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Lisachov A, Panthum T, Dedukh D, Singchat W, Ahmad SF, Wattanadilokcahtkun P, Thong T, Srikampa P, Noito K, Rasoarahona R, Kraichak E, Muangmai N, Chatchaiphan S, Sriphairoj K, Hatachote S, Chaiyes A, Jantasuriyarat C, Dokkaew S, Chailertlit V, Suksavate W, Sonongbua J, Prasanpan J, Payungporn S, Han K, Antunes A, Srisapoome P, Koga A, Duengkae P, Na-Nakorn U, Matsuda Y, Srikulnath K. Genome-wide sequence divergence of satellite DNA could underlie meiotic failure in male hybrids of bighead catfish and North African catfish (Clarias, Clariidae). Genomics 2024; 116:110868. [PMID: 38795738 DOI: 10.1016/j.ygeno.2024.110868] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/19/2024] [Revised: 04/19/2024] [Accepted: 05/23/2024] [Indexed: 05/28/2024]
Abstract
Hybrid sterility, a hallmark of postzygotic isolation, arises from parental genome divergence disrupting meiosis. While chromosomal incompatibility is often implicated, the underlying mechanisms remain unclear. This study investigated meiotic behavior and genome-wide divergence in bighead catfish (C. macrocephalus), North African catfish (C. gariepinus), and their sterile male hybrids (important in aquaculture). Repetitive DNA analysis using bioinformatics and cytogenetics revealed significant divergence in satellite DNA (satDNA) families between parental species. Notably, one hybrid exhibited successful meiosis and spermatozoa production, suggesting potential variation in sterility expression. Our findings suggest that genome-wide satDNA divergence, rather than chromosome number differences, likely contributes to meiotic failure and male sterility in these catfish hybrids.
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- Artem Lisachov
- Animal Genomics and Bioresource Research Unit (AGB Research Unit), Faculty of Science, Kasetsart University, 50 Ngamwongwan, Chatuchak, Bangkok 10900, Thailand
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- Animal Genomics and Bioresource Research Unit (AGB Research Unit), Faculty of Science, Kasetsart University, 50 Ngamwongwan, Chatuchak, Bangkok 10900, Thailand
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- Laboratory of Non-Mendelian Evolution, Institute of Animal Physiology and Genetics, Czech Academy of Sciences, Rumburská 89, Liběchov 27721, Czech Republic
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- Animal Genomics and Bioresource Research Unit (AGB Research Unit), Faculty of Science, Kasetsart University, 50 Ngamwongwan, Chatuchak, Bangkok 10900, Thailand; Special Research Unit for Wildlife Genomics (SRUWG), Department of Forest Biology, Faculty of Forestry, Kasetsart University, 50 Ngamwongwan, Chatuchak, Bangkok 10900, Thailand
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- Animal Genomics and Bioresource Research Unit (AGB Research Unit), Faculty of Science, Kasetsart University, 50 Ngamwongwan, Chatuchak, Bangkok 10900, Thailand
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- Animal Genomics and Bioresource Research Unit (AGB Research Unit), Faculty of Science, Kasetsart University, 50 Ngamwongwan, Chatuchak, Bangkok 10900, Thailand
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- Animal Genomics and Bioresource Research Unit (AGB Research Unit), Faculty of Science, Kasetsart University, 50 Ngamwongwan, Chatuchak, Bangkok 10900, Thailand
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- Animal Genomics and Bioresource Research Unit (AGB Research Unit), Faculty of Science, Kasetsart University, 50 Ngamwongwan, Chatuchak, Bangkok 10900, Thailand
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- Animal Genomics and Bioresource Research Unit (AGB Research Unit), Faculty of Science, Kasetsart University, 50 Ngamwongwan, Chatuchak, Bangkok 10900, Thailand
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- Animal Genomics and Bioresource Research Unit (AGB Research Unit), Faculty of Science, Kasetsart University, 50 Ngamwongwan, Chatuchak, Bangkok 10900, Thailand
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- Animal Genomics and Bioresource Research Unit (AGB Research Unit), Faculty of Science, Kasetsart University, 50 Ngamwongwan, Chatuchak, Bangkok 10900, Thailand; Department of Botany, Faculty of Science, Kasetsart University, Bangkok 10900, Thailand
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- Animal Genomics and Bioresource Research Unit (AGB Research Unit), Faculty of Science, Kasetsart University, 50 Ngamwongwan, Chatuchak, Bangkok 10900, Thailand; Department of Fishery Biology, Faculty of Fisheries, Kasetsart University, Bangkok 10900, Thailand
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- Department of Aquaculture, Faculty of Fisheries, Kasetsart University, Bangkok 10900, Thailand
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- Faculty of Natural Resources and Agro-Industry, Kasetsart University Chalermphrakiat Sakon Nakhon Province Campus, Sakon Nakhon 47000, Thailand
