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BMC EVOLUTIONARY BIOLOGY
Volume 11, Issue -, Pages -Publisher
BIOMED CENTRAL LTD
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2148-11-186
Keywords
chromosome painting; microdissection; fish cytogenetics; sex chromosome evolution; Erythrinidae fish
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- FAPESP (Fundacao de Amparo a Pesquisa do Estado de Sao Paulo)
- CNPq (Conselho Nacional de Desenvolvimento Cientifico e Tecnologico)
- CAPES (Coordenacao de Aperfeicoamento de Pessoal de Nivel Superior)
- Spanish Ministerio de Ciencia y Tecnologia [CGL2009-07754]
- European Regional Development Fund
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Background: The Erythrinidae fish family is characterized by a large variation with respect to diploid chromosome numbers and sex-determining systems among its species, including two multiple X1X2Y sex systems in Hoplias malabaricus and Erythrinus erythrinus. At first, the occurrence of a same sex chromosome system within a family suggests that the sex chromosomes are correlated and originated from ancestral XY chromosomes that were either homomorphic or at an early stage of differentiation. To identify the origin and evolution of these X1X2Y sex chromosomes, we performed reciprocal cross-species FISH experiments with two sex-chromosome-specific probes designed from microdissected X-1 and Y chromosomes of H. malabaricus and E. erythrinus, respectively. Results: Our results yield valuable information regarding the origin and evolution of these sex chromosome systems. Our data indicate that these sex chromosomes evolved independently in these two closed related Erythrinidae species. Different autosomes were first converted into a poorly differentiated XY sex pair in each species, and additional chromosomal rearrangements produced both X1X2Y sex systems that are currently present. Conclusions: Our data provide new insights into the origin and evolution of sex chromosomes, which increases our knowledge about fish sex chromosome evolution.
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