scholarly journals On the Genomic Location of theexuperantia1Gene inDrosophila miranda: The Limits ofin SituHybridization Experiments

Genetics ◽  
2003 ◽  
Vol 164 (3) ◽  
pp. 1237-1240 ◽  
Author(s):  
Doris Bachtrog ◽  
Brian Charlesworth
Keyword(s):  
In Situ Hybridization ◽  
X Chromosome ◽  
Sex Chromosome ◽  
Chromosomal Location ◽  
Polytene Chromosomes ◽  
Gene Families ◽  
Hybridization Signal ◽  
Genomic Location ◽  
Multiple Copies

AbstractIn situ hybridization to Drosophila polytene chromosomes is a powerful tool for determining the chromosomal location of genes. Using in situ hybridization experiments, Yi and Charlesworth recently reported the transposition of the exuperantia1 gene (exu1) from a neo-sex chromosome to the ancestral X chromosome of Drosophila miranda, close to exuperantia2 (exu2). By characterizing sequences flanking exu1, however, we found the position of exu1 to be conserved on the neo-sex chromosome. Further, the exu2 gene was found to be tandemly duplicated on the X chromosome of D. miranda. The misleading hybridization signal of exu1 may be caused by multiple copies of exu2, which interfere with the hybridization of the exu1 probe to its genomic position on the neo-X chromosome. This suggests that flanking DNA should be used to confirm the positions of members of gene families.

Karyological analysis of an interspecific hybrid between the dioecious Silene latifolia and the hermaphroditic Silene viscosa

Genome ◽  
2006 ◽  
Vol 49 (4) ◽  
pp. 373-379 ◽  
Author(s):  
Michaela Markova ◽  
Martina Lengerova ◽  
Jitka Zluvova ◽  
Bohuslav Janousek ◽  
Boris Vyskot
Keyword(s):  
In Situ Hybridization ◽  
X Chromosome ◽  
Interspecific Hybrid ◽  
Sex Chromosome ◽  
Silene Latifolia ◽  
Meiotic Pairing ◽  
Meiotic Analysis ◽  
Karyological Analysis ◽  
Hybrid Genome

The genus Silene is a good model for studying evolution of the sex chromosomes, since it includes species that are hermaphroditic and dioecious, while maintain a basic chromosome number of 2n = 24. For some combinations of Silene species it is possible to construct interspecific hybrids. Here, we present a detailed karyological analysis of a hybrid between the dioecious Silene latifolia as the maternal plant and a related species, hermaphroditic Silene viscosa, used as a pollen partner. Using genomic probes (the genomic in situ hybridization (GISH) technique), we were able to clearly discriminate parental genomes and to show that they are largely separated in distinct nuclear domains. Molecular GISH and fluorescence in situ hybridization (FISH) markers document that the hybrid genome of somatic cells was strictly additive and stable, and that it had 12 chromosomes originating from each parent, including the only X chromosome of S. latifolia. Meiotic analysis revealed that, although related, respective parental chromosomes did not pair or paired only partially, which resulted in frequent chromosome abnormalities such as bridges and irregular non-disjunctions. GISH and FISH markers clearly document that the larger genome of S. latifolia and its largest chromosome component, the X chromosome, were mostly employed in chromosome lagging and misdivision.Key words: sex chromosome, Silene, interspecific hybrid, meiotic pairing, misdivision.

LOCATION OF THE LSP-1 GENES IN DROSOPHILA SPECIES BY IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION

Genetics ◽  
1983 ◽  
Vol 103 (1) ◽  
pp. 75-92
Author(s):  
Hugh W Brock ◽  
David B Roberts
Keyword(s):  
Drosophila Melanogaster ◽  
In Situ Hybridization ◽  
X Chromosome ◽  
Restriction Enzyme ◽  
Genomic Dna ◽  
Polytene Chromosomes ◽  
Enzyme Digestion ◽  
Restriction Enzyme Digestion ◽  
Larval Serum Protein