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- Faculty of Natural Resources and Agro-Industry, Kasetsart University Chalermphrakiat Sakon Nakhon Province Campus, Sakon Nakhon 47000, Thailand
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- Animal Genomics and Bioresource Research Unit (AGB Research Unit), Faculty of Science, Kasetsart University, 50 Ngamwongwan, Chatuchak, Bangkok 10900, Thailand; School of Agriculture and Cooperatives, Sukhothai Thammathirat Open University, Nonthaburi 11120, Thailand
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- Animal Genomics and Bioresource Research Unit (AGB Research Unit), Faculty of Science, Kasetsart University, 50 Ngamwongwan, Chatuchak, Bangkok 10900, Thailand; Department of Genetics, Faculty of Science, Kasetsart University, Chatuchak, Bangkok 10900, Thailand
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- Department of Aquaculture, Faculty of Fisheries, Kasetsart University, Bangkok 10900, Thailand
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- Animal Genomics and Bioresource Research Unit (AGB Research Unit), Faculty of Science, Kasetsart University, 50 Ngamwongwan, Chatuchak, Bangkok 10900, Thailand; Department of Genetics, Faculty of Science, Kasetsart University, Chatuchak, Bangkok 10900, Thailand; Pathum Thani Aquatic Animal Genetics Research and Development Center, Aquatic Animal Genetics Research and Development Division, Department of Fisheries, Pathum Thani 12120, Thailand
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- Animal Genomics and Bioresource Research Unit (AGB Research Unit), Faculty of Science, Kasetsart University, 50 Ngamwongwan, Chatuchak, Bangkok 10900, Thailand; Special Research Unit for Wildlife Genomics (SRUWG), Department of Forest Biology, Faculty of Forestry, Kasetsart University, 50 Ngamwongwan, Chatuchak, Bangkok 10900, Thailand
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- Animal Genomics and Bioresource Research Unit (AGB Research Unit), Faculty of Science, Kasetsart University, 50 Ngamwongwan, Chatuchak, Bangkok 10900, Thailand; Faculty of Interdisciplinary Studies, Khon Kaen University, Nong Kom Ko, Mueang Nong Khai District, Nong Khai 43000, Thailand
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- Kalasin Fish Hatchery Farm (Betagro), Buaban, Yangtalad District, Kalasin 46120, Thailand
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- Research Unit of Systems Microbiology, Department of Biochemistry, Faculty of Medicine, Chulalongkorn University, Bangkok 10330, Thailand
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- Animal Genomics and Bioresource Research Unit (AGB Research Unit), Faculty of Science, Kasetsart University, 50 Ngamwongwan, Chatuchak, Bangkok 10900, Thailand; Department of Microbiology, Dankook University, Cheonan 31116, Republic of Korea; Bio-Medical Engineering Core Facility Research Center, Dankook University, Cheonan 31116, Republic of Korea
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- CIIMAR/CIMAR, Interdisciplinary Centre of Marine and Environmental Research, University of Porto, Terminal de Cruzeiros do Porto de Leixões, Av. General Norton de Matos, s/n, 4450-208 Porto, Portugal; Department of Biology, Faculty of Sciences, University of Porto, Rua do Campo Alegre, s/n, 4169-007 Porto, Portugal
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- Animal Genomics and Bioresource Research Unit (AGB Research Unit), Faculty of Science, Kasetsart University, 50 Ngamwongwan, Chatuchak, Bangkok 10900, Thailand; Department of Aquaculture, Faculty of Fisheries, Kasetsart University, Bangkok 10900, Thailand
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- Animal Genomics and Bioresource Research Unit (AGB Research Unit), Faculty of Science, Kasetsart University, 50 Ngamwongwan, Chatuchak, Bangkok 10900, Thailand
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- Animal Genomics and Bioresource Research Unit (AGB Research Unit), Faculty of Science, Kasetsart University, 50 Ngamwongwan, Chatuchak, Bangkok 10900, Thailand; Special Research Unit for Wildlife Genomics (SRUWG), Department of Forest Biology, Faculty of Forestry, Kasetsart University, 50 Ngamwongwan, Chatuchak, Bangkok 10900, Thailand
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- Department of Aquaculture, Faculty of Fisheries, Kasetsart University, Bangkok 10900, Thailand
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- Animal Genomics and Bioresource Research Unit (AGB Research Unit), Faculty of Science, Kasetsart University, 50 Ngamwongwan, Chatuchak, Bangkok 10900, Thailand
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- Animal Genomics and Bioresource Research Unit (AGB Research Unit), Faculty of Science, Kasetsart University, 50 Ngamwongwan, Chatuchak, Bangkok 10900, Thailand; Special Research Unit for Wildlife Genomics (SRUWG), Department of Forest Biology, Faculty of Forestry, Kasetsart University, 50 Ngamwongwan, Chatuchak, Bangkok 10900, Thailand; Department of Genetics, Faculty of Science, Kasetsart University, Chatuchak, Bangkok 10900, Thailand.
