云南三种角蟾的细胞遗传学研究

本文研究了云南三种角蟾的核型,C－带和Ag-NORs,结果显示宽头大角蟾,其2n=26(16M 8SM 2T),NF=50,5 8,No.10为T,次缢痕和Ag－NORs位于1p per,该区域同时还呈现C－带正染,其全部染色体的着丝点都有强弱不等的C－带染色;大花角蟾的核型2n=26(16M 8SM=2ST),NF＝50,5＋8,No.6为ST,次缢痕和Ag-NORs位于5q pes,全部着丝点均有C－带正染;凹顶角蟾5n=26(16M 4SM 6T),NF=46,6 7.No.11-13为T,次缢痕和Ag-NORs位于5q per,全部着丝点及周围均有浓C－带正染。三个种均未发现与性别相关的异形染色体,最后讨论了角蟾属核型演化的途径。     

哀牢蟾蛤和新疆绿蟾蛤的核型、C一带和Ag-NOR

本文报道了云南的哀牢蟾赊和新疆绿蟾蛤的核型I C-带和Ag-NORso 新疆绿蟾赊2n=44 (36M＋8SM), NF,88,除Nos. 7, 8, 13, 14四对是SM外,其余诸对均为M,一对随体和Ag-NORs 位于12q ter, C一带位于全部染色体的着丝点区域,随体位置也显示C一带,并有少数不稳定的端位和插 入型C一带。推测它可能是来自欧洲绿蟾蛛的老四倍体类型。哀牢蟾蛛2”二22 (20M十2SM), NF- 44,其中只有No. 7为SM,一对Ag-NORs和随体位于6q ter,但该区域不着染C-带;全部染色体的 着丝点显示不同程度的C-带正染;本种未发现与性别相关的异形染色体。最后,文中讨论了蟾蛛属的 核型演化机制。     

两种髭蟾的Ag—NORs,C—带及核型的研究

本文叙述和比较了峨眉髭蟾和哀牢髭蟾的核型,C-带和Ag-NORs,结果表明两者有下列相同方面:2n=26(6+7)、除No.3为SM外,其余诸对概为M,次缢痕和Ag-NoRs位于6q,并都表现出异形现象,No.1长臂有长度异形,但所增染色体片断不呈现C-带正染,C-带正染主要是在各对染色体的着丝点区域,另外No.2短臂近着丝区域亦为正染。这些表明二者之间有很大的核带型同源性。但是二者间在核型的某些对应染色体之间,在相对长度(6对)和臂比值(2对)方面有显著性差异,故可推测其机制是相互易位和臂间倒位。另外,哀牢髭蟾未发现与性别相关的异形性染色体。     

云南三种齿蟾的细胞遗传学研究(锄足蟾科Pelobatidae,无尾目Anura)

本文报道了分布在云南的3种齿蟾(乡城齿蟾、景东齿蟾和棘疣齿蟾)的核型、Ag-NORs和C-带,结果表明2n=26(6+7).NF=52,一对次缢痕和Ag-NORs位于6 q,该区域同时被C-带正染,其余C-带位于各对染色体的着丝点区域。这些特征表现出3种齿蟾的核型同源性和原始性。齿蟾属内种间各对应染色体对在相对长度和臂比值的差异显著性测定表明其核型演化途径可能是臂间倒位和相互易位。3种齿蟾具有染色体数目和Ag-NORs的变异和异形现象,其中乡城齿蟾的一个多余染色体呈现C-带正染,因此可能是B染色体,是锄足蟾科中首次报道。三种齿蟾均未发现与性别相关的异形染色体。     

