Cytogenetic and molecular characteristics of Potamotrygon motoro and Potamotrygon sp. (Chondrichthyes, Myliobatiformes, Potamotrygonidae) from the Amazon basin: Implications for the taxonomy of the genus.

Autor: Cruz VPD; Universidade Estadual Paulista (UNESP), Instituto de Biociências de Botucatu, Laboratório de Biologia e Genética de Peixes, Botucatu, SP, Brazil., Nobile MLO; Universidade Estadual Paulista (UNESP), Instituto de Biociências de Botucatu, Laboratório de Biologia e Genética de Peixes, Botucatu, SP, Brazil., Paim FG; Universidade Estadual Paulista (UNESP), Instituto de Biociências de Botucatu, Laboratório de Biologia e Genética de Peixes, Botucatu, SP, Brazil., Adachi AMCL; Universidade Estadual Paulista (UNESP), Instituto de Biociências de Botucatu, Laboratório de Biologia e Genética de Peixes, Botucatu, SP, Brazil., Ribeiro GDS; Universidade Estadual Paulista (UNESP), Instituto de Biociências de Botucatu, Laboratório de Biologia e Genética de Peixes, Botucatu, SP, Brazil., Ferreira DC; Universidade Federal de Mato Grosso (UFMT), Instituto de Biociências, Departamento de Biologia e Zoologia, Cuiabá, MT, Brazil., Pansonato-Alves JC; Universidade Estadual Paulista (UNESP), Instituto de Biociências de Botucatu, Laboratório de Biologia e Genética de Peixes, Botucatu, SP, Brazil., Charvet P; Universidade Federal do Paraná (UFPR), Departamento de Engenharia Ambiental, Laboratório de Ecologia e Conservação, Curitiba, PR, Brazil.; Universidade Federal do Ceará (UFC), Departamento de Biologia, Programa de Pós-Graduação em Sistemática, Uso e Conservação da Biodiversidade, Fortaleza, CE, Brazil., Oliveira C; Universidade Estadual Paulista (UNESP), Instituto de Biociências de Botucatu, Laboratório de Biologia e Genética de Peixes, Botucatu, SP, Brazil., Foresti F; Universidade Estadual Paulista (UNESP), Instituto de Biociências de Botucatu, Laboratório de Biologia e Genética de Peixes, Botucatu, SP, Brazil.
Jazyk: angličtina
Zdroj: Genetics and molecular biology [Genet Mol Biol] 2021 Apr 07; Vol. 44 (2), pp. e20200083. Date of Electronic Publication: 2021 Apr 07 (Print Publication: 2021).
DOI: 10.1590/1678-4685-GMB-2020-0083
Abstrakt: The chromosomes of two freshwater stingrays, Potamotrygon motoro and Potamotrygon sp., from the Amazon River basin in Brazil were investigated using integrated molecular (cytochrome c oxidase subunit 1) and cytogenetic analyses. Potamotrygon motoro presented intraspecific variation in the diploid number, with 2n=66 in the females and 2n=65 in the males, while Potamotrygon sp. had a karyotype with 66 chromosomes, in both sexes. The C-banding revealed the presence of heterochromatic blocks accumulated in the centromeric region of all the chromosomes in both species. The FISH assays with 18S DNA probes highlighted the terminal region of three or four chromosome pairs in P. motoro and seven chromosomes in Potamotrygon sp. The rDNA 5S sequences were found in only one chromosomal pair in both species. The interspecific genetic distance based on the COI sequences, between P. motoro and Potamotrygon sp. from Amazon River was 10.8%, while that between the Amazonian P. motoro and Potamotrygon amandae from the Paraná River was 2.2%, and the genetic distance between Potamotrygon sp. and P. amandae was 11.8%. In addition to the new insights on the cytogenetics of the study species, the results of the present study confirmed the existence of heteromorphic sex-linked chromosomes in P. motoro.
Databáze: MEDLINE