Transcribing the enigma: the B chromosome as a territory of uncharted RNAs

JIN Oliveira, DC Cabral-de-Mello, GT Valente… - Genetics, 2024 - academic.oup.com
B chromosomes are supernumerary elements found in several groups of eukaryotes,
including fungi, plants, and animals. Typically, these chromosomes either originate from …

Evolution of plant B chromosome enriched sequences

A Marques, S Klemme, A Houben - Genes, 2018 - mdpi.com
B chromosomes are supernumerary chromosomes found in addition to the normal standard
chromosomes (A chromosomes). B chromosomes are well known to accumulate several …

IGS sequences in Cestrum present AT- and GC-rich conserved domains, with strong regulatory potential for 5S rDNA

TB de Souza, ML Gaeta, C Martins… - Molecular Biology …, 2020 - Springer
The 35S and 5S ribosomal DNA (rDNA) organized in thousands of copies in genomes, have
been widely used in numerous comparative cytogenetic studies. Nevertheless, several …

Diversity of the repetitive DNA fraction in Cestrum, the genus with the largest genomes within Solanaceae

TB de Souza, LM Parteka, R de Assis… - Molecular Biology …, 2022 - Springer
Background Cestrum species present large genomes (2 C=~ 24 pg), a high occurrence of B
chromosomes and great diversity in heterochromatin bands. Despite this diversity …

Data reassessment in a phylogenetic context gives insight into chromosome evolution in the giant genus Solanum (Solanaceae)

F Chiarini, F Sazatornil… - Systematics and …, 2018 - Taylor & Francis
Chromosome data are fundamental in evolution. However, there has been no attempt to
synthesize and evaluate the significance of such information from a phylogenetic …

Patterns of chromosomal evolution in the florally diverse Andean clade Iochrominae (Solanaceae)

R Deanna, SD Smith, T Särkinen, F Chiarini - Perspectives in plant ecology …, 2018 - Elsevier
Iochrominae is a largely Andean clade known for its remarkable diversity of floral forms and
colors. Although knowledge of chromosomal changes can provide insights into the …

Chromosomal changes and recent diversification in the Andean genus Jaborosa (Solanaceae)

F Chiarini, N Moreno, M Moré… - Botanical Journal of the …, 2017 - academic.oup.com
With the purpose of discussing the evolutionary dynamics of the karyotypes and their
relationship with key geological events, chromomycin A3/4′, 6-diamidino-2-phenylindole …

Origin and evolution of highly polymorphic rDNA sites in Alstroemeria longistaminea (Alstroemeriaceae) and related species

T Ribeiro, J Nascimento, A Santos, LP Félix… - Genome, 2021 - cdnsciencepub.com
Alstroemeria (Alstroemeriaceae) displays a conserved and highly asymmetric karyotype,
where most rDNA sites can be properly recognized by the size and morphology of the …

[HTML][HTML] Cestrum strigilatum (Ruiz & Pavon, 1799) B chromosome shares repetitive DNA sequences with A chromosomes of different Cestrum (Linnaeus, 1753) …

ALL Vanzela, AA de Paula, CC Quintas… - Comparative …, 2017 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Abstract Species of Cestrum (Linnaeus, 1753) have shown large diversity in the
accumulation and distribution of repetitive DNA families, and B chromosomes have been …

Structure, behaviour and repetitive DNA of B-chromosomes in Cestrum nocturnum (Solanaceae)

KA Montechiari, ML González… - Plant Biosystems-An …, 2020 - Taylor & Francis
The Cestrum genus is karyotypically exceptional in Solanaceae. It is characterised by a
basic number x= 8, a large chromosomal and genomic size, complex heterochromatin …