A single origin for the widely distributed B chromosomes of the gladiator frog Boana albopunctata

dc.contributor.authorFerro, Juan M.
dc.contributor.authorGatto, Kaleb P. [UNESP]
dc.contributor.authorNetto, Flavia
dc.contributor.authorResquin, Juan J.
dc.contributor.authorCosta, William
dc.contributor.authorMarti, Dardo A.
dc.contributor.authorLourenco, Luciana B.
dc.contributor.authorBaldo, Diego
dc.contributor.institutionUniv Nacl Mis
dc.contributor.institutionUniversidade Estadual de Campinas (UNICAMP)
dc.contributor.institutionUniversidade Estadual Paulista (UNESP)
dc.contributor.institutionInst Invest Biol Paraguay
dc.contributor.institutionItaipu Binacl
dc.date.accessioned2023-07-29T11:59:52Z
dc.date.available2023-07-29T11:59:52Z
dc.date.issued2023-03-29
dc.description.abstractB chromosomes are supernumerary elements that have a wide taxonomic distribution among eukaryotes. Although they are dispensable, they can acquire mechanisms to be overrepresented in the next generation and therefore avoid being eliminated. These elements have been discovered in < 2% of the karyotyped anurans. B chromosomes were described for Argentine and Brazilian populations of Boana albopunctata, a Neotropical tree frog widely distributed in the central region of South America. We assessed the distribution of B chromosomes in this species via cytogenetic studies of 365 specimens from Argentina, Brazil and Paraguay. We found that 101 individuals carried B chromosomes, with striking differences in their frequency of occurrence among localities. Our findings might be related to the evolutionary dynamics of these elements. Microdissection and chromosome painting experiments demonstrated sequence similarity between B chromosomes from localities that are > 1000 km apart, showing the most widely distributed B chromosome system known for anurans. The B chromosome system of B. albopunctata might help to fill the general knowledge gap for these elements in anurans compared with other vertebrates.en
dc.description.affiliationUniv Nacl Mis, Fac Ciencias Exactas, Lab Genet Evolut Dr Claudio J Bidau, Inst Biol Subtrop CONICET UNaM, Misiones, Argentina
dc.description.affiliationUniv Estadual Campinas, Dept Biol Estrutural & Func, Lab Estudos Cromoss, Inst Biol, Campinas, SP, Brazil
dc.description.affiliationUniv Estadual Paulista, Ctr Aquicultura, Dept Zool, Lab Herpetol, Rio Claro, SP, Brazil
dc.description.affiliationInst Invest Biol Paraguay, Asuncion, Paraguay
dc.description.affiliationItaipu Binacl, Div Areas Protegidas Direcc Coordinac Ejecut, Ciudad Este, Alto Parana, Paraguay
dc.description.affiliationUnespUniv Estadual Paulista, Ctr Aquicultura, Dept Zool, Lab Herpetol, Rio Claro, SP, Brazil
dc.description.sponsorshipConselho Nacional de Desenvolvimento Cient�fico e Tecnol�gico (CNPq)
dc.description.sponsorshipAgencia Nacional de Promocion Cientifica y Tecnologica
dc.description.sponsorshipIdCNPq: 309827/2021-3
dc.description.sponsorshipIdAgencia Nacional de Promocion Cientifica y Tecnologica: PICT 2019-00141
dc.description.sponsorshipIdAgencia Nacional de Promocion Cientifica y Tecnologica: PICT 2019-02519
dc.description.sponsorshipIdAgencia Nacional de Promocion Cientifica y Tecnologica: PICT 2019-03895
dc.description.sponsorshipIdAgencia Nacional de Promocion Cientifica y Tecnologica: PICT 2019-02557
dc.description.sponsorshipIdAgencia Nacional de Promocion Cientifica y Tecnologica: PICT 2020-0967
dc.format.extent30-38
dc.identifierhttp://dx.doi.org/10.1093/biolinnean/blad017
dc.identifier.citationBiological Journal of the Linnean Society. Oxford: Oxford Univ Press, v. 139, n. 1, p. 30-38, 2023.
dc.identifier.doi10.1093/biolinnean/blad017
dc.identifier.issn0024-4066
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/11449/245607
dc.identifier.wosWOS:000960622000001
dc.language.isoeng
dc.publisherOxford Univ Press
dc.relation.ispartofBiological Journal Of The Linnean Society
dc.sourceWeb of Science
dc.subjectAnura
dc.subjectHylidae
dc.subjectchromosome evolution
dc.subjectchromosome painting
dc.subjectmicrodissection
dc.subjectsupernumerary chromosome
dc.titleA single origin for the widely distributed B chromosomes of the gladiator frog Boana albopunctataen
dc.typeArtigo
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