Multiple sex chromosomes in teleost fishes from a cytogenetic perspective: state of the art and future challenges

A Sember, P Nguyen, MF Perez… - … of the Royal …, 2021 - royalsocietypublishing.org
Despite decades of cytogenetic and genomic research of dynamic sex chromosome
evolution in teleost fishes, multiple sex chromosomes have been largely neglected. In this …

Interstitial telomeric sequences in vertebrate chromosomes: Origin, function, instability and evolution

AD Bolzán - Mutation research/Reviews in mutation research, 2017 - Elsevier
By definition, telomeric sequences are located at the very ends or terminal regions of
chromosomes. However, several vertebrate species show blocks of (TTAGGG) n repeats …

Chromosomal rearrangements and the first indication of an ♀X1X1X2X2/♂X1X2Y sex chromosome system in Rineloricaria fishes (Teleostei: Siluriformes)

L Marajó, PF Viana, AMV Ferreira… - Journal of Fish …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Rineloricaria is the most diverse genus within the freshwater fish subfamily Loricariinae, and
it is widely distributed in the Neotropical region. Despite limited cytogenetic data, records …

Telomere organization and the interstitial telomeric sites involvement in insects and vertebrates chromosome evolution

MR Vicari, DP Bruschi, DC Cabral-de-Mello… - … and Molecular Biology, 2022 - SciELO Brasil
Telomere has a central role in chromosomal stability events. Chromosome ends organized
in telomere-loop prevent activation of DNA damage response (DDR) mechanisms, thus …

Highly Rearranged Karyotypes and Multiple Sex Chromosome Systems in Armored Catfishes from the Genus Harttia (Teleostei, Siluriformes)

GA Deon, L Glugoski, MR Vicari, V Nogaroto… - Genes, 2020 - mdpi.com
Harttia comprises an armored catfish genus endemic to the Neotropical region, including 27
valid species with low dispersion rates that are restricted to small distribution areas …

Improved contiguity of the threespine stickleback genome using long-read sequencing

S Nath, DE Shaw, MA White - G3, 2021 - academic.oup.com
While the cost and time for assembling a genome has drastically decreased, it still remains a
challenge to assemble a highly contiguous genome. These challenges are rapidly being …

Karyotype differentiation in 19 species of river loach fishes (Nemacheilidae, Teleostei): extensive variability associated with rDNA and heterochromatin distribution …

A Sember, J Bohlen, V Šlechtová, M Altmanova… - BMC Evolutionary …, 2015 - Springer
Background Loaches of the family Nemacheilidae are one of the most speciose elements of
Palearctic freshwater ichthyofauna and have undergone rapid ecological adaptations and …

Adding New Pieces to the Puzzle of Karyotype Evolution in Harttia (Siluriformes, Loricariidae): Investigation of Amazonian Species

FMC Sassi, O Moreira-Filho, GA Deon, A Sember… - Biology, 2021 - mdpi.com
Simple Summary Fishes represent a useful model for evolutionary studies, given their
diversity of species and habitats. In this study, we investigate the chromosomes of three …

Interstitial telomeric motifs in squamate reptiles: When the exceptions outnumber the rule

M Rovatsos, L Kratochvíl, M Altmanova… - PLoS …, 2015 - journals.plos.org
Telomeres are nucleoprotein complexes protecting the physical ends of linear eukaryotic
chromosomes and therefore helping to ensure their stability and integrity. Additionally …

Telomeres and genomic evolution

DM Baird - … Transactions of the Royal Society B …, 2018 - royalsocietypublishing.org
The terminal regions of eukaryotic chromosomes, composed of telomere repeat sequences
and sub-telomeric sequences, represent some of the most variable and rapidly evolving …