ABSTRACT The locations of the larval serum protein one (LSP-1) α, β and γ genes were determined in Drosophila melanogaster and in 14 other species of Drosophila by in situ hybridization to polytene chromosomes. The LSP-1 α gene mapped to bands 11B on the X chromosome, the LSP-1 β gene mapped to bands 21D-E on chromosome 2L, and the LSP-1 γ gene mapped to band 61A in all the melanogaster subgroup species. In eight other species, both the LSP-1α and β genes mapped to one site on Muller's element E which corresponds to chromosome 3R of D. melanogaster. No hybridization of LSP-1 γ was detected in these eight species. Restriction enzyme digestion and analysis of genomic DNA by filter transfer hybridization confirmed the presence of LSP-1 α-like and β-like genes in seven of these species. These results are discussed with respect to conservation of the chromosomal elements in the genus Drosophila.

scholarly journals Fundamentally different repetitive element composition of sex chromosomes in Rumex acetosa

2020 ◽  
Vol 127 (1) ◽  
pp. 33-47
Author(s):  
Wojciech Jesionek ◽  
Markéta Bodláková ◽  
Zdeněk Kubát ◽  
Radim Čegan ◽  
Boris Vyskot ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
In Situ Hybridization ◽  
Fluorescence In Situ Hybridization ◽  
X Chromosome ◽  
Sex Chromosomes ◽  
Tandem Repeats ◽  
Sex Chromosome ◽  
Rumex Acetosa ◽  
Dioecious Species ◽  
Y Chromosomes

Abstract Background and Aims Dioecious species with well-established sex chromosomes are rare in the plant kingdom. Most sex chromosomes increase in size but no comprehensive analysis of the kind of sequences that drive this expansion has been presented. Here we analyse sex chromosome structure in common sorrel (Rumex acetosa), a dioecious plant with XY1Y2 sex determination, and we provide the first chromosome-specific repeatome analysis for a plant species possessing sex chromosomes. Methods We flow-sorted and separately sequenced sex chromosomes and autosomes in R. acetosa using the two-dimensional fluorescence in situ hybridization in suspension (FISHIS) method and Illumina sequencing. We identified and quantified individual repeats using RepeatExplorer, Tandem Repeat Finder and the Tandem Repeats Analysis Program. We employed fluorescence in situ hybridization (FISH) to analyse the chromosomal localization of satellites and transposons. Key Results We identified a number of novel satellites, which have, in a fashion similar to previously known satellites, significantly expanded on the Y chromosome but not as much on the X or on autosomes. Additionally, the size increase of Y chromosomes is caused by non-long terminal repeat (LTR) and LTR retrotransposons, while only the latter contribute to the enlargement of the X chromosome. However, the X chromosome is populated by different LTR retrotransposon lineages than those on Y chromosomes. Conclusions The X and Y chromosomes have significantly diverged in terms of repeat composition. The lack of recombination probably contributed to the expansion of diverse satellites and microsatellites and faster fixation of newly inserted transposable elements (TEs) on the Y chromosomes. In addition, the X and Y chromosomes, despite similar total counts of TEs, differ significantly in the representation of individual TE lineages, which indicates that transposons proliferate preferentially in either the paternal or the maternal lineage.

scholarly journals Molecular Characterization of hobo-Mediated Inversions in Drosophila melanogaster

Genetics ◽  
1996 ◽  
Vol 144 (2) ◽  
pp. 647-656
Author(s):  
William B Eggleston ◽  
Nac R Rim ◽  
Johng K Lim
Keyword(s):  
X Chromosome ◽  
Polymerase Chain Reaction Amplification ◽  
Polytene Chromosomes ◽  
Chromosomal Inversions ◽  
Hobo Element ◽  
Reaction Amplification ◽  
Notch Locus ◽  
Polymerase Chain

