Isoenzyme variation in the leaf-cutting ants Acromyrmex heyeri and Acromyrmex striatus (Hymenoptera, formicidae)

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Autor(a) principal: Diehl,Elena
Data de Publicação: 2002
Outros Autores: Cavalli-Molina,Suzana, Araújo,Aldo Mellender de
Tipo de documento: Artigo
Idioma: eng
Título da fonte: Genetics and Molecular Biology
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Resumo: This is the first study of isoenzyme variability in the leaf-cutting ants (Myrmicinae, Attini) Acromyrmex heyeri (Forel, 1899) and A. striatus (Roger, 1863) which are common throughout the southern Brazilian state of Rio Grande do Sul. We studied the alloenzyme variability of malate dehydrogenase (MDH), alpha-glycerophosphate dehydrogenase (alpha-GPDH) and amylase (AMY) in 97 colonies of A. heyeri and 103 colonies of A. striatus. Five loci were found for these enzyme systems, one locus (Amy-1) being monomorphic in both species and four loci (Mdh-1, alpha-Gpdh-1, Amy-2, and Amy-4) being polymorphic. For each species there were exclusive alleles for the Mdh-1 and Amy-2 loci and differences were also found in the allele frequencies for the other polymorphic loci. Ontogenetically different gene activity was detected for the MDH and alpha-GPDH systems, with between-caste differences, probably related to flight activity, also being found for alpha-GPDH.
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spelling Isoenzyme variation in the leaf-cutting ants Acromyrmex heyeri and Acromyrmex striatus (Hymenoptera, formicidae)antsallozyme variationfungus grower antsgenetic polymorphismhaplodiploidThis is the first study of isoenzyme variability in the leaf-cutting ants (Myrmicinae, Attini) Acromyrmex heyeri (Forel, 1899) and A. striatus (Roger, 1863) which are common throughout the southern Brazilian state of Rio Grande do Sul. We studied the alloenzyme variability of malate dehydrogenase (MDH), alpha-glycerophosphate dehydrogenase (alpha-GPDH) and amylase (AMY) in 97 colonies of A. heyeri and 103 colonies of A. striatus. Five loci were found for these enzyme systems, one locus (Amy-1) being monomorphic in both species and four loci (Mdh-1, alpha-Gpdh-1, Amy-2, and Amy-4) being polymorphic. For each species there were exclusive alleles for the Mdh-1 and Amy-2 loci and differences were also found in the allele frequencies for the other polymorphic loci. Ontogenetically different gene activity was detected for the MDH and alpha-GPDH systems, with between-caste differences, probably related to flight activity, also being found for alpha-GPDH.Sociedade Brasileira de Genética2002-01-01info:eu-repo/semantics/articleinfo:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersiontext/htmlhttp://old.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1415-47572002000200010Genetics and Molecular Biology v.25 n.2 2002reponame:Genetics and Molecular Biologyinstname:Sociedade Brasileira de Genética (SBG)instacron:SBG10.1590/S1415-47572002000200010info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccessDiehl,ElenaCavalli-Molina,SuzanaAraújo,Aldo Mellender deeng2002-09-11T00:00:00Zoai:scielo:S1415-47572002000200010Revistahttp://www.gmb.org.br/ONGhttps://old.scielo.br/oai/scielo-oai.php||editor@gmb.org.br1678-46851415-4757opendoar:2002-09-11T00:00Genetics and Molecular Biology - Sociedade Brasileira de Genética (SBG)false
dc.title.none.fl_str_mv Isoenzyme variation in the leaf-cutting ants Acromyrmex heyeri and Acromyrmex striatus (Hymenoptera, formicidae)
title Isoenzyme variation in the leaf-cutting ants Acromyrmex heyeri and Acromyrmex striatus (Hymenoptera, formicidae)
spellingShingle Isoenzyme variation in the leaf-cutting ants Acromyrmex heyeri and Acromyrmex striatus (Hymenoptera, formicidae)
Diehl,Elena
ants
allozyme variation
fungus grower ants
genetic polymorphism
haplodiploid
title_short Isoenzyme variation in the leaf-cutting ants Acromyrmex heyeri and Acromyrmex striatus (Hymenoptera, formicidae)
title_full Isoenzyme variation in the leaf-cutting ants Acromyrmex heyeri and Acromyrmex striatus (Hymenoptera, formicidae)
title_fullStr Isoenzyme variation in the leaf-cutting ants Acromyrmex heyeri and Acromyrmex striatus (Hymenoptera, formicidae)
title_full_unstemmed Isoenzyme variation in the leaf-cutting ants Acromyrmex heyeri and Acromyrmex striatus (Hymenoptera, formicidae)
title_sort Isoenzyme variation in the leaf-cutting ants Acromyrmex heyeri and Acromyrmex striatus (Hymenoptera, formicidae)
author Diehl,Elena
author_facet Diehl,Elena
Cavalli-Molina,Suzana
Araújo,Aldo Mellender de
author_role author
author2 Cavalli-Molina,Suzana
Araújo,Aldo Mellender de
author2_role author
author
dc.contributor.author.fl_str_mv Diehl,Elena
Cavalli-Molina,Suzana
Araújo,Aldo Mellender de
dc.subject.por.fl_str_mv ants
allozyme variation
fungus grower ants
genetic polymorphism
haplodiploid
topic ants
allozyme variation
fungus grower ants
genetic polymorphism
haplodiploid
description This is the first study of isoenzyme variability in the leaf-cutting ants (Myrmicinae, Attini) Acromyrmex heyeri (Forel, 1899) and A. striatus (Roger, 1863) which are common throughout the southern Brazilian state of Rio Grande do Sul. We studied the alloenzyme variability of malate dehydrogenase (MDH), alpha-glycerophosphate dehydrogenase (alpha-GPDH) and amylase (AMY) in 97 colonies of A. heyeri and 103 colonies of A. striatus. Five loci were found for these enzyme systems, one locus (Amy-1) being monomorphic in both species and four loci (Mdh-1, alpha-Gpdh-1, Amy-2, and Amy-4) being polymorphic. For each species there were exclusive alleles for the Mdh-1 and Amy-2 loci and differences were also found in the allele frequencies for the other polymorphic loci. Ontogenetically different gene activity was detected for the MDH and alpha-GPDH systems, with between-caste differences, probably related to flight activity, also being found for alpha-GPDH.
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