Estudo da estrutura molecular dos cromossomos supranuméricos em Moenkhausia sanctaefilomenae (Teleostei, Characiformes, Characidae)

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Estudos citogenéticos no genêro Characidium (Teleostei, Characiformes, Chrenuchidae), com análise estrutural e molecular do sistema ZZ-ZW de cromossomos sexuais

Pós-graduação em Ciências Biológicas (Zoologia) - IBB

Estrutura molecular e citogenética de cromossomos B em Astyanax paranae (Characiformes, Characidae)

Pós-graduação em Ciências Biológicas (Genética) - IBB

Comparative cytogenetics in Astyanax (Characiformes: Characidae) with focus on the cytotaxonomy of the group

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Citotaxonomia dos triatomíneos: a citogenética como ferramenta no estudo do complexo Triatoma brasiliensis e do subcomplexo Brasiliensis

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Estudo da estruturacromossômica de Astyanax bockmanni (Teleostei, Characiformes) em diferentes populações: enfoque em cromossomos B

Pós-graduação em Ciências Biológicas (Zoologia) - IBB

Variabilidade genética e variação das regiões heterocromáticas em linhagens de Triatoma infestans (Heteroptera : Reduviidae)

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Chromosome Evolution in Dendropsophini (Amphibia, Anura, Hylinae)

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Cytogenetic and morphologic approaches of hybrids from experimental crosses between Triatoma lenti Sherlock & Serafim, 1967 and T. sherlocki Papa et al., 2002 (Hemiptera: Reduviidae)

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Is there post-meiotic transcriptional activity during hemipteran spermiogenesis?

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Karyotype diversity and patterns of chromosomal evolution in Eigenmannia (Teleostei, Gymnotiformes, Sternopygidae)

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Mapeamento físico dos genes ribosomais 18S e 5S em peixes do gênero Trichomycterus (Teleostei, Trichomycteridae)

The present study aimed to cytogenetic analysis and structural and molecular level of four fish species of the genus Trichomycterus: T. diabolus, T. iheringi, T. zonatus and T. cf. mimonha collected in different river basins in Brazil. Techniques were used for classical cytogenetic (Giemsa, Silver nitrate impregnation, C-banding) and molecular with the chromosomal location of genes for 18S and 5S rDNA. All individuals examined had a diploid number 54 chromosomes and karyotype consisting of types of metacentric, submetacentric and subtelocentric. The constitutive heterochromatin identified by C-banding was observed in two small blocks in the karyotype of T. diabolus and large blocks of centromeric several pairs in chromosomal karyotypes of T. iheringi, T. zonatus and T. cf. mimonha. The Silver nitrate impregnation and hybridization with 18S rDNA probe revealed the existence of only a couple carryng nucleolar organizing regions (NORs) on the species T. diabolus, T. iheringi and T. cf mimonha, and two pairs carrying 18S rDNA in T. zonatus. The 5S rDNA was observed in interstitial position 6 of the pair in T. iheringi, the synteny with the two pair in 18S rDNA of T.diabolus in pericentromeric position of and two pairs submetacentric, one being also a case of synteny with the 18S rDNA in T. zonatus and T. cf. mimonha, this rDNA was located in the pairs 3, 18 and 25, and synteny in the 18S rDNA pair 18. Although representatives of these four species Trichomycterus present diploid number and karyotypic formula preserved, three is specific about the distribuition patterns of heterochromatin and location of rDNA sequences, indicating that chromosomal differentiation events in this group of fish are acting directly on these genomic portions

Cytochemical study of Rhodnius neglectus and Rhodnius prolixus salivary gland cells (Hemiptera, Triatominae)

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Distribution of constitutive heterochromatin in species of triatomines with fragmentation of sex chromosomes X

Cytogenetic analyses of triatomines are considered to be important taxonomic tools. Thus, we analyzed the pattern of constitutive heterochromatin in 7 species of triatomine with fragmentation of the sex chromosome X, focusing on the cytotaxonomy of these triatomines. The species analyzed included Triatoma vitticeps, Triatoma melanocephala, Triatoma tibiamaculata, Triatoma protracta, Meccus pallidipennis, Panstrongylus megistus, and Panstrongylus lignarius. The seminiferous tubules of the adult males were subjected to C-banding. P. megistus and P. lignarius showed differences in chromosome number and disposition of constitutive heterochromatin, as only P. lignarius showed C-blocks in autosomes. C-banding can differentiate these species, since one of the sex chromosome (X) is heterochromatic in T. vitticeps. T. protracta showed C-blocks in both ends of all autosomes, T. tibiamaculata showed terminal C-dots in some autosomal pairs and M. pallidipennis did not show constitutive heterochromatin in autosomes. Thus, we confirmed the heterochromatic pattern of 7 species of insects and emphasized the importance of cytogenetic techniques for C-banding for taxonomy studies of the triatomines, which are important vectors of Chagas disease.

Descrição cariótica e novas ocorrências de cromossomos supranuméricos em Moenkhausia Eigenmann, 1903 (Characiformes: Characidae)

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