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  • 1
    ISSN: 1432-0886
    Source: Springer Online Journal Archives 1860-2000
    Topics: Biology , Medicine
    Notes: Abstract In order to study the divergence of teleost sex chromosomes, subtractive cloning was carried out between genomic DNA of males and females of the rainbow trout (XX/XY) and of Leporinus elongatus (ZW/ZZ). Inserts cloned in a plasmid vector were individually tested on Southern blots of DNA of males and females for sex specificity. No sex-specific insert was obtained from trout, but two out of ten inserts cloned from L. elongatus showed sex-specific patterns in this species: one corresponds to a sequence present on both Z and W chromosomes, while the other is W specific. Sequences of these two inserts show neither clear homology with other known sequences, nor an open reading frame. They cross-hybridize with the genomic DNA of Leporinus friderici, but without sex-specific patterns. Twenty-four L. elongatus adults were sexed by gonadal observation, chromosomed examination and Southern hybridization with one or the other insert. Ten males and 11 females had chromosomes and hybridization patterns typical of their sex. One ZW female was recognized as a male with the W-specific probe. This was also the case for two unusual ZW males, one having a male hybridization pattern with the other probe. These three atypical individuals may result from single genetic exchanges between four regions of the Z and the W, giving rise to three atypical W chromosomes. Finding males with such atypical heterochromosomes in a female heterogametic species may indicate that a gradual transition occurs between the heterogametic systems.
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  • 2
    ISSN: 1432-0886
    Source: Springer Online Journal Archives 1860-2000
    Topics: Biology , Medicine
    Notes: Abstract. Genomic organization and chromosomal localization of a previously uncharacterized D (Donor) locus in Xiphophorus and Poecilia species was investigated using fluorescence in situ hybridization (FISH) and Southern blot analysis. Part of this region is thought to be involved in the recombination event leading to formation of the Xmrk oncogene and it has recently been shown that this locus includes two different genes, one with high homology to a zinc finger protein of the Krüppel type, and the other an unknown gene with high similarity to a Caenorhabditis elegans gene. FISH to Xiphophorus chromosomes revealed that these two unrelated genes are closely linked and clustered at a unique chromosomal site. Southern blot hybridization patterns suggest that these genes exist in the genome as multiple copies. Furthermore, similar genomic organization profiles seem to prevail among other related fish. In particular, our FISH experiments reveal the existence of a conserved homologous chromosomal segment harboring the zinc finger protein sequence in several poeciliid fish.
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  • 3
    ISSN: 1432-0886
    Source: Springer Online Journal Archives 1860-2000
    Topics: Biology , Medicine
    Notes: Abstract Animal sex chromosome evolution has started on different occasions with a homologous pair of autosomes leading to morphologically differentiated gonosomes. In contrast to other vertebrate classes, among fishes cytologically demonstrable sex chromosomes are rare. In reptiles, certain motifs of simple tandemly repeated DNA sequences like (gata)n/(gaca)m are associated with the constitutive heterochromatin of sex chromosomes. In this study a panel of simple repetitive sequence probes was hybridized to restriction enzyme digested genomic DNA of poeciliid fishes. Apparent male heterogamety previously established by genetic experiments in Poecilia reticulata (guppy) was correlated with male-specific hybridization using the (GACA)4 probe. The (GATA)4 oligonucleotide identifies certain male guppies by a Y chromosomal polymorphism in the outbred population. In contrast none of the genetically defined heterogametic situations in Xiphophorus could be verified consistently using the collection of simple repetitive sequence probes. Only individuals from particular populations produced sex-specific patterns of hybridization with (GATA)4. Additional poeciliid species (P. sphenops, P. velifera) harbour different sex-specifically organized simple repeat motifs. The observed sex-specific hybridization patterns were substantiated by banding analyses of the karyotypes and by in situ hybridization using the (GACA)4 probe.
