A Cytotaxonomic Survey of the Genus Melanophryniscus Gallardo, 1961 (Anura: Bufonidae)

dc.contributor.authorBaldo, Diego
dc.contributor.authorCotichelli, Leonardo
dc.contributor.authorPereyra, Martin O.
dc.contributor.authorBorteiro, Claudio
dc.contributor.authorNetto, Flavia
dc.contributor.authorKolenc, Francisco
dc.contributor.authorBrusquetti, Francisco [UNESP]
dc.contributor.authorBidau, Claudio
dc.contributor.institutionFundación Miguel Lillo
dc.contributor.institutionUniv Nacl Misiones
dc.contributor.institutionMuseo Argentino Ciencias Nat Bernardino Rivadavia
dc.contributor.institutionMuseo Nacl Hist Nat
dc.contributor.institutionIIBP
dc.contributor.institutionUniversidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro (UFRJ)
dc.contributor.institutionUniversidade Estadual Paulista (Unesp)
dc.contributor.institutionParana & Los Claveles
dc.date.accessioned2014-05-20T14:00:02Z
dc.date.available2014-05-20T14:00:02Z
dc.date.issued2012-03-01
dc.description.abstractWe present a cytogenetic survey of the basal bufonid genus Melanophryniscus that covered 14 of the 25 species currently recognized, representing the three phenetic species groups: M. moreirae, M. stelzneri, and M. tumifrons. All species presented a diploid chromosome complement constituted by 11 bi-armed chromosome pairs (2n = 2x = 22; FN = 44). Some remarkable differences were observed between species groups: chromosome pair 4 was metacentric in species of the M. tumifrons group (also with a distinctive C-positive block) but submetacentric in the M. stelzneri group and M. sanmartini (M. moreirae group); pair 5 was submetacentric in M. sanmartini and metacentric in the rest. Chromosome secondary constrictions and silver-stained nucleolar organizer regions were located either in pair 5, 7, or 8 in the M. tumifrons group, M. sanmartini and M. krauczuki (M. stelzneri group), and M. stelzneri group, respectively; and pair 7 was relatively larger in M. sanmartini and M. krauezuki. Studied cytogenetic characters support the M. tumifrons group and suggest a close relationship between M. krauczuki and M. sanmartini. These results call for a reassessment of species relations within Melanophryniscus under an inclusive phylogenetic study.en
dc.description.affiliationFdn Miguel Lillo, Inst Herpetol, RA-4000 San Miguel de Tucuman, Tucuman, Argentina
dc.description.affiliationUniv Nacl Misiones, Lab Genet Evolut, Fac Ciencias Exactas Quim & Nat, RA-3300 Posadas, Misiones, Argentina
dc.description.affiliationMuseo Argentino Ciencias Nat Bernardino Rivadavia, Secc Herpetol, Buenos Aires, DF, Argentina
dc.description.affiliationMuseo Nacl Hist Nat, Dept Herpetol, Montevideo, Uruguay
dc.description.affiliationIIBP, Asuncion 1429, Paraguay
dc.description.affiliationUniv Fed Rio de Janeiro, Dept Vertebrados, Museu Nacl, BR-20940040 Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
dc.description.affiliationUniv Estadual Paulista, Inst Biociencias, UNESP, Dept Zool, BR-13506900 Rio Claro, SP, Brazil
dc.description.affiliationParana & Los Claveles, RA-3304 Garupa, Misiones, Argentina
dc.description.affiliationUnespUniv Estadual Paulista, Inst Biociencias, UNESP, Dept Zool, BR-13506900 Rio Claro, SP, Brazil
dc.description.sponsorshipInstituto de Herpetologia-Fundacion Miguel Lillo
dc.description.sponsorshipAgencia Nacional de Promoción Científica y Tecnológica (ANPCYT)
dc.description.sponsorshipConselho Nacional de Desenvolvimento Científico e Tecnológico (CNPq)
dc.description.sponsorshipIdInstituto de Herpetologia-Fundacion Miguel Lillo: CONICET PIP 1112008010 2422
dc.description.sponsorshipIdInstituto de Herpetologia-Fundacion Miguel Lillo: ANPCyT PICTs 07-01485
dc.description.sponsorshipIdInstituto de Herpetologia-Fundacion Miguel Lillo: 07-02202
dc.description.sponsorshipIdInstituto de Herpetologia-Fundacion Miguel Lillo: PICT-O 37035
dc.description.sponsorshipIdANPCyT: PICT 06-223
dc.description.sponsorshipIdCNPq: 190062/2010-0
dc.description.sponsorshipIdCNPq: 190004/2009-6
dc.format.extent25-32
dc.identifierhttp://dx.doi.org/10.1670/10-293
dc.identifier.citationJournal of Herpetology. St Louis: Soc Study Amphibians Reptiles, v. 46, n. 1, p. 25-32, 2012.
dc.identifier.doi10.1670/10-293
dc.identifier.issn0022-1511
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/11449/21230
dc.identifier.wosWOS:000302452100006
dc.language.isoeng
dc.publisherSoc Study Amphibians Reptiles
dc.relation.ispartofJournal of Herpetology
dc.relation.ispartofjcr0.865
dc.relation.ispartofsjr0,468
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dc.titleA Cytotaxonomic Survey of the Genus Melanophryniscus Gallardo, 1961 (Anura: Bufonidae)en
dc.typeArtigo
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dcterms.rightsHolderSoc Study Amphibians Reptiles
unesp.author.orcid0000-0003-2382-0872[1]
unesp.campusUniversidade Estadual Paulista (Unesp), Instituto de Biociências, Rio Claropt

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