Comparative cytogenetic analysis in Erythrolamprus snakes (Serpentes: Dipsadidae) from Argentina



Título del documento: Comparative cytogenetic analysis in Erythrolamprus snakes (Serpentes: Dipsadidae) from Argentina
Revista: Anais da Academia Brasileira de Ciencias
Base de datos: PERIÓDICA
Número de sistema: 000420132
ISSN: 0001-3765
Autores: 1
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Instituciones: 1Universidad Nacional del Nordeste, Facultad de Ciencias Exactas y Naturales y Agrimensura, Corrientes. Argentina
2Universidad de Buenos Aires, Instituto de Ecología, Genética y Evolución de Buenos Aires, Buenos Aires. Argentina
Año:
Periodo: Jun
Volumen: 90
Número: 2
Paginación: 1417-1429
País: Brasil
Idioma: Inglés
Tipo de documento: Artículo
Enfoque: Taxonómico
Resumen en inglés We described the karyotypes of five snake taxa from Argentina: Erythrolamprus almadensis, E. ceii, E. poecilogyrus caesius, E. p. schotti and E. p. sublineatus, and also intergrading individuals between the last two subspecies by conventional staining, chromosome bandings and fluorescent in situ hybridization (FISH) with 28S ribosomal DNA probes. Erythrolamprus ceii and E. almadensis share a diploid chromosome number of 2n= 28, whereas in E. poecilogyrus intraspecific variations were observed: E. p. caesius has 2n= 28, E. p. schotti and E. p. sublineatus as well as in the intergrading individuals have 2n= 32. In E. almadensis and E. p. caesius, the 2nd and 6th chromosome pairs respectively are heteromorphic by size, morphology and C-banding pattern. These results allow us to suggest that these chromosome pairs might be considered as the ZW sex chromosomes in these species. The present comparative cytogenetic analyzes contributes to the already remarkable karyotypic variability in Erythrolamprus genus and propose a hypothesis about potential mechanisms involved in the chromosome evolution among taxa analyzed. Furthermore, the karyotypic differences observed between E. p. caesius (2n= 28) and E. p. schotti and E. p. sublineatus (2n= 32) might play a causal role in speciation
Disciplinas: Biología
Palabras clave: Biología celular,
Genética,
Anfibios y reptiles,
Erythrolamprus almadensis,
Ag-NORs,
Bandas en C,
Xenodontini,
Bandas fluorescentes,
rDNA-FISH,
Cromosomas sexuales
Keyword: Cell biology,
Genetics,
Amphibians and reptiles,
Erythrolamprus almadensis,
Ag-NOR,
C-banding,
Xenodontini,
Fluorescent banding,
rDNA-FISH,
Sex chromosomes
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