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    ISSN: 1432-0886
    Source: Springer Online Journal Archives 1860-2000
    Topics: Biology , Medicine
    Notes: Abstract. In order to study the divergence of teleost sex chromosomes, subtractive cloning was carried out between genomic DNA of males and females of the rainbow trout (XX/XY) and of Leporinus elongatus (ZW/ZZ). Inserts cloned in a plasmid vector were individually tested on Southern blots of DNA of males and females for sex specificity. No sex-specific insert was obtained from trout, but two out of ten inserts cloned from L. elongatus showed sex-specific patterns in this species: one corresponds to a sequence present on both Z and W chromosomes, while the other is W specific. Sequences of these two inserts show neither clear homology with other known sequences, nor an open reading frame. They cross-hybridize with the genomic DNA of Leporinus friderici, but without sex-specific patterns. Twenty-four L. elongatus adults were sexed by gonadal observation, chromosomed examination and Southern hybridization with one or the other insert. Ten males and 11 females had chromosomes and hybridization patterns typical of their sex. One ZW female was recognized as a male with the W-specific probe. This was also the case for two unusual ZW males, one having a male hybridization pattern with the other probe. These three atypical individuals may result from single genetic exchanges between four regions of the Z and the W, giving rise to three atypical W chromosomes. Finding males with such atypical heterochromosomes in a female heterogametic species may indicate that a gradual transition occurs between the heterogametic systems.
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    Naturwissenschaften 82 (1995), S. 209-218 
    ISSN: 1432-1904
    Source: Springer Online Journal Archives 1860-2000
    Topics: Biology , Chemistry and Pharmacology , Natural Sciences in General
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    Naturwissenschaften 82 (1995), S. 209-218 
    ISSN: 1432-1904
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    Topics: Biology , Chemistry and Pharmacology , Natural Sciences in General
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    Fish physiology and biochemistry 11 (1993), S. 345-352 
    ISSN: 1573-5168
    Keywords: growth hormone gene ; all-fish genes ; transgenic fish ; cell line transfection ; Sparus aurata
    Source: Springer Online Journal Archives 1860-2000
    Topics: Biology
    Description / Table of Contents: Abstract In order to develop all-fish expression vectors for microinjection into fertilized fish eggs, we have prepared the following constructs: rainbow trout metallothionein a/b and the gilthead seabream growth hormone cDNA (ptMTa-gbsGHcDNA, ptMTb-gsbGHcDNA), carp β-actin gilthead seabream GH cDNA (pcAβ-gsbGHcDNA). The inducible metallothionein promoters a and b were cloned from rainbow trout, and the constitutive promoter β-actin was isolated from carp. The metallothionein promoters were cloned by using the PCR technique. The tMTa contains 430 bp, while the tMTb contains 260 bp (Hong et al. 1992). These two promoters were introduced to pGEM-3Z containing the GH cDNA of Sparus aurata to form ptMTa-gsbGH and ptMTb-gsbGH, respectively. The carp cytoplasmic β-actin gene was chosen as a source for isolating strong constitutive regulatory sequences. One of these regulatory sequences in pUC118 was ligated to GH cDNA of S. aurata to form the pcAβ-gsbGHcDNA. Expression of the constructs containing the metallothionein promoters was tested in fish cell culture and was found to be induced effectively by zinc. The ptMTa gsb-GH cDNA construct was microinjected into fertilized carp eggs, and integration in the genome of carp was detected in the DNA isolated from fins at the age of two months.
    Notes: Résumé Afin de développer des vecteurs d'expression de poisson, entièrement homologues, destinés aux microinjections dans des oeufs fertilisés, les constructions suivantes ont été préparées: promoteurs de la metallothionine, a ou b, de truite arc-en-ciel d'une part, et promoteur de l'actine β de carpe d'autre part, associés à l'ADNc de l'hormone de croissance de daurade royale (ptMTa-gsbGH cDNA, ptMTb-gsbGH cDNA, et pcAβ-gsbGH cDNA). Les promoteurs de la metallothionine ont été clonés en utilisant la technique de la RCP. La tMTa comprend 430 pb. tandis que la tMTb en comprend 260 (Hong et al. 1992). Ces deux promoteurs ont été insérés dans pGEM-3Z qui contenait l'ADNc de GH de Sparus aurata, pour former, respectivement, ptMTa-gsbGH et ptMTb-gsbGH. Le gène de l'actine cytoplasmique β de carpe été choisi comme source d'isolement de séquences régulatrices fortement constitutives. Une de ces séquences régulatrices a été liguée à l'ADNc de GH de S. aurata dans pUC118, pour réaliser la construction pcAβ-gsbGH cDNA. L'expression des constructions contenant les promoteurs de la metallothionine a été tentée dans des cultures de cellules de poisson, où elle a été effectivement induite par le zinc. La construction ptMTa-gsbGH cDNA a été microinjectée dans des oeufs fertilisés de carpe. Son intégration dans le génome de carpe a pu être détectée dans l'ADN isolé à partir de nageoires d'animaux agés de 2 mois.
