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- Title
Cytogenetic Analysis of Satellitome of Madagascar Leaf-Tailed Geckos.
- Authors
Yurchenko, Alona; Pšenička, Tomáš; Mora, Pablo; Ortega, Juan Alberto Marchal; Baca, Antonio Sánchez; Rovatsos, Michail
- Abstract
Satellite DNA (satDNA) consists of sequences of DNA that form tandem repetitions across the genome, and it is notorious for its diversity and fast evolutionary rate. Despite its importance, satDNA has been only sporadically studied in reptile lineages. Here, we sequenced genomic DNA and PCR-amplified microdissected W chromosomes on the Illumina platform in order to characterize the monomers of satDNA from the Henkel's leaf-tailed gecko U. henkeli and to compare their topology by in situ hybridization in the karyotypes of the closely related Günther's flat-tail gecko U. guentheri and gold dust day gecko P. laticauda. We identified seventeen different satDNAs; twelve of them seem to accumulate in centromeres, telomeres and/or the W chromosome. Notably, centromeric and telomeric regions seem to share similar types of satDNAs, and we found two that seem to accumulate at both edges of all chromosomes in all three species. We speculate that the long-term stability of all-acrocentric karyotypes in geckos might be explained from the presence of specific satDNAs at the centromeric regions that are strong meiotic drivers, a hypothesis that should be further tested.
- Subjects
MADAGASCAR; GECKOS; HENKEL AG &; Co. KGaA; KARYOTYPES; SATELLITE DNA; IN situ hybridization; CHROMOSOMES; TELOMERES
- Publication
Genes, 2024, Vol 15, Issue 4, p429
- ISSN
2073-4425
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.3390/genes15040429