Comparative cytogenetic study among three fish species: an analysis from a water divide region

• Autor(a) principal: Ferreira Neto, Maressa
• Data de Publicação: 2010
• Outros Autores: Oliveira, Claudio de [UNESP], Foresti, Fausto [UNESP], Nogaroto, Viviane, Almeida, Mara Cristina, Artoni, Roberto Ferreira, Vicari, Marcelo Ricardo, Moreira Filho, Orlando
• Tipo de documento: Artigo
• Idioma: eng
• Título da fonte: Repositório Institucional da UNESP
• Texto Completo: http://www.revistas2.uepg.br/index.php/biologica/article/view/2959; http://hdl.handle.net/11449/141048
• topic: Chromosome differentiation; Citotaxonomy; Fluorescent in situ hybridization; Biogeographic variation; Diferenciação cromossômica; Citotaxonomia; Hibridação in situ fluorescente; Variação biogeográfica.

The aim of the present study was to characterize chromosomal differences between two populations separated in the past for a water divide. Processes of differentiation have been identifi ed in the species studied, being justifi ed by the separation of streams from past for a water divide. Karyotypic data were presented for Astyanax altiparanae, Geophagus brasiliensis and Gymnotus carapo populations of two different river systems of the upper Parana: ribeirão do Pântano (Tietê basin) and ribeirão do Feijão (Mogi Guaçu basin) in the São Carlos region, state of São Paulo. The Astyanax altiparanae, presented a diploid number of 2n=50 chromosomes. The Geophagus brasiliensis diploid numbers was 2n=48 chromosomes and Gymnotus carapo a diploid number of 2n=54 chromosomes. An analysis was made of constitutive heterochromatin by C-banding, detection of nucleolar organizer regions and the technique of Hybridization in situ Fluorescent with probes 18S rDNA and 5S rDNA. These results indicate that the species analysed showed differences of karyotype, showing that each population follows its own evolution, as a result of a restrictive process of gene flow.