50) suggests that the karyotype ofbrunneus occupies a position intermediate between the two other karyotypes ofC. moloch, but nearer to that of 2n=50. The presumed total differences betweenbrunneus andcupreus comprise one Robertsonian rearrangement, one centromeric transposition and four pericentric inversions, and those betweenbrunneus anddonacophilus involve one translocation or breakage (possibly corresponding to two events, that is, one Robertsonian rearrangement and one centromeric transposition).     

Chromosome number and karyotype of Donax trunculus L. (Mollusca,Bivalvia, Tellinacea)

A chromosome study of Donax trunculus was made with specimens collected from a population of the French Atlantic coast. The karyotype, not previously described, consists of 19 pairs of chromosomes (2n=38) as in the majority of the species so far investigated in the Veneroida. There was no evidence of morphologically identifiable heterosomes. The karyotype is characterized by (1) a high total chromosome length which reaches 228.56 m, (2) a great heterogeneity of the chromosome length, and (3) a high number of meta- and submetacentrics, 9 and 7 pairs respectively vs. 3 pairs of subtelocentrics, giving a fundamental number of 70. Comparison with two other closely related families having reported karyological data-Scrobiculariidae and Semelidae-suggests that, although chromosome numbers are identical, the karyotype is clearly different from one family to the other.     

Karyotype studies of some species of Dalechampia Plum. (Euphorbiaceae)

Karyotype studies in eight species of Dalechampia , including 10 natural populations, revealed chromosome numbers (2 n = 36, 46, 138 and 198) differing from two numbers cited in the literature (2 n = 44 and 72). The basic number x = 6, as in the genus Acalypha , may be considered ancestral in Dalechampia. Analysis of chromosome number, haploid chromosome length and karyotype symmetry suggests that the major chromosome mechanism acting in karyotype evolution of Dalechampia is polyploidy, but differences in chromosome morphology may be caused by chromosome rearrangements.     

A comparative chromosome banding analysis of the Ursidae and their relationship to other carnivores

Trypsin G-banded karyotypes of eight species of Ursidae were prepared from retrovirus-transformed skin fibroblast cultures. The banding patterns of all bears are highly conserved, even though their diploid numbers range from 42 to 72. A comprehensive analysis of the homologous banding patterns within the Ursidae and with a hypothesized ancestral carnivore karyotype permitted the reconstruction of three significant chromosomal reorganization events that occurred during the evolution of the modern ursids. The first was a multichromosomal fissioning away from the biarmed (2n = 44) primitive carnivore karyotype, leading to six species of the Ursinae subfamily (2n = 78). The second was a comprehensive chromosome fusion in the lineage that led to the Ailuropodinae (giant panda) subfamily (2n = 44). The third event was a second, independent, but less extensive, centromeric fusion occurring in the line that led to the Tremarctinae (spectacled bear) subfamily (2n = 52). Ursidae karyotypes are not only highly conserved within the family but also exhibit extensive chromosome banding homology with other carnivore families.