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 …

New species with B chromosomes discovered since 1980

N Jones - The Nucleus, 2017 - Springer
A survey of new species with B chromosomes (Bs), based on a collection of 900
publications, gives an estimate of 406+ B species discovered since they were last surveyed …

Chromosomes in the African frog genus Tomopterna (Pyxicephalidae) and probing the origin of tetraploid Tomopterna tandyi

JP Bogart, A Dawood, FS Becker, A Channing - Genome, 2022 - cdnsciencepub.com
Speciation by polyploidization has been documented to have independently occurred in 12
families of anuran amphibians. Tomopterna tandyi was described as a South African …

First report of B chromosomes in caecilians (Amphibia: Gymnophiona)

G Venu, A Rajendran, NG Raju… - Ichthyology & …, 2021 - meridian.allenpress.com
Gymnophion amphibians (caecilians) are less well studied than the other two orders of
extant amphibians: Anura and Caudata. We describe the first recorded presence of …

A single origin for the widely distributed B chromosomes of the gladiator frog Boana albopunctata

JM Ferro, KP Gatto, F Netto, JJ Resquín… - Biological Journal of …, 2023 - academic.oup.com
B chromosomes are supernumerary elements that have a wide taxonomic distribution
among eukaryotes. Although they are dispensable, they can acquire mechanisms to be …

Advertisement call and cytogenetics of Xenohyla eugenioi Caramaschi, 1998 (Amphibia; Anura; Hylidae), an enigmatic frog from northeastern Brazil

E Marciano Jr, G Tanajura, MA Costa… - South American Journal …, 2021 - BioOne
We provide data on the advertisement call and karyotype of the enigmatic anuran Xenohyla
eugenioi from the municipality of Ipirá, State of Bahia, Brazil. The advertisement call is …

[PDF][PDF] Molecular insights into the phylogenetic placement of the poorly known genus Niceforonia Goin & Cochran, 1963 (Anura: Brachycephaloidea)

AR Acosta-Galvis, JW Streicher, L Manuelli, T Cuddy… - Zootaxa, 2018 - researchgate.net
Abstract Among New World direct-developing frogs belonging to the clade
Brachycephaloidea (= Terraranae), there are several genera with uncertain phylogenetic …

[HTML][HTML]  First karyotype description of the species of Adenomera Steindachner, 1867 (Anura, Leptodactylidae) in the “thomei” clade

RC Dominato, GC de Oliveira, CS Cassini… - Comparative …, 2022 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
 Abstract The genus Adenomera Steindachner, 1867 currently comprises 29 nominal
species, some of which are suggested to be cryptic species complexes. The present study …

The matching game: Reassigning the advertisement call to Oreobates berdemenos Pereyra et al., 2014 (Anura: Strabomantidae)

MS Akmentins, M Boullhesen, CG García… - South American Journal …, 2022 - BioOne
The advertisement call plays a fundamental role in species recognition in Oreobates.
Despite the relevance of this taxonomic character, the advertisement call has not been …

Rebuilding the Cytogenetics of Atelognathus (Anura: Batrachylidae): Half a Century of Confusion

D Baldo, MM Bunge, DA Barrasso, JM Boeris… - …, 2020 - meridian.allenpress.com
The genus Atelognathus is composed of five species that occur in the southernmost regions
of Argentina and Chile. It belongs to the Batrachylidae, one of the few endemic anuran …