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Genome-Wide SNPs Detect Hybridisation of Marsupial Gliders ( Petaurus breviceps breviceps × Petaurus norfolcensis) in the Wild. Genes (Basel) 2021; 12:genes12091327. [PMID: 34573311 PMCID: PMC8467023 DOI: 10.3390/genes12091327] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/11/2021] [Revised: 08/20/2021] [Accepted: 08/25/2021] [Indexed: 11/17/2022] Open
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Petaurus breviceps and Petaurus norfolcensis have produced hybrids in captivity, however there are no reported cases of Petaurus hybridisation in the wild. This study uses morphological data, mitochondrial DNA, and nuclear genome-wide SNP markers to confirm P. breviceps breviceps × P. norfolcensis hybridisation within their natural range on the central coast of New South Wales, Australia. Morphological data identified a potential hybrid that was confirmed with next-generation sequencing technology and 10,111 genome-wide SNPs. Both STRUCTURE and NewHybrid analyses identified the hybrid as a P. norfolcensis backcross, which suggests an initial F1 hybrid was fertile. The mitochondrial DNA matched that of a P. b. breviceps, indicating that a P. b. breviceps female initially mated with a P. norfolcensis male to produce a fertile female offspring. Our study is an important example of how genome-wide SNPs can be used to identify hybrids where the distribution of congeners overlaps. Hybridisation between congeners is likely to become more frequent as climate changes and habitats fragment, resulting in increased interactions and competition for resources and mates.
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Carvalhaes JG, Cordeiro-Estrela P, Hohl LSL, Vilela RV, D'Andrea PS, Rocha-Barbosa O. Variation in the skull morphometry of four taxonomic units of Thrichomys (Rodentia: Echimyidae), from different Neotropical biomes. J Morphol 2019; 280:436-445. [PMID: 30747455 DOI: 10.1002/jmor.20955] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/04/2018] [Revised: 01/04/2019] [Accepted: 01/08/2019] [Indexed: 11/10/2022]
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The echimyid rodents of the genus Thrichomys vary considerably in their behavior and feeding ecology, reflecting their occurrence in environments as different as the Caatinga, Cerrado, Pantanal, and Chaco biomes. While the genus was originally classified as monospecific, a number of Thrichomys species have been recognized in recent decades, based on morphometric, cytogenetic, and molecular analyses. While Thrichomys is well studied, the variation found in its cranial morphology is poorly understood, given the taxonomic and ecological complexities of the genus. Using a geometric morphometric approach, we characterized the differences found in the cranial morphology of four Thrichomys taxonomic units, including three established species, Thrichomys apereoides, Thrichomys fosteri, and Thrichomys laurentius, and one operational taxonomic unit (OTU), Thrichomys aff. laurentius. No significant differences were found among these units in cranium size, but significant variation was found in skull shape. The Procrustes distances provided a quantification of the differences in the shape of the skull, with the largest distances being found between T. aff. laurentius and T. fosteri in the dorsal view, and between T. aff. laurentius and T. apereoides in the ventral view. A Discriminant Function Analysis (DFA) with cross-validation determined that the pairings with the highest correct classification were T. aff. laurentius vs. T. apereoides and T. aff. laurentius vs. T. fosteri, in both views. The principal variation in skull shape was found in the posterior region and the zygomatic arch, which may be related to differences in diet.
