Vidal Jhon A D, Sassi Francisco de M C, de Moraes Renata L R, Artoni Roberto F, Liehr Thomas, Cioffi Marcelo B, de Almeida Mara C
Laboratório de Citogenética de Peixes, Departamento de Genética e Evolução, Universidade Federal de São Carlos (UFSCar), Rodovia Washington Luiz Km. 235, C.P. 676, São Carlos 13565-905, Brazil.
Laboratório de Genética e Evolução, Departamento de Biologia Estrutural Molecular e Genética, Universidade Estadual de Ponta Grossa (UEPG), Av. Carlos Cavalcanti, 4748, Ponta Grossa 84030-900, Brazil.
Insects. 2023 May 4;14(5):440. doi: 10.3390/insects14050440.
The beetles of the subtribe Oedionychina (Chrysomelidae, Alticinae) are the only ones that have the atypical giant and achiasmatic sex chromosomes, which are substantially larger than the autosomes. Previous cytogenetic analyses suggest a large accumulation of repetitive DNA in the sex chromosomes. In this study, we examined the similarity of X and Y chromosomes in four species and compared genomic differentiation to better understand the evolutionary process and the giant sex chromosomes origin. Intraspecific genomic comparation using male and female genomes of and interespecific analyses using genomic DNA of , , , and were performed. In addition, whole chromosome painting (WCP) experiments were performed with X and Y chromosome probes of . CGH analysis revealed great genomic similarity between the sexes and a sex-specific region on the Y chromosome, and interspecific analysis revealed a genomic divergence between species. In contrast, WCP results revealed that the sex chromosomes of have high intra- and interspecific similarity with the studied species. Our data support a common origin under the canonical evolution of the sex chromosomes in this group, as they have high genomic similarity between them.
叶甲亚族(叶甲科,跳甲亚科)的甲虫是唯一具有非典型巨型且无交叉性染色体的物种,这些性染色体比常染色体大得多。先前的细胞遗传学分析表明,性染色体中存在大量重复DNA积累。在本研究中,我们检查了四个物种中X和Y染色体的相似性,并比较了基因组分化,以更好地了解进化过程和巨型性染色体的起源。使用[具体物种1]的雄性和雌性基因组进行种内基因组比较,并使用[具体物种2]、[具体物种3]、[具体物种4]和[具体物种5]的基因组DNA进行种间分析。此外,用[具体物种]的X和Y染色体探针进行了全染色体涂染(WCP)实验。比较基因组杂交(CGH)分析揭示了两性之间巨大的基因组相似性以及Y染色体上的一个性别特异性区域,种间分析揭示了物种之间的基因组差异。相反,WCP结果表明,[具体物种]的性染色体与所研究的物种具有高度的种内和种间相似性。我们的数据支持该组中性染色体在典型进化下的共同起源,因为它们之间具有高度的基因组相似性。