Cross-species chromosome painting and repetitive DNA mapping illuminate the karyotype evolution in true crocodiles (Crocodylidae)

0574834 - ÚŽFG 2024 RIV DE eng J - Journal Article
Sales-Oliveira, V. - Altmanová, Marie - Gvoždík, Václav - Kretschmer, R. - Ezaz, T. - Liehr, T. - Padutsch, N. - Badjedjea, G. - Utsonomia, R. - Tanomtong, A. - Cioffi, M.
Cross-species chromosome painting and repetitive DNA mapping illuminate the karyotype evolution in true crocodiles (Crocodylidae).
Chromosoma. Roč. 132, č. 4 (2023), s. 289-303. ISSN 0009-5915. E-ISSN 1432-0886
R&D Projects: GA ČR(CZ) GA23-07331S
Institutional support: RVO:67985904 ; RVO:68081766
Keywords : FISH * Crocodylia * Cytogenomics * Chromosome * Molecular cytogenetics * WCP
OECD category: Zoology
Impact factor: 1.6, year: 2022
Method of publishing: Limited access
https://asep.lib.cas.cz/arl-cav/cs/csg/?repo=crepo1&key=22784988069

Crocodilians have maintained very similar karyotype structures and diploid chromosome numbers for around 100 million years, with only minor variations in collinearity. Why this karyotype structure has largely stayed unaltered for so long is unclear. In this study, we analyzed the karyotypes of six species belonging to the genera Crocodylus and Osteolaemus (Crocodylidae, true crocodiles), among which the Congolian endemic O. osborni was included and investigated. We utilized various techniques (differential staining, fluorescence in situ hybridization with repetitive DNA and rDNA probes, whole chromosome painting, and comparative genomic hybridization) to better understand how crocodile chromosomes evolved. We studied representatives of three of the four main diploid chromosome numbers found in crocodiles (2n = 30/32/38). Our data provided new information about the species studied, including the identification of four major chromosomal rearrangements that occurred during the karyotype diversification process in crocodiles. These changes led to the current diploid chromosome numbers of 2n = 30 (fusion) and 2n = 38 (fissions), derived from the ancestral state of 2n = 32. The conserved cytogenetic tendency in crocodilians, where extant species keep near-ancestral state, contrasts with the more dynamic karyotype evolution seen in other major reptile groups.
Permanent Link: https://hdl.handle.net/11104/0344764