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2011-09-24

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Animals ; Biological Evolution ; Evolution, Molecular ; *Extinction, Biological ; *Fossils ; *Mammals/classification/genetics ; Molecular Sequence Data ; *Phylogeny

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Nature Archives 1869 - 2009

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[Auszug] Polyploidy, or having more than a pair of each type of chromosome, is considered to be unlikely in mammals because it would disrupt the mechanism of dosage compensation that normally inactivates one X chromosome in females. Also, any imbalance in chromosome number should affect the normal ...

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1432-0886

Springer Online Journal Archives 1860-2000

Biology

Medicine

Abstract A study of the chromosomal location and genomic organization of the ribosomal RNA cistrons in the genus Warramaba, involving in situ hybridization and restriction enzyme analysis as well as C- and N-banding and silver staining, has confirmed that the parthenogenetic species W. virgo has two phylads. These phylads appear to have originated independently by hybridization between the precursors of the present day bisexual species “P169” and “P196”. The clones of the Standard phylad of W. virgo have their 18S+26S rDNA cistrons located in C-bands 4, 44 and 49, while those of the Boulder-Zanthus phylad have them in C-bands 50, 74 and 87.5. The relative numbers of the ribosomal genes at the different sites vary greatly from clone to clone and are closely correlated with the width of the corresponding C- and N-bands. Site 49 of the ribosomal cistrons is present as a separate band in the eastern race “A” of P196 but has been incorporated into band 50 in the western race “B” of this species. The former race is assumed to be ancestral to the Standard phylad of W. virgo, the latter to the Boulder-Zanthus phylad, but there has been loss of the 74 and 87.5 sites in the the Standard phylad and the 4 and 44 sites in the Boulder-Zanthus clones. The ribosomal cistrons in W. picta, a species with a primitive karyotype, occur in several sites, only some of which have counterparts in P169 and P196. The 5S rDNA cistrons are located in bands 59.5, 69 and 72.5 in the Standard phylad of W. virgo. — The genomic organization of the 18S+26S rDNA cistrons, as shown by restriction enzyme analysis, is different in the two W. virgo phylads and there are also differences in organization between P196A and P196B. The pattern in P196B and that in the Boulder-Zanthus phylad suggest that they are related. As in the in situ analyses, the genomic organizations of the ribosomal cistrons in both W. virgo phylads are not simply the additive products of those in any known populations of P169 and P196. New repeat lengths indicative of segmental amplification events occur in particular clones of W. virgo. — Throughout the genus Warramaba the N-banding technique stains all bands containing 18S+26S and 5S rDNA cistrons. The Olert silver technique stains band 72.5 in the Standard phylad, but does not correlate with the locations of 18S+26S ribosomal genes.

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1573-6857

Reithrodontomys ; in situ digestion ; chromosomal evolution

Springer Online Journal Archives 1860-2000

Biology

Abstract Constitutive heterochromatin of a karyotypically conserved species of harvest mouse was compared to that of three karyotypically derived species of harvest mice by examining banding patterns produced on metaphase chromosomes with three restriction endonucleases (EcoRI, MboI and PstI). Banding patterns produced by two of these restriction endonucleases (EcoRI and MboI) were compared to published G- and C-banded karyotypes and in situ hybridization of a satellite DNA repeat for these taxa. The third restriction endonuclease (PstI) did not produce a detectable pattern of digestion. For the most part, patterns produced by EcoRI and MboI can be related to C-banded chromosomes and in situ hybridization of satellite DNA sequences. Moreover, digestion with EcoRI reveals bands not apparent with these other techniques, suggesting that restriction endonuclease digestion of metaphase chromosomes may provide additional insight into the structure and organization of metaphase chromosomes. The patterns produced by restriction endonuclease digestion are compatible with the chromosomal evolution of these taxa, documenting that in the highly derived taxa not only are the chromosomes rearranged but the abundance of certain sequences is highly variable. However, technical variation and difficulty in producing consistent results even on a single slide with some restriction endonucleases documents the problems associated with this method.

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1573-6857

Springer Online Journal Archives 1860-2000

Biology

Abstract Five distinct classes of secondary constriction are found in the hylid frogs from the genera Litoria and Cyclorana, each of which is defined by its C-banding pattern and morphology (King, 1980, 1987). In-situ hybridization experiments utilizing 18S+28S copy RNA probes derived from Xenopus and Drosophila rDNA templates, were made on nine species of frogs possessing the major constriction types. Types 1, 2, 4, and 5 are confirmed as being NORs. These results also indicate that type 1 and 2 constriction types are not differentially despiralized as previously suggested, but show absolute differences in the quantity of ribosomal DNA present. This variation took two forms, deletion polymorphism and amplification polymorphism. These differences were observed between homologues within cells and between cells within individuals. Animals possessing these ‘despiralized’ constrictions are therefore mosaics for both deletion and amplification polymorphisms. Polymorphism frequencies vary greatly between constriction types. Some specimens have a higher level of presence/absence heterozygosity, (L. moorei, type 2, L. nannotis type 5, L. raniformis) (animal A, pair 8 type 2), than do others (L. peronii, L. rothii, L. caerulea). The above species also vary markedly in the degree and frequency of amplification of the NORs. The type 4 constrictions analysed (L. coplandi, L. Lesueuri and C. novaehollandiae) have a particularly low frequency of presence/absence heterozygosity, and they have fewer size heteromorphisms between homologues. The type 3 ephemeral constrictions did not hybridize to cRNA probes at any stage. In all but one of the species studied, a single pair of chromosomes possessed an NOR. However, in L. raniformis these occurred on two pairs of chromosomes. Each of these sites behaved independently, and the pair 8 constriction had significantly more between cell variation than did that on pair 13. The significance of these observations is discussed and is related to the evolution of NOR structure and the distribution of heterochromatin in amphibians.

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