小山蛙和中国雨蛙的核型及其C—带和银染的研究

采用骨骼细胞直接制备染色体标本法和BSG及Ag-NORs显带技术,研究了小山蛙(Rana minimus)和中国雨蛙(Hyla chinensis)的常规核型、C-带和Ag-NORs。小山蛙2n=26,有5对大型和8对小型染色体。第6对染色体短臂近着丝点处具次缢痕,并为C-带染色阳性,银带显示此次缢痕处,即是标准NORs。C-带显现于几乎所有染色体的着丝点区,插入型C-带少且弱,无端位带。中国雨蛙2n=24,有6对大型和6对小型染色体。次缢痕在第10对染色体长臂上,亦为C-带染色阳性,并与银染显示的标准NORs相一致。C-带分析表明,亦以着丝点C-带为主,插入型C-带少,无端位带。本文初步讨论了蛙科和雨蛙科的核学特征以及它们间的演化关系。     

河南花背蟾蜍的核型、C-带和Ag-NORs研究

利用骨髓细胞蒸汽固定法制备染色体标本,研究了分布于河南新乡的花背蟾蜍(Bufo raddei)的核型、C-带和Ag-NORs。结果表明：河南产花背蟾蜍体细胞染色体数为22条,核型公式为2n=22(20m 2sm),全部为中部或亚中部着丝点染色体,NF=44。Ag-NORs具有多态现象。C-带核型显示22条染色体的着丝点均正染,No．1染色体近着丝粒处有不恒定插入型C-带,No．4染色体具有恒定近端部插入型C-带,随体部位被正染的仅占所观察细胞的15％。     

青鼬Martes flavigula的核型研究

本文采用G带,C带和银染核仁组织者(Ag-NOR_s)等技术,对青鼬(Martes flavigula)的核型进行观察分析。结果表明:2n=40,双臂染色体16对,单臂染色体3对,X染色体为中着丝粒染色体。No.14同源染色体着丝点C带,一条呈阳性,另一条呈阴性。除此之外全部着丝点C带均显示强阳性。No.8染色体长臂是异染色质的,No.11和No.13具端位异染色质。Ag-NOR_s只有1对,分布在NO.15染色体次缢痕区域。通过核型的比较分析,初步探讨了青鼬的分类地位和亲缘关系。     

红点齿蟾的核型、Ag-NORs和C-带的研究

对红点齿蟾Oreolalax rhodostigmatus的核型、Ag-NORs与C-带进行了研究,结果表明,2n＝26＝20m 6sm,NF＝52,一对Ag-NORs位于No.6染色体长臂上,各号染色体均具着丝粒区C-带,将红点齿蟾的核型、Ag-NORs、C-带与同属的几种齿蟾进行了比较.     

哀牢蟾蜍和新疆绿蟾蜍的核型、C-带和Ag-NORs

本文报道了云南的哀牢蟾蜍和新疆绿蟾蜍的核型、C-带和Ag-NORs。新疆绿蟾蜍2n=44(36M+8SM),NF=88,除Nos.7,8,13,14四对是SM外,其余诸对均为M,一对随体和Ag-NORs位于12q ter,C-带位于全部染色体的着丝点区域,随体位置也显示C-带,并有少数不稳定的端位和插入型C-带。推测它可能是来自欧洲绿蟾蜍的老四倍体类型。哀牢蟾蜍2n=22(20M+2SM),NF=44,其中只有No.7为SM,一对Ag-NORs和随体位于6q ter,但该区域不着染C-带;全部染色体的着丝点显示不同程度的C-带正染;本种未发现与性别相关的异形染色体。最后,文中讨论了蟾蜍属的核型演化机制。     

江豚分带核型的研究

本文首次报道了一头雌性江豚的分带核型(C-带、G-带及银染色)。结果表明,江豚异染色质主要分布于染色体的两臂上,其中最大的中间异染色质位于No.7q的近心区,其他中间异染色质分布于No.6q,No.15q,No.16q,No.17q和No.18q上,除此,No.8p,No.9p,No.10p,No.13p,No.15p和No.16p,呈现端部异染色质。G-分带,使每条染色体得到较好的鉴别与配对,并且C-带深染的部位恰是G-带浅染的部位,但并非所有浅染G-带都同深染C-带一一对应。银染观察发现,阳性结果仅出现于一对小的近中着丝粒染色体的短臂上(No.14p)。文章还结合文献,对江豚的核型特点及其保守性进行了分析讨论。     

Karyotype, C-banding, and Ag-NOR analysis in Diplodus bellottii (Sparidae, Perciforms). Intra-individual polymorphism involving heterochromatic regions.

