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Molecular Characterization and Chromosomal Localization of Two Families of Satellite DNA in Prochilodus Lineatus (Pisces, Prochilodontidae), a Species with B Chromosomes

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Prochilodus lineatus, an abundant species in the Mogi-Guaçu river basin, represents a large part of the region's fishing potential. Karyotypic analyses based on classic cytogenetic techniques have revealed the presence of 54 meta-submetacentric type chromosomes, together with the occurrence of small supernumerary chromosomes with intra and interindividual variations. This paper describes the genomic organization of two families of satellite DNA in the P. lineatus genome. The chromosomal localization these two repetitive DNA families through fluorescence in situ hybridization (FISH) demonstrated that the SATH1 satellite DNA family, composed of approximately 900 bp, was located in the pericentromeric region of a group of chromosomes of the standard complement, as well as on all the B chromosomes. The SATH2 satellite family has a monomeric unit of 441 bp and was located in the pericentromeric regions of some chromosomes of the standard complement, but was absent in the B chromosomes. Double FISH analyses showed that these two families participate jointly in the pericentromeric organization of several chromosomes of this species. The data obtained in this study support the hypothesis that the B chromosomes derive from chromosomes of the standard complement, which are carriers of the SATH1 satellite DNA.

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    Célia Maria de Jesus, Pedro M. Galetti Jr. & Orlando Moreira-Filho

  2. Departamento de Ciências Biológicas, Faculdade de Ciências Farmacêuticas, Universidade Estadual Paulista, 14801-902, Araraquara, SP, Brazil

    Sandro R. Valentini

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Maria de Jesus, C., Galetti, P.M., Valentini, S.R. et al. Molecular Characterization and Chromosomal Localization of Two Families of Satellite DNA in Prochilodus Lineatus (Pisces, Prochilodontidae), a Species with B Chromosomes. Genetica 118, 25–32 (2003). https://doi.org/10.1023/A:1022986816648

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