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- Jeiel G Carvalhaes
- Laboratório de Biologia e Parasitologia de Mamíferos Silvestres Reservatórios, Instituto Oswaldo Cruz/Fiocruz, Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brazil.,Programa de Pós-graduação Stricto sensu em Biodiversidade e Saúde, Instituto Oswaldo Cruz/Fiocruz, Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brazil
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- Laboratório de Mamíferos, Departamento de Sistemática e Ecologia, CCEN, Universidade Federal da Paraíba, Joáo Pessoa, PB, Brazil
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- Laboratório de Zoologia de Vertebrados Tetrapoda - LAZOVERTE, Departamento de Zoologia, Instituto de Biologia Roberto Alcantara Gomes, Universidade do Estado do Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brazil.,Coordenação de Biologia, Centro Federal de Educação Tecnológica Celso Suckow da Fonseca - CEFET/RJ, Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brazil
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- Laboratório de Biologia e Parasitologia de Mamíferos Silvestres Reservatórios, Instituto Oswaldo Cruz/Fiocruz, Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brazil
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- Laboratório de Biologia e Parasitologia de Mamíferos Silvestres Reservatórios, Instituto Oswaldo Cruz/Fiocruz, Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brazil
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- Laboratório de Zoologia de Vertebrados Tetrapoda - LAZOVERTE, Departamento de Zoologia, Instituto de Biologia Roberto Alcantara Gomes, Universidade do Estado do Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brazil
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Araújo NP, Bonvicino C, Svartman M. Comparative cytogenetics of four species of Thrichomys (Rodentia: Echimyidae). Genome 2018; 62:31-41. [PMID: 30481091 DOI: 10.1139/gen-2018-0147] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/22/2022]
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Thrichomys Trouessart, 1880 is a genus of echimyid rodents endemic to South America, distributed from northeastern Brazil to Paraguay and Bolivia. Although all the recognized species of this genus have already been karyotyped, detailed comparative cytogenetic analyses have not been performed yet. We karyologically analyzed four species of Thrichomys from different Brazilian states. Our analyses included GTG- and CBG-banding, silver-staining of the nucleolar organizer regions (Ag-NORs), and fluorescent in situ hybridization (FISH) with telomeric and 45S rDNA probes. Comparative GTG-banding suggested that the interspecific variation may result from Robertsonian rearrangements, pericentric and paracentric inversions, centromere repositioning, and heterochromatin variation. FISH with a telomeric probe showed interspecies variation in interstitial telomeric sequences (ITs) distribution. Our results represent the most complete data on the cytogenetics of Thrichomys reported to date and give an insight into the chromosome evolution of this genus.
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- Naiara Pereira Araújo
- a Laboratório de Citogenômica Evolutiva, Departamento de Biologia Geral, Instituto de Ciências Biológicas, Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais, Avenida Presidente Antônio Carlos, 6627 - Pampulha, 31270-901, Belo Horizonte, MG, Brazil
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- b Laboratório de Biologia e Parasitologia de Mamíferos Silvestres Reservatórios, Instituto Oswaldo Cruz, Fiocruz, e Divisão de Genética, INCA, Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brazil
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- a Laboratório de Citogenômica Evolutiva, Departamento de Biologia Geral, Instituto de Ciências Biológicas, Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais, Avenida Presidente Antônio Carlos, 6627 - Pampulha, 31270-901, Belo Horizonte, MG, Brazil
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Behavioral differentiation and hybridization of the European and Asian forms of Harting’ vole Microtus hartingi (Rodentia, Arvicolinae). RUSSIAN JOURNAL OF THERIOLOGY 2016. [DOI: 10.15298/rusjtheriol.15.2.06] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/21/2022]
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Torgasheva AA, Borodin PM. Cytological basis of sterility in male and female hybrids between sibling species of grey voles Microtus arvalis and M. levis. Sci Rep 2016; 6:36564. [PMID: 27811955 PMCID: PMC5109913 DOI: 10.1038/srep36564] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/20/2016] [Accepted: 10/18/2016] [Indexed: 01/13/2023] Open
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To make insight into the cytological basis of reproductive isolation, we examined chromosome synapsis and recombination in sterile male and female hybrids between Microtus arvalis and M. levis. These sibling species differ by a series of chromosomal rearrangements (fusions, inversions, centromere shifts and heterochromatin insertions). We found that meiosis in male hybrids was arrested at leptotene with complete failure of chromosome pairing and DNA double-strand breaks repair. In the female hybrids meiosis proceeded to pachytene; however, the oocytes varied in the degree of pairing errors. Some of them demonstrated almost correct chromosome pairing, while most of them contained a varying number of univalents and multivalents with extensive regions of asynapsis and non-homologous synapsis. Variation between oocytes was probably caused by stochasticity in the ratio of homologous to non-homologous pairing initiations. We suggest that substantial chromosomal and genetic divergence between the parental species affects preliminary alignment of homologues, homology search and elimination of ectopic interhomologue interactions that are required for correct homologous pairing. Apparently, pairing failure in male and aberrant synapsis in female vole hybrids followed by meiotic silencing of unsynapsed chromatin cause apoptosis of gametocytes and sterility.
