X chromosome heterochromatic pattern and nucleolar synthesis in pupal ovaries of Aedes aegypti

dc.contributor.authorDe Cássia De Sousa, Rita [UNESP]
dc.contributor.authorDe Campos Bicudo, Hermione Elly Melara [UNESP]
dc.contributor.institutionUniversidade Estadual Paulista (UNESP)
dc.date.accessioned2022-04-28T19:56:13Z
dc.date.available2022-04-28T19:56:13Z
dc.date.issued1998-12-01
dc.description.abstractC-banding and silver-staining techniques were used to examine pupal ovaries of Aedes aegypti from São José do Rio Preto (Brazil). Silver staining in ovary cystocytes showed two basic patterns relative to the nucleolar morphology: viz (1) a single, compact small body; and (2) multiple bodies encompassing large nuclear areas. These two types of cystocytes were present in the ratio of 7:1, which is the same as the number of nurse cells and oocytes, respectively, in each follicle. This suggests the possibility of eventually using such a nucleolar morphological difference to recognize both cell types in developmental stages before emergence. Silver nitrate staining in metaphase chromosomes revealed centromeric bands on all six chromosomes. The C-banding pattern in metaphase chromosomes showed an intercalary band in one of the X arms, as described previously in other populations. In ovary cystocytes (pachytene stage) this C-positive band seemed to consist of two chromomeres. Phase contrast microscopy showed that the nucleolus was associated with the distal chromomere of this intercalary C-band, indicating that the nucleolus organizer region was located in that part of the heterochromatic band.en
dc.description.affiliationDepartamento de Biologia Inst. Biociencias, Letras Cie. E. UNESP, Sao Jose do Rio Preto, SP
dc.description.affiliationUnespDepartamento de Biologia Inst. Biociencias, Letras Cie. E. UNESP, Sao Jose do Rio Preto, SP
dc.format.extent185-193
dc.identifier.citationCytobios, v. 1998, n. 374, p. 185-193, 1998.
dc.identifier.issn0011-4529
dc.identifier.scopus2-s2.0-0344904280
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/11449/224397
dc.language.isoeng
dc.relation.ispartofCytobios
dc.sourceScopus
dc.subjectAedes aegypti
dc.subjectHeterochromatic pattern
dc.subjectNucleolar organizer regions
dc.subjectNucleolus
dc.titleX chromosome heterochromatic pattern and nucleolar synthesis in pupal ovaries of Aedes aegyptien
dc.typeArtigo

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