A karyotype analysis was carried out in nine specimens of the Sparid species Diplodus bellottii using conventional staining, as well as C-banding and Ag-NOR banding techniques, showing, respectively, 2n = 46 and fundamental number (FN) = 54, and scarce heterochromatic areas irregularly distributed and up to four NOR active regions that were C positive. When compared with the karyotypes of other related species, one centric fusion giving rise to a large metacentric pair and several pericentric inversions seem to have been involved in the karyotype evolution. An intra-individual polymorphism was detected in one specimen, resulting in two karyotypic forms in roughly identical proportion, owing to a larger C-band by the NOR regions, appearing either in a terminal position of the short arms of pair 2 or in telomeric position of pair 3. These findings suggest that the extra heterochromatic segment responsible for the heteromorphism apparently only involves associated heterochromatin and not the NORs themselves. This C-positive block seems to have eventually been transferred between heterologous NOR chromosomes by a somatic event, facilitated by the physical proximity of NOR pairs in the nucleolus.     

Chromosome banding and essential oils composition of Brazilian accessions of <Emphasis Type="Italic">Lippia alba</Emphasis> (Verbenaceae)

The essential oil components and a karyotypic analysis of five Lippia alba (Verbenaceae) accessions from Brazil were performed with the objective of investigating the variation among different populations. The chemistry analysis allowed the grouping of the accessions in two main chemotypes: neral chemotype (LaCat, LaJF and LaRJ) and linalool chemotype (LaGua and LaVC). However, large karyotypic differences, verified by different chromosome banding techniques, were not detected. The results presented the same chromosome number for all accessions (2n = 30) with 10 metacentric chromosomes and 5 submetacentric. The chromosome banding showed great blocks of constitutive heterochromatin (C-bands) around the centromeric region, which was rich in AT bases (DAPI₊), while the CMA bands were observed only in terminal regions of six chromosomes. Through Ag-NOR techniques, only two active pairs of NORs were detected on the three pairs of secondary constrictions (the NOR activity is discussed). This work relates the pattern of heterochromatin for Lippia alba for the first time.     

Unusual C-band patterns in three karyotypically rearranged forms of Scapteromys (Rodentia, Cricetidae) from Brazil

Chromosome studies of 30 specimens of the rodent Scapteromys collected at nine localities in southern Brazil revealed the occurrence of three karyotypic taxa with 2n = 36 (one locality), 34 (two localities), and 24 (six localities), although all three had 40 autosomal arms (AN). The G-band analysis indicated that this reduction in diploid number was mainly due to Robertsonian translocations which have occurred along a gradient, possibly in two independent evolutive routes. The C-bands occur on one autosomal pair and on the X and Y in the 2n = 36 and 34 forms and on the X and Y chromosomes only in the 2n = 24 taxon. The broad genomic reorganization which has occurred in this genus, in which the chromosomes do not have large amounts of constitutive heterochromatin, argues against the idea that a large amount of constitutive heterochromatin favors chromosome evolution and speciation.     

The karyotype of Adenomera diptyx (Boettger 1885) (Anura, Leptodactylidae) from northeastern Argentina

In this work we analyzed the karyotype of five populations of Adenomera diptyx from Argentina after conventional staining, Ag-NOR and C-banding. All specimens presented 2n = 26 and FN = 34. The karyotype was formed by three submetacentric, one metacentric and nine telocentric pairs. Silver staining revealed that the NOR was located on a secondary constriction in pair 7. C- banding evidenced constitutive heterochromatin at the pericentromeric region of all chromosomes. The karyotype of A. diptyx was similar to that of A. hylaedactyla (2n = 26, FN = 34) and different from that of A. andreae (2n = 26, FN = 40) in the fundamental number and secondary constriction position. It also differed from the karyotypes of A. marmorata (2n = 24, FN = 34 and 36) and of A. aff. bokermanni (2n = 23, FN = 34) in diploid number. Until a comprehensive cytogenetic analysis of all the species of the genus is performed, their chromosome evolution will remain poorly understood.     