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- Anna A. Torgasheva
- Institute of Cytology and Genetics, Russian Academy of Sciences, Siberian Department, Novosibirsk 630090, Russia
- Novosibirsk State University, Novosibirsk, Russia
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- Institute of Cytology and Genetics, Russian Academy of Sciences, Siberian Department, Novosibirsk 630090, Russia
- Novosibirsk State University, Novosibirsk, Russia
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Ishishita S, Tsuboi K, Ohishi N, Tsuchiya K, Matsuda Y. Abnormal pairing of X and Y sex chromosomes during meiosis I in interspecific hybrids of Phodopus campbelli and P. sungorus. Sci Rep 2015; 5:9435. [PMID: 25801302 PMCID: PMC4371188 DOI: 10.1038/srep09435] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/25/2014] [Accepted: 02/27/2015] [Indexed: 11/09/2022] Open
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Hybrid sterility plays an important role in the maintenance of species identity and promotion of speciation. Male interspecific hybrids from crosses between Campbell's dwarf hamster (Phodopus campbelli) and the Djungarian hamster (P. sungorus) exhibit sterility with abnormal spermatogenesis. However, the meiotic phenotype of these hybrids has not been well described. In the present work, we observed the accumulation of spermatocytes and apoptosis of spermatocyte-like cells in the testes of hybrids between P. campbelli females and P. sungorus males. In hybrid spermatocytes, a high frequency of asynapsis of X and Y chromosomes during the pachytene-like stage and dissociation of these chromosomes during metaphase I (MI) was observed. No autosomal univalency was observed during pachytene-like and MI stages in the hybrids; however, a low frequency of synapsis between autosomes and X or Y chromosomes, interlocking and partial synapsis between autosomal pairs, and γ-H2AFX staining in autosomal chromatin was observed during the pachytene-like stage. Degenerated MI-like nuclei were frequently observed in the hybrids. Most of the spermatozoa in hybrid epididymides exhibited head malformation. These results indicate that the pairing of X and Y chromosomes is more adversely affected than that of autosomes in Phodopus hybrids.
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- Satoshi Ishishita
- Laboratory of Animal Genetics, Department of Applied Molecular Biosciences, Graduate School of Bioagricultural Sciences, Nagoya University, Furo-cho, Chikusa-ku, Nagoya, Aichi 464-8601, Japan
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- Laboratory of Animal Genetics, Department of Applied Molecular Biosciences, Graduate School of Bioagricultural Sciences, Nagoya University, Furo-cho, Chikusa-ku, Nagoya, Aichi 464-8601, Japan
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- Laboratory of Animal Cytogenetics, Graduate School of Science, Hokkaido University, North 10 West 8, Kita-ku, Sapporo, Hokkaido 060-0810, Japan
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- Laboratory of Animal Genetics, Department of Applied Molecular Biosciences, Graduate School of Bioagricultural Sciences, Nagoya University, Furo-cho, Chikusa-ku, Nagoya, Aichi 464-8601, Japan
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Chromosome synapsis and recombination in simple and complex chromosomal heterozygotes of tuco-tuco (Ctenomys talarum: Rodentia: Ctenomyidae). Chromosome Res 2014; 22:351-63. [DOI: 10.1007/s10577-014-9429-5] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/20/2014] [Revised: 05/21/2014] [Accepted: 05/31/2014] [Indexed: 10/25/2022]
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Nascimento FF, Lazar A, Menezes AN, Durans ADM, Moreira JC, Salazar-Bravo J, D′Andrea PS, Bonvicino CR. The role of historical barriers in the diversification processes in open vegetation formations during the Miocene/Pliocene using an ancient rodent lineage as a model. PLoS One 2013; 8:e61924. [PMID: 24349576 PMCID: PMC3630152 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0061924] [Citation(s) in RCA: 62] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/13/2012] [Accepted: 03/18/2013] [Indexed: 11/24/2022] Open
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The Neotropics harbors a high diversity of species and several hypotheses have been proposed to account for this pattern. However, while species of forested domains are frequently studied, less is known of species from open vegetation formations occupying, altogether, a larger area than the Amazon Forest. Here we evaluate the role of historical barriers and the riverine hypothesis in the speciation patterns of small mammals by analyzing an ancient rodent lineage (Thrichomys, Hystricomorpha). Phylogenetic and biogeographic analyses were carried out with mitochondrial and nuclear DNA markers to analyze the evolutionary relationships between Thrichomys lineages occurring in dry domains along both banks of the Rio São Francisco. This river is one of the longest of South America whose course and water flow have been modified by inland tectonic activities and climate changes. Molecular data showed a higher number of lineages than previously described. The T. inermis species complex with 2n = 26, FN = 48 was observed in both banks of the river showing a paraphyletic arrangement, suggesting that river crossing had occurred, from east to west. A similar pattern was also observed for the T. apereoides complex. Thrichomys speciation occurred in Late Miocene when the river followed a different course. The current geographic distribution of Thrichomys species and their phylogenetic relationships suggested the existence of frequent past connections between both banks in the middle section of the Rio São Francisco. The extensive palaeodune region found in this area has been identified as a centre of endemism of several vertebrate species and is likely to be a center of Thrichomys diversification.