Abstract The structure of chromosomal inversions mediated by hobo transposable elements in the Uc-1 X chromosome was investigated using cytogenetic and molecular methods. Uc-1 contains a phenotypically silent hobo element inserted in an intron of the Notch locus. Cytological screening identified six independent Notch mutations resulting from chromosomal inversions with one breakpoint at cytological position 3C7, the location of Notch. In situ hybridization to salivary gland polytene chromosomes determined that both ends of each inversion contained hobo and Notch sequences. Southern blot analyses showed that both breakpoints in each inversion had hobo-Notch junction fragments indistinguishable in structure from those present in the Uc-1 X chromosome prior to the rearrangements. Polymerase chain reaction amplification of the 12 hobo-Notch junction fragments in the six inversions, followed by DNA sequence analysis, determined that each was identical to one of the two hobo-Notch junctions present in Uc-1. These results are consistent with a model in which hobo-mediated inversions result from homologous pairing and recombination between a pair of hobo elements in reverse orientation.

Fluorescence In Situ Hybridization Analysis of Sex-Chromosome Mosaicism in Azoospermic Men

2001 ◽  
Vol 22 (6) ◽  
pp. 970-972 ◽  
Author(s):  
HIROSHI OKADA ◽  
MASAKI DOBASHI ◽  
TAKAFUMI YAMAZAKI ◽  
MASATO FUJISAWA ◽  
SOICHI ARAKAWA ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
In Situ Hybridization ◽  
Fluorescence In Situ Hybridization ◽  
Sex Chromosome ◽  
Hybridization Analysis ◽  
Chromosome Mosaicism

Detection of rRNA and phaseolin genes on polytene chromosomes of Phaseolus coccineus by fluorescence in situ hybridization after pepsin pretreatment

Genome ◽  
1994 ◽  
Vol 37 (6) ◽  
pp. 1018-1021 ◽  
Author(s):  
M. Nenno ◽  
K. Schumann ◽  
W. Nagl
Keyword(s):  
In Situ Hybridization ◽  
Fluorescence In Situ Hybridization ◽  
Ribosomal Rna ◽  
Storage Protein ◽  
Seed Storage Protein ◽  
Polytene Chromosomes ◽  
Seed Storage ◽  
Phaseolus Coccineus ◽  
Rna Genes

This is the first report of fluorescence in situ hybridization (FISH) on plant polytene chromosomes. Different protease pretreatments have been tested to improve fluorescence in situ hybridization FISH on polytene chromosomes of a plant, Phaseolus coccineus, with the aim to enable the detection of low-copy genes. The structural preservation of the chromosomes and the distinctness of the FISH signals were comparatively analysed with a probe for the ribosomal RNA genes after digestion with pepsin and trypsin. The pepsin pretreatment resulted in a general loosening of chromatin with good conservation of chromosome morphology and an increased number and density of signal points. The six nucleolus organizers exhibited significant differences in condensation. The pretreatment with pepsin enabled the detection of the low-copy genes encoding the seed storage protein phaseolin.Key words: plant, Leguminosae, ribosomal RNA genes, seed storage protein genes, protease.

Assignment1 of the human histone deacetylase 6 gene (HDAC6) to X chromosome p11.23 by in situ hybridization

2001 ◽  
Vol 93 (1-2) ◽  
pp. 135-136 ◽  
Author(s):  
U. Mahlknecht ◽  
S. Schnittger ◽  
F. Landgraf ◽  
C. Schoch ◽  
O.G. Ottmann ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
In Situ Hybridization ◽  
Histone Deacetylase ◽  
X Chromosome ◽  
Histone Deacetylase 6

scholarly journals Cryptic Subtelomeric Rearrangements and X Chromosome Mosaicism: A Study of 565 Apparently Normal Individuals with Fluorescent In Situ Hybridization

PLoS ONE ◽  
2009 ◽  
Vol 4 (6) ◽  
pp. e5855 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jasen L. Wise ◽  
Richard J. Crout ◽  
Daniel W. McNeil ◽  
Robert J. Weyant ◽  
Mary L. Marazita ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
In Situ Hybridization ◽  
X Chromosome ◽  
Fluorescent In Situ Hybridization ◽  
Chromosome Mosaicism ◽  
Normal Individuals ◽  
Subtelomeric Rearrangements
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