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Title: Chromosomal characterization of two species of genus Steatogenys (Gymnotiformes: Rhamphichthyoidea: Steatogenini) from the Amazon basin: Sex chromosomes and correlations with Gymnotiformes phylogeny
Authors: Cardoso, Adauto Lima
Pieczarka, Júlio César
Feldberg, Eliana
Milhomem, Susana Suely Rodrigues
Moreira-Almeida, Thiago
dos Santos Silva, Danillo
Silva, Patrícia Corrêa da
Nagamachi, Cleusa Yoshiko
Keywords: Chromosome
Cytogenetics
Ichthyofauna
Karyotype
Phylogenetics
Phylogeny
Sex Determination
Teleost
Amazon Basin
Gymnotiformes
Hypopygus
Hypopygus Lepturus
Steatogenys
Steatogenys Duidae
Steatogenys Elegans
Issue Date: 2011
metadata.dc.publisher.journal: Reviews in Fish Biology and Fisheries
metadata.dc.relation.ispartof: Volume 21, Número 3, Pags. 613-621
Abstract: Gymnotiformes are an important component of the Neotropical ichthyofauna and they are known for their ability to generate and detect electrical discharges. Phylogenetic relationships of Gymnotiformes are still not well understood. However, the monophyly of the superfamily Rhamphichthyoidea is well accepted, despite the position of tribe Steatogenini (Steatogenys, Hypopygus and Stegostenopos) within this superfamily is unclear. The genus Steatogenys includes three species that, together with Hypopygus and Stegostenopos, form tribe Steatogenini. Cytogenetic information is currently only available for Hypopygus lepturus. Here, we describe the karyotypes of Steatogenys elegans from four localities and S. duidae from two localities. S. elegans was found to have 2n = 50, ZZ/ZW (12m-sm/38st-a), while S. duidae had 2n = 50 (50m-sm). In S. elegans, constitutive heterochromatin (CH) was observed in the centromeric regions of all chromosomes, in the interstitial region of 1q, and in two blocks of Wq. In S. duidae, CH was observed in the centromeric and pericentromeric regions of all chromosomes, and in the interstitial regions of 2q, 3q, 5q, and 7q. Nucleolar organizer regions (NORs) were identified in the distal regions of one chromosome pair in each species. The CMA3 fluorochrome (specific to G-C rich regions) coincided with the NORs in both species, and with the HC of S. elegans except on chromosome pair 5 and the W. The DAPI fluorochrome (specific to A-T rich regions) coincided with the CH of both species, and was very intense for chromosome pair 5 and the W of S. elegans. Our observations suggest that the ZZ/ZW system observed in S. elegans likely evolved through CH addition followed by a paracentric inversion. The chromosomal data described herein are consistent with the phylogenetic hypothesis that tribe Steatogenini should be positioned within family Ramphychthyidae. © 2011 Springer Science+Business Media B.V.
metadata.dc.identifier.doi: 10.1007/s11160-010-9196-0
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