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- Fabrícia F. Nascimento
- Laboratório de Biologia e Parasitologia de Mamíferos Silvestres Reservatórios, Instituto Oswaldo Cruz, Fiocruz, Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brazil
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- Laboratório de Biologia e Parasitologia de Mamíferos Silvestres Reservatórios, Instituto Oswaldo Cruz, Fiocruz, Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brazil
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- Genetics Division, Instituto Nacional de Câncer, Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brazil
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- Programa de Pós Graduação em Biociências, Pavilhão Américo Piquet Carneiro, UERJ, Vila Isabel, Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brazil
- Laboratório de Genômica Funcional e Bioinformática, Instituto Oswaldo Cruz, FIOCRUZ, Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brazil
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- Setor de Mastozoologia, Departamento de Vertebrados, Museu Nacional, Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro, Quinta da Boa Vista s/n, São Cristovão, Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brazil
- Programa de Pós-Graduação em Biodiversidade e Biologia Evolutiva, UFRJ, Ilha do Fundão, Cidade Universitária, Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brazil
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- Department of Biological Sciences, Texas Tech University, Lubbock, Texas, United States of America
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- Laboratório de Biologia e Parasitologia de Mamíferos Silvestres Reservatórios, Instituto Oswaldo Cruz, Fiocruz, Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brazil
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- Laboratório de Biologia e Parasitologia de Mamíferos Silvestres Reservatórios, Instituto Oswaldo Cruz, Fiocruz, Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brazil
- Genetics Division, Instituto Nacional de Câncer, Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brazil
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According to the Dobzhansky-Muller model, hybrid sterility is a consequence of the independent evolution of related taxa resulting in incompatible genomic interactions of their hybrids. The model implies that the incompatibilities evolve randomly, unless a particular gene or nongenic sequence diverges much faster than the rest of the genome. Here we propose that asynapsis of heterospecific chromosomes in meiotic prophase provides a recurrently evolving trigger for the meiotic arrest of interspecific F1 hybrids. We observed extensive asynapsis of chromosomes and disturbance of the sex body in >95% of pachynemas of Mus m. musculus × Mus m. domesticus sterile F1 males. Asynapsis was not preceded by a failure of double-strand break induction, and the rate of meiotic crossing over was not affected in synapsed chromosomes. DNA double-strand break repair was delayed or failed in unsynapsed autosomes, and misexpression of chromosome X and chromosome Y genes was detected in single pachynemas and by genome-wide expression profiling. Oocytes of F1 hybrid females showed the same kind of synaptic problems but with the incidence reduced to half. Most of the oocytes with pachytene asynapsis were eliminated before birth. We propose the heterospecific pairing of homologous chromosomes as a preexisting condition of asynapsis in interspecific hybrids. The asynapsis may represent a universal mechanistic basis of F1 hybrid sterility manifested by pachytene arrest. It is tempting to speculate that a fast-evolving subset of the noncoding genomic sequence important for chromosome pairing and synapsis may be the culprit.
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Male Hybrid Sterility in the Mule Duck is Associated with Meiotic Arrest in Primary Spermatocytes. J Poult Sci 2013. [DOI: 10.2141/jpsa.0130011] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/21/2022] Open
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Fabre PH, Galewski T, Tilak MK, Douzery EJP. Diversification of South American spiny rats (Echimyidae): a multigene phylogenetic approach. ZOOL SCR 2012. [DOI: 10.1111/j.1463-6409.2012.00572.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 31] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/27/2022]
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Orlov VN, Borisov YM, Cherepanova EV, Grigor’eva OO, Shestak AG, Sycheva VB. Narrow hybrid zone between Moscow and Western Dvina chromosomal races and specific features of population isolation in common shrew Sorex araneus (Mammalia). RUSS J GENET+ 2012. [DOI: 10.1134/s1022795412010152] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/23/2022]
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Taxonomical status and phylogenetic relations between the “thomasi” and “atticus” chromosomal races of the underground vole Microtus thomasi (Rodentia, Arvicolinae). Mamm Biol 2012. [DOI: 10.1016/j.mambio.2011.09.001] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/23/2022]
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Franco de Oliveira M, Favaron PO, Ambrósio CE, Miglino MA, Mess AM. Chorioallantoic and yolk sac placentation in Thrichomys laurentinus (Echimyidae) and the evolution of hystricognath rodents. JOURNAL OF EXPERIMENTAL ZOOLOGY PART B-MOLECULAR AND DEVELOPMENTAL EVOLUTION 2011; 318:13-25. [DOI: 10.1002/jez.b.21428] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/03/2011] [Revised: 06/09/2011] [Accepted: 06/14/2011] [Indexed: 11/06/2022]
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Castiglia R, Solano E, Makundi RH, Hulselmans J, Verheyen E, Colangelo P. Rapid chromosomal evolution in the mesic four‐striped grass rat
