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Chromosome Mapping of Repetitive Sequences in Rachycentron canadum (Perciformes: Rachycentridae): Implications for Karyotypic Evolution and Perspectives for Biotechnological Uses

2011; Hindawi Publishing Corporation; Volume: 2011; Issue: 1 Linguagem: Inglês

10.1155/2011/218231

2314-6141

Uedson Pereira Jacobina, Marcelo de Bello Cioffi, Gustavo Souza, Leonardo Luiz Calado, M. Carmo Tavares, João Manzella, Luiz Antônio Carlos Bertollo, Wagner Franco Molina,

CRISPR and Genetic Engineering

The cobia, Rachycentron canadum , a species of marine fish, has been increasingly used in aquaculture worldwide. It is the only member of the family Rachycentridae (Perciformes) showing wide geographic distribution and phylogenetic patterns still not fully understood. In this study, the species was cytogenetically analyzed by different methodologies, including Ag‐NOR and chromomycin A 3 (CMA 3 )/DAPI staining, C‐banding, early replication banding (RGB), and in situ fluorescent hybridization with probes for 18S and 5S ribosomal genes and for telomeric sequences (TTAGGG) n . The results obtained allow a detailed chromosomal characterization of the Atlantic population. The chromosome diversification found in the karyotype of the cobia is apparently related to pericentric inversions, the main mechanism associated to the karyotypic evolution of Perciformes. The differential heterochromatin replication patterns found were in part associated to functional genes. Despite maintaining conservative chromosomal characteristics in relation to the basal pattern established for Perciformes, some chromosome pairs in the analyzed population exhibit markers that may be important for cytotaxonomic, population, and biodiversity studies as well as for monitoring the species in question.