Cytogenetic analyses of Pseudopimelodus mangurus (Teleostei: Siluriformes: Pseudopimelodidae)

The cytogenetic analyses showed that Pseudopimelodns mangurus has a diploid number of 2n=54 chromosomes (6M, 26SM, 12ST and 10A), single Ag-NORs on the short arm of a middle-sized ST pair, identified as pair 19, and a very small amount of C-band positive segments in two chromosome pairs. The Ag-NORs...

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Autores: Martinez, Emanuel Ricardo Monteiro [UNESP], Oliveira, Claudio [UNESP], Foresti, Fausto [UNESP]
Tipo de documento: artigo
Estado:Versão publicada
Data de publicação:2004
País:Brasil
Recursos:Universidade Estadual Paulista (UNESP)
Repositório:Repositório Institucional da UNESP
Idioma:inglês
OAI Identifier:oai:repositorio.unesp.br:11449/67988
Acesso em linha:http://dx.doi.org/10.1508/cytologia.69.419
http://hdl.handle.net/11449/67988
Access Level:Acceso aberto
Palavra-chave:Ag-NORs
C-band
Chromomycin A3
Chromosomes
Karyotype
Pimelodidae
Pseudopimelodidae
Pseudopimelodus
Siluriformes
Teleostei
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Resumo:The cytogenetic analyses showed that Pseudopimelodns mangurus has a diploid number of 2n=54 chromosomes (6M, 26SM, 12ST and 10A), single Ag-NORs on the short arm of a middle-sized ST pair, identified as pair 19, and a very small amount of C-band positive segments in two chromosome pairs. The Ag-NORs are C-band positive. The staining of the chromosomes of P. mangurus with CMA 3 reveled the occurrence of bright signals corresponding to the Ag-NORs segments, to the C-band positive segments and also to some C-band negative segments. The occurrence of a diploid number of 2n=54 in all species of the family Pseudopimelodidae and its absence among representatives of Pimelodidae and Heptapteridae, two related families previously considered, reinforces the hypothesis that Pseudopimelodidae is a monophyletic group. © 2004 The Japan Mendel Society.