Rhabdomys dilectus
(Rodentia, Muridae) revealed by mtDNA phylogeographic analysis. J ZOOL SYST EVOL RES 2011. [DOI: 10.1111/j.1439-0469.2011.00627.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 31] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/27/2022]
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- Riccardo Castiglia
- Dipartimento di Biologia e Biotecnologie “Charles Darwin”, Universita` di Roma ‘‘La Sapienza’’, Roma, Italy
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- Dipartimento di Biologia e Biotecnologie “Charles Darwin”, Universita` di Roma ‘‘La Sapienza’’, Roma, Italy
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- Pest Management Centre, Sokoine University of Agriculture, Morogoro, Tanzania
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- University of Antwerp, Evolutionary Ecology Group, Antwerp, Belgium
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- Dipartimento di Biologia e Biotecnologie “Charles Darwin”, Universita` di Roma ‘‘La Sapienza’’, Roma, Italy
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Oka A, Mita A, Takada Y, Koseki H, Shiroishi T. Reproductive isolation in hybrid mice due to spermatogenesis defects at three meiotic stages. Genetics 2010; 186:339-51. [PMID: 20610405 PMCID: PMC2940298 DOI: 10.1534/genetics.110.118976] [Citation(s) in RCA: 38] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/17/2010] [Accepted: 06/27/2010] [Indexed: 11/18/2022] Open
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Early in the process of speciation, reproductive failures occur in hybrid animals between genetically diverged populations. The sterile hybrid animals are often males in mammals and they exhibit spermatogenic disruptions, resulting in decreased number and/or malformation of mature sperms. Despite the generality of this phenomenon, comparative study of phenotypes in hybrid males from various crosses has not been done, and therefore the comprehensive genetic basis of the disruption is still elusive. In this study, we characterized the spermatogenic phenotype especially during meiosis in four different cases of reproductive isolation: B6-ChrX(MSM), PGN-ChrX(MSM), (B6 × Mus musculus musculus-NJL/Ms) F(1), and (B6 × Mus spretus) F(1). The first two are consomic strains, both bearing the X chromosome of M. m. molossinus; in B6-ChrX(MSM), the genetic background is the laboratory strain C57BL/6J (predominantly M. m. domesticus), while in PGN-ChrX(MSM) the background is the PGN2/Ms strain purely derived from wild M. m. domesticus. The last two cases are F(1) hybrids between mouse subspecies or species. Each of the hybrid males exhibited cell-cycle arrest and/or apoptosis at either one or two of three distinct meiotic stages: premeiotic stage, zygotene-to-pachytene stage of prophase I, and metaphase I. This study shows that the sterility in hybrid males is caused by spermatogenic disruptions at multiple stages, suggesting that the responsible genes function in different cellular processes. Furthermore, the stages with disruptions are not correlated with the genetic distance between the respective parental strains.
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- Ayako Oka
- Transdsciplinary Research Integration Center, Research Organization of Information and Systems, Toranomon, Tokyo, Japan 105-0001, Mammalian Genetics Laboratory, National Institute of Genetics, Mishima, Shizuoka, Japan 411-8540 and RIKEN Research Center for Allergy and Immunology, Yokohama, Kanagawa, Japan 230-0045
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- Transdsciplinary Research Integration Center, Research Organization of Information and Systems, Toranomon, Tokyo, Japan 105-0001, Mammalian Genetics Laboratory, National Institute of Genetics, Mishima, Shizuoka, Japan 411-8540 and RIKEN Research Center for Allergy and Immunology, Yokohama, Kanagawa, Japan 230-0045
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- Transdsciplinary Research Integration Center, Research Organization of Information and Systems, Toranomon, Tokyo, Japan 105-0001, Mammalian Genetics Laboratory, National Institute of Genetics, Mishima, Shizuoka, Japan 411-8540 and RIKEN Research Center for Allergy and Immunology, Yokohama, Kanagawa, Japan 230-0045
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- Transdsciplinary Research Integration Center, Research Organization of Information and Systems, Toranomon, Tokyo, Japan 105-0001, Mammalian Genetics Laboratory, National Institute of Genetics, Mishima, Shizuoka, Japan 411-8540 and RIKEN Research Center for Allergy and Immunology, Yokohama, Kanagawa, Japan 230-0045
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- Transdsciplinary Research Integration Center, Research Organization of Information and Systems, Toranomon, Tokyo, Japan 105-0001, Mammalian Genetics Laboratory, National Institute of Genetics, Mishima, Shizuoka, Japan 411-8540 and RIKEN Research Center for Allergy and Immunology, Yokohama, Kanagawa, Japan 230-0045
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Roque ALR, Cupolillo E, Marchevsky RS, Jansen AM. Thrichomys laurentius (Rodentia; Echimyidae) as a putative reservoir of Leishmania infantum and L. braziliensis: patterns of experimental infection. PLoS Negl Trop Dis 2010; 4:e589. [PMID: 20126407 PMCID: PMC2814861 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pntd.0000589] [Citation(s) in RCA: 22] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/14/2009] [Accepted: 12/07/2009] [Indexed: 11/17/2022] Open