Cytogenetic analysis of three species of the genus <Emphasis Type="Italic">Haemulon</Emphasis> (Teleostei: Haemulinae) from Margarita Island,Venezuela

This paper describes the karyotype analysis of Haemulon aurolineatum, Haemulon bonariensis and Haemulon plumierii, by Giemsa staining, C-banding, Ag-staining and fluorescent in situ hybridization (FISH), to locate the 18S and 5S rRNA genes. Diploid modal count in the three species was 2n = 48 acrocentric elements. Except for pair 24, which exhibited an unmistakable secondary constriction in all three species, it was not possible to classify them as homologous to each other because differences in chromosome size were too slight between adjacent pairs within a size-graded series. Ag-NOR clusters were located in pair 24 in the three species with signal located on the secondary constriction of these chromosomes. C-banding demonstrated that the three species share the same distribution pattern of the constitutive heterochromatin with centromeric heterochromatic blocks in the 23 chromosome pairs and a pericentromeric block in pair 24 which is coincident with the NORs. FISH experiments showed that 18S rDNA sequences were located coincident with the Ag-NOR site in the three species; however, differences in both the number and chromosome distribution of 5S-rDNA cluster were detected among them. Our data suggest that chromosome evolution of Haemulon has been preserved from major changes in the karyotypic macrostructure, whereas microstructural changes have occurred.     

Polyploidy, B chromosomes, and heterochromatin characterization of Mimosa caesalpiniifolia Benth. (Fabaceae-Mimosoideae)

Eight populations of Mimosa caesalpiniifolia Benth. were investigated using a cytogenetic approach. Here, we describe for the first time details of the karyotype including chromosome morphology, physical mapping of chromomycin A3 (CMA) 4′,6-diamidino-2-phenylindole (DAPI) and silver staining of nucleolar organizer regions (Ag-NOR banding), as well as 45S rDNA sites. All populations studied showed karyotypes with 2n?=?2x?=?26 small metacentric and submetacentric chromosomes, although some individuals exhibited 2n?=?4x?=?52 chromosomes. Moreover, we observed putative additional B chromosomes in some populations. The CMA banding and fluorescent in situ hybridization techniques revealed NOR heteromorphism on the unique pair containing 45 rDNA site (chromosome 12) while the Ag-NOR banding indicated NORs on both cytotypes. Up to two and four nucleoli were observed, respectively, on individuals with 2n?=?2x?=?26 and 2n?=?4x?=?52 chromosomes and the differences in nucleolar size seems to be directly related to NOR heteromorphism in some individuals. The data present new and important information to understand karyotypic evolution of Mimosa and Fabaceae.     

Unusual primitive heteromorphic ZZ/ZW sex chromosomes in Proceratophrys boiei (Anura, Cycloramphidae, Alsodinae), with description of C-Band interpopulational polymorphism

We performed cytogenetic analyses on specimens from three population samples of Proceratophrys boiei from southeastern and northeastern Brazil. We stained chromosomes of mitotic and meiotic cells with Giemsa, C-banding and Ag-NOR methods. All specimens of P. boiei presented a karyotype with a full chromosome complement of 2n=22, metacentric and submetacentric. We observed the secondary constriction within the short arm of pair 8, which was in the same position of the nucleolus organizer region (NOR). NOR heteromorphism was observed within two specimens from the municipality of Mata de S?o Jo?o (northeastern Bahia State). The C-banding evidenced an unusual heterochromatic pattern in the genome of P. boiei. In the southern most population samples (S?o Paulo State), we observed large blocks of heterochromatin in the centromeric regions of all chromosomes, whereas the northernmost samples (Bahia State) presented a small amount of constitutive heterochromatin. We suppose that this geographic variation in heterochromatin quantities could be due to heterochromatinization of some chromosome regions in the genome of the S?o Paulo samples. Furthermore, females from S?o Paulo presented, within chromosome pair 1 from C-banded karyotypes, one homologous chromosome almost heterochromatic, whereas males had heterochromatin restricted to the centromeric region. This unusual heterochromatic arrangement led us to assume that P. boiei owns a ZZ/ZW type of sexual determination system. This finding is very important, as this is the first record of ZZ/ZW sex chromosomes within Cycloramphidae. We believe that the cytogenetic differences found between southeastern and northeastern Brazilian population samples of P. boiei strongly supports the existence of a species complex under the name P. boiei, and the requirement of taxonomic and systematic reviews by morphological, bioacoustical, molecular, and cytogenetic data could define this taxonomic issue in the future.     