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  • 8
    ISSN: 1573-6849
    Keywords: evolution ; fish molecular cytogenetics ; Leporinus ; satellite DNA
    Source: Springer Online Journal Archives 1860-2000
    Topics: Biology
    Notes: Abstract A chromosome-specific satellite DNA from the South American fish species Leporinus obtusidens has been isolated and characterized. Sequence analysis and Southern hybridization studies indicate that the cloned 483-bp fragment is 60% AT rich and appears to comprise two diverged monomers. A highly variable low-copy number polymorphism was detected and, thus, this satellite DNA may serve as a valuable genetic marker. Using a Southern blot approach, the cloned satellite DNA cross-hybridized strongly to the DNA of Leporinus elongatus but failed to detect homologous sequences in the genomes of other closely related Leporinus species and higher vertebrates. Using fluorescence in situ hybridization to mitotic metaphase spreads of L. obtusidens and L. elongatus, this satellite DNA was located to the (peri)centromeric region of one single chromosome pair in both species. As the cloned satellite DNA sequence clearly evolved along a chromosomal lineage and is highly variable, it may serve as a very useful marker in further genetic, molecular and cytogenetic studies of the genus Leporinus.
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  • 9
    ISSN: 1573-3297
    Keywords: Poeciliid fish ; male size polymorphism ; reproductive success
    Source: Springer Online Journal Archives 1860-2000
    Topics: Biology , Psychology
    Notes: Abstract The male-polymorphic poeciliid fish,Limia perugiae, a small teleostean endemic to the southeast of the Caribbean island Hispañola, consists of three male size morphs with uniform females. Large males differentiate at a size varying between 25 and 38 mm; intermediate males, between 21 and 25 mm. Under competition, large males exhibit an elaborate courship display, whereas small males show only a sneak-chase behavior. Intermediate males adapt their tactics to the respective competitors. However, all male morphs can switch from courtship display to sneak-chase behavior. In large mating groups with four males of different size and five or six virgin females, large dominant α-males as well as small subordinate δ-males did not produce any offspring. Unexpectedly, all progeny were sired exclusively by the intemediate subordinate β- and γ-males. Breeding experiments with the three male morphs can best be explained by a model of Y-linked genes for small and large size which are both suspended by the activity of an autosomal recessive repressor responsible for the development of intermediate males. The dominant allele of the recessive repressor, in either its homoorits heteozygous state, activates the Y-chromosomal genes for large or small size, respectively. Accordingly, intermediate males may produce male offspring of all size classes, depending on the presence of either the Y-linked gene or the autosomal repressor.
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  • 10
    ISSN: 1573-4927
    Keywords: Xiphophorus ; melanoma ; oncogene regulation ; esterase ; molecular marker sequences
    Source: Springer Online Journal Archives 1860-2000
    Topics: Biology , Chemistry and Pharmacology
    Notes: Abstract Melanoma formation inXiphophorus hybrids is mediated by a growth factor receptor tyrosine kinase oncogene encoded by theTu locus. In the wild-type parental fish no tumors occur due to the activity of a locus that regulates the activity of the melanoma oncogene. Molecular identification of this regulatory locus (R) requires a precise physical map of the chromosomal region. Therefore we studied esterase isozymes inXiphophorus, two of which have been previously reported to be linked to locusR. We confirm thatES1 is a distant marker forR (approx. 30cM), and contrary to earlier studies, we show that this isozyme is present in all species of the genus and at similar activity levels in all organs tested.ES4, which has also been reported to be linked toR, was found to be a misclassification of liverES1. In an attempt to identify markers that bridge the large distance betweenES1 andR, we have generated DNA probes which are highly polymorphic. They will be useful in finding landmarks on a physical map of theR-containing chromosomal region.
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