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The importance of the genus Thrichomys in the retention of infection and transmission of Leishmania species is supported by previous studies that describe an ancient interaction between caviomorphs and trypanosomatids and report the natural infection of Thrichomys spp. Moreover, these rodents are widely dispersed in Brazil and recognized as important hosts of other tripanosomatids. Our main purpose was to evaluate the putative role of Thrichomys laurentius in the retention of infection and amplification of the transmission cycle of Leishmania infantum and L. braziliensis. Male and female T. laurentius (n = 24) born in captivity were evaluated for the retention of infection with these Leishmania species and followed up by parasitological, serological, hematological, biochemical, histological, and molecular assays for 3, 6, 9, or 12 months post infection (mpi). T. laurentius showed its competence as maintenance host for the two inoculated Leishmania species. Four aspects should be highlighted: (i) re-isolation of parasites 12 mpi; (ii) the low parasitic burden displayed by T. laurentius tissues; (iii) the early onset and maintenance of humoral response, and (iv) the similar pattern of infection by the two Leishmania species. Both Leishmania species demonstrated the ability to invade and maintain itself in viscera and skin of T. laurentius, and no rodent displayed any lesion, histological changes, or clinical evidence of infection. We also wish to point out the irrelevance of the adjective dermotropic or viscerotropic to qualify L. braziliensis and L. infantum, respectively, when these species are hosted by nonhuman hosts. Our data suggest that T. laurentius may act at least as a maintenance host of both tested Leishmania species since it maintained long-lasting infections. Moreover, it cannot be discarded that Leishmania spp. infection in free-ranging T. laurentius could result in higher parasite burden due the more stressing conditions in the wild. Therefore the tissular parasitism of the skin, infectiveness to the vector, and amplification of the transmission cycle of both Leishmania species could be expected. For Leishmania, one genus among several genera belonging to the parasitic Trypanosomatidae family, many nonhuman mammals are known to be hosts in addition to humans. Most studies that describe Leishmania wild reservoirs are based on isolated descriptions of infection that can lead to misinterpretation of information. The definition of the epidemiological importance of a putative reservoir host depends on adequate data on the dynamics and peculiarities inherent to the host-parasite interactions and their involvement in the transmission cycle of these parasites. Our objectives were to sort out the features displayed by nonhuman mammal populations (the caviomorph rodent Thrichomys laurentius) which, with an insect host, perpetuate Leishmania transmission cycles. This rodent species had the ability to act as maintenance and/or amplifier host of both tested Leishmania species. The similar pattern of infection displayed by T. laurentius infected by these two Leishmania species shows that the definition of dermotropic or viscerotropic based on the clinical features observed in humans should not be applied to natural hosts, and it emphasizes that the search for Leishmania reservoirs should consider all possibilities of the infection course, independent of current knowledge in other mammal hosts.
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Li XC, Barringer BC, Barbash DA. The pachytene checkpoint and its relationship to evolutionary patterns of polyploidization and hybrid sterility. Heredity (Edinb) 2008; 102:24-30. [PMID: 18766201 DOI: 10.1038/hdy.2008.84] [Citation(s) in RCA: 44] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/23/2022] Open
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Sterility is a commonly observed phenotype in interspecific hybrids. Sterility may result from chromosomal or genic incompatibilities, and much progress has been made toward understanding the genetic basis of hybrid sterility in various taxa. The underlying mechanisms causing hybrid sterility, however, are less well known. The pachytene checkpoint is a meiotic surveillance system that many organisms use to detect aberrant meiotic products, in order to prevent the production of defective gametes. We suggest that activation of the pachytene checkpoint may be an important mechanism contributing to two types of hybrid sterility. First, the pachytene checkpoint may form the mechanistic basis of some gene-based hybrid sterility phenotypes. Second, the pachytene checkpoint may be an important mechanism that mediates chromosomal-based hybrid sterility phenotypes involving gametes with non-haploid (either non-reduced or aneuploid) chromosome sets. Studies in several species suggest that the strength of the pachytene checkpoint is sexually dimorphic, observations that warrant future investigation into whether such variation may contribute to differences in patterns of sterility between male and female interspecific hybrids. In addition, plants seem to lack the pachytene checkpoint, which correlates with increased production of unreduced gametes and a higher incidence of polyploid species in plants versus animals. Although the pachytene checkpoint occurs in many animals and in fungi, at least some of the genes that execute the pachytene checkpoint are different among organisms. This finding suggests that the penetrance of the pachytene checkpoint, and even its presence or absence can evolve rapidly. The surprising degree of evolutionary flexibility in this meiotic surveillance system may contribute to the observed variation in patterns of hybrid sterility and in rates of polyploidization.
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- X C Li
- Department of Molecular Biology and Genetics, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY 14853, USA
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