Karyotype analysis of the sea urchinParacentrotus lividus (Echinodermata): evidence for a heteromorphic chromosome sex mechanism

Autor:	G. Sconzo, Roberto Vitturi, G. Barbata, C. Lipani
Rok vydání:	1996
Předmět:	Genetics medicine.medical_specialty Ecology Cytogenetics Chromosome Karyotype Spermatocyte Aquatic Science Biology biology.organism_classification Paracentrotus lividus medicine.anatomical_structure medicine Ploidy Nucleolus organizer region Mitosis Ecology Evolution Behavior and Systematics
Zdroj:	Marine Biology. 127:67-72
ISSN:	1432-1793 0025-3162
DOI:	10.1007/bf00993645
Popis:	A consistent diploid number of 2n = 36 was determined for the sea urchinParacentrotus lividus from the Gulf of Palermo by analysis of mitotic chromosomes of both early developing embryos and male gonads. The haploid numbern = 18 was determined by counts of spermatocyte bivalents at diakinesis. A heteromorphic chromosome sex mechanism of the XY type is likely present in this species. This is indicated by the occurrence of a chromosomal pair, pair No. 2, which is heteromorphic in both morphology and size in about 50% of the mitotic figures (metaphases and anaphases) of einbryos. In addition, heteromorphism of the same pair of chromosomes occurred during spermatogonial metaphases in the five male specimens investigated here. The detection of a low chromosome number (2n = 36) compared to other echinoids (2n = 42 to 44), a heteromorphic chromosome sex system and the involvement of three chromosome pairs in nucleolar organization (NORs) provide evidence of the specialization of theP. lividus karyotype.
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