Fluorescencein situ hybridization with rDNA probes on chromosomes of two nucleolus organizer region phenotypes of a species ofEigenmannia (Pisces,Gymnotoidei, Sternopygidae) |
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Authors: | Lurdes Foresti de Almeida-Toledo Ann Jacob Stocker Fausto Foresti Silvio de Almeida Toledo-Filho |
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Affiliation: | (1) Departamento de Biologia, Instituto de Biociências, Universidade de São Paulo, Caixa Postal 11.461-05422-970, São Paulo, SP, Brazil;(2) Present address: Departamento de Morfologia, Instituto de Biociências, UNESP, Botucatu, SP, Brazil |
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Abstract: | Nucleolus organizer regions (NORs) were analysed in two related and geographically close populations ofEigenmannia sp. 1 (Pisces, Gymnotoidei, Sternopygidae) using silver staining and fluorescencein situ hybridization (FISH). The two populations differed in their Ag-NOR phenotypes, displaying fixed differences in the NOR-bearing chromosome pairs. FISH with rDNA probes showed that these differences were due to the location of rDNA cistrons. This finding, showing fixed NOR differences between two populations belonging to the same species in a connected river system, is highly significant in terms of evolutionary change, possibly indicating an initial step of genetic differentiation. This result also has important implications from the cytosystematic point of view, as NORs usually have a very constant karyotypic location in fish species and have been used as species-specific chromosome markers.accepted for publication by M. Schmid |
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Keywords: | cytogenetics fluorescencein situ hybridization Gymnotoidei nucleolus organizer region Pisces |
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