Journal
GENETICA
Volume 139, Issue 10, Pages 1273-1282Publisher
SPRINGER
DOI: 10.1007/s10709-012-9629-x
Keywords
Cytogenetics; Evolution; Genome; Repeated DNA; Supernumerary chromosome
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- Fundacao de Amparo a Pesquisa do Estado de Sao Paulo (FAPESP), Brazil
- Coordenadoria de Aperfeicoamento de Pessoal de Nivel Superior (CAPES), Brazil
- Conselho Nacional de Desenvolvimento Cientifico e Tecnologico (CNPq), Brazil
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B chromosomes are additional chromosomes widely studied in a diversity of eukaryotic groups, including fungi, plants and animals, but their origin, evolution and possible functions are not clearly understood. To further understand the genomic content and the evolutionary history of B chromosomes, classical and molecular cytogenetic analyses were conducted in the cichlid fish Astatotilapia latifasciata, which harbor 1-2 B chromosomes. Through cytogenetic mapping of several probes, including transposable elements, rRNA genes, a repeated DNA genomic fraction (C (0) t - 1 DNA), whole genome probes (comparative genomic hybridization), and BAC clones from Oreochromis niloticus, we found similarities between the B chromosome and the 1st chromosome pair and chromosomes harboring rRNA genes. Based on the cytogenetic mapping data, we suggest the B chromosome may have evolved from a small chromosomal fragment followed by the invasion of the proto-B chromosome by several repeated DNA families.
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