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Mesabolivar brasiliensis (Moenkhaus 1898) and Mesabolivar cyaneotaeniatus (Keyserling 1891) (Araneomorphae, Pholcidae): close relationship reinforced by cytogenetic analyses

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Autor(es):
Ramlho, Manuela Oliveira [1] ; Araujo, Douglas [2] ; Schneider, Marielle Cristina [1] ; Brescovit, Antonio Domingos [3] ; Cella, Doralice Maria [1]
Número total de Autores: 5
Afiliação do(s) autor(es):
[1] Univ Estadual Paulista, Inst Biociencias, Dept Biol, UNESP, BR-13506900 Sao Paulo - Brazil
[2] Univ Estadual Mato Grosso do Sul, UEMS, Unidade Univ Mundo Novo, BR-79980000 Mundo Novo, MS - Brazil
[3] Inst Butantan, Lab Artropodes, BR-05503900 Sao Paulo - Brazil
Número total de Afiliações: 3
Tipo de documento: Artigo Científico
Fonte: JOURNAL OF ARACHNOLOGY; v. 36, n. 2, p. 453-456, 2008.
Citações Web of Science: 3
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Pholcidae is the most diverse family among haplogyne spiders but only 15 species have been analyzed cytogenetically. These studies revealed that the diploid number varies from 2n = 15 to 2n = 32, that there are three types of sex chromosome systems in males (X, X(1)X(2) and X(1)X(2)Y), and that the chromosomes are predominantly biarmed. Within the genus Mesabolivar, only Mesabolivar luteus (Keyserling 1891) has bee karyotyped, and it showed 2n = 15 = 14 + X, with all chromosomes being metacentric. In the present work, we characterize the mitotic and meiotic chromosomes of Mesabolivar brasiliensis (Moenkhaus 1898) and Mesabolivar cyaneotaeniatus (Keyserling 1891). Male mitotic metaphases of the two species showed the diploid number 2n = 17 = 16 + X; oogonial cells of M. brasiliensis showed 2n = 18 = 16 + XX. In bot species, the chromosomes were exclusively biarmed, and the X chromosome was the largest element of the karyotype. Diplotene spermatocytes of the two species exhibited 811 + X and the occurrence of only one terminal or interstitial chiasma per bivalent. In M. cyancotaeniaus, metaphases II with n = 9 = 8 + X and n = 8 were found, indicating the regular segregation of all chromosomes during meiosis I. Mitotic metaphases of M. brasiliensis stained with CMA(3)/DA/DAPI revealed GC-rich chromatin in the terminal region of almost all autosomes, especially in pair 2. An earlier revision of the New World pholeids grouped M. brasiliensis and M. cyaneotaeniatus in a ``southern group{''} and placed M. luteus in a ``miscellaneous group.{''} A molecular study showed a closer relationship between M. brasiliensis and M. cyaneotaeniatus than between M. luteus and either of these two species. The 2n = 17 found in M. brasiliensis and M. cyaneotaeniatus corroborates this hypothesis, given that M. luteus has a diploid number of 2n = 15. (AU)

Processo FAPESP: 06/53275-3 - Diferenciação evolutiva entre os cromossomos holocêntricos e monocêntricos em algumas espécies de escorpiões da fauna brasileira, detectada pela análise ultraestrutural do complexo sinaptonêmico e regiões associadas, heterocromatina constitutiva e região organizadora de nucléolo
Beneficiário:Marielle Cristina Schneider
Modalidade de apoio: Bolsas no Brasil - Pós-Doutorado