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Description of the karyotypes of Stejneger's beaked whale (Mesoplodon stejnegeri) and Hubbs' beaked whale (M. carlhubbsi)
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| Title: | Description of the karyotypes of Stejneger's beaked whale (Mesoplodon stejnegeri) and Hubbs' beaked whale (M. carlhubbsi) |
| Authors: | Kurihara, Nozomi Browse this author | | Tajima, Yuko Browse this author | | Yamada, Tadasu K. Browse this author | | Matsuda, Ayaka Browse this author | | Matsuishi, Takashi Browse this author →KAKEN DB |
| Keywords: | karyotype | | chromosome | | Mesoplodon stejnegeri | | Mesoplodon carlhubbsi |
| Issue Date: | 2-Oct-2017 |
| Publisher: | Sociedade Brasileira de Genética |
| Journal Title: | Genetics and molecular biology |
| Volume: | 40 |
| Issue: | 4 |
| Start Page: | 803 |
| End Page: | 807 |
| Publisher DOI: | 10.1590/1678-4685-GMB-2016-0284 |
| Abstract: | The genus Mesoplodon (Cetacea: Odontoceti: Ziphiidae) is one of the few cetacean genera with the karyotype 2n = 42. The 2n = 42 karyotype of M. europaeus and M. carlhubbsi is largely consistent with the general cetacean karyotype 2n = 44, although other 2n = 42 karyotypes do not exhibit clear homologies with the general cetacean karyotype. Therefore, the chromosomes of Mesoplodon species may be the key to understanding cetacean karyological evolution. In the present study, the male karyotypes of M. stejnegeri and M. carlhubbsi were examined. In both species, the diploid number of the male karyotype was 42. Both species had the following characteristics: 1) a huge subtelocentric X chromosome with a large C-block; 2) a small metacentric Y chromosome; 3) nucleolus organizer regions (NORs) in the terminal regions of a large autosome and one or two small metacentric autosomes; 4) small metacentric autosomes; 5) large submetacentric and subtelocentric autosomes; 6) less accumulated C-heterochromatin