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- Title
Detection of B chromosomes in interphase hemolymph nuclei from living specimens of the grasshopper Eyprepocnemis plorans.
- Authors
Cabrero, J.; Manrique-Poyato, M. I.; Camacho, J. P. M.
- Abstract
The two most important evolutionary properties of B chromosomes are their transmission rate (which suggests their selfishness when significantly higher than 0.5) and their net effects on carrier fitness (usually negative for parasitic Bs). The study of transmission rate unavoidably requires the analysis of many controlled crosses in order to accurately measure population average transmission rate. Therefore, getting a marker closely associated to B presence is of crucial importance to alleviate the load of performing many useless crosses between lacking B individuals. After investigating several cytogenetic techniques on several tissues that may be sampled without drastically damaging live specimens of the grasshopper Eyprepocnemis plorans, we report here the excellent results provided by the CMA3 fluorescence and C-banding techniques applied to hemocyte nuclei. These cells may be easily obtained from both males and females and provide information on B presence even during the interphase stage. The two cytogenetic techniques take advantage of the heterochromatic nature of the B chromosomes, so that Bs made predominantly of ribosomal DNA are revealed by CMA3 as bright bodies in the interphase hemocytes, and Bs mostly made of satellite DNA are visualized by C-banding as intensely stained bodies in these cells. Copyright © 2006 S. Karger AG, Basel
- Subjects
CHROMOSOMES; GRASSHOPPERS; MICROSATELLITE repeats; DNA; CYTOGENETICS
- Publication
Cytogenetic & Genome Research, 2006, Vol 114, Issue 1, p66
- ISSN
1424-8581
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1159/000091930