Chromosome polymorphism in <Emphasis Type="Italic">Rineloricaria pentamaculata</Emphasis> (Loricariidae,Siluriformes) of the Paraná River basin

Cytogenetic analysis in three Rineloricaria pentamaculata populations revealed diploid number 2n = 56 chromosomes, karyotype formula 8m/sm + 48st/a and FN = 64. Owing to the presence of the heteromorphic chromosome pair with a big submetacentric chromosome and a small acrocentric one in both males and females, 42.9% of specimens in the Tauá Stream population had the karyotype formula 9m/sm + 47st/a and FN = 65. Analysis of the nucleolus-organizing region by Ag-NOR and FISH techniques showed a single NOR system at pair 5 for R. pentamaculata populations of the Keller River and the Tauá Stream. However, specimens of populations of the Tatupeba Stream had multiple NOR systems at pairs 5 and 8. A constitutive heterochromatin pattern in R. pentamaculata is mainly distributed in the pericentromeric and telomeric regions with interstitial markers in certain chromosomes. Heterochromatin is located in the telomeric and centromeric positions of the acrocentric chromosome in the heteromorphic pair of the Tauá Stream population. In the submetacentric chromosome the markings are located in the telomeric (short arm), pericentomeric and interstitial (long arm) positions. The origins of polymorphisms are discussed.     

Banded karyotypes of mole rats (Spalax, Spalacidae, Rodentia) from Turkey: a comparative analysis

Chromosome banding (G-, C- and Ag-NOR) analysis was carried out on 27 specimens of Sphalax ehrenbergi from seven localities and two specimens of S. leucodon from one locality, all from Turkey. No chromosomal variation was detected in S. ehrenbergi populations from Elazig, Siverek, Diyarbakir and Birecik having the same diploid numbers (2n = 52) and morphology of chromosomes (NFa = 72). The karyotypes of mole rats from Tarsus and Gaziantep possessed the identical diploid number (2n = 56) but different numbers of autosomal arms: NFa = 68 in the Tarsus and NFa = 78 in the Gaziantep populations. Chromosomes of S. leucodon from Malaty (2n = 60, NFa = 74) differed distinctly in the C-banding pattern from all S. ehrenbergi cytotypes by the almost entire absence of heterochromatin in acrocentric autosomes and the presence of heterochromatin arms iin subtelocentric autosomes. Nucleolar organizing regions were found mainly on three pairs of chromosomes, but some differences in their localization were revealed. Comparison of G-banded chromosomes showed, that most chromosomes have a similar pattern. The types of chromosomal rearrangemetns were revealed due to the banding methods.     

中国五种高山锄足蟾的核型、Ag-NORs和C-带的研究

作者用核型、Ag-NORs和C-带,对分布于川、滇两省的二属(齿突蟾、齿蟾)五种(胸腺齿突蟾、圆疣齿突蟾、凉北齿蟾、秉志齿蟾、疣刺齿蟾)锄足蟾作了属间和种间关系的比较分析,并讨论了它们的核型演化机制。结果表明:(1)齿突蟾和齿蟾两属间在核型和带型上都有明显的差异,演化途径主要的可能是含有重复DNA染色体片段的相互易位或臂间倒位;(2)属内不同种之间带型无显著差异,但某些对应染色体对间,其相对长度和臂比值差异明显,十分可能是常染色质片段的易位和臂间倒位所致;(3)凉北齿蟾有染色体数目变异多态现象;(4)五种锄足蟾均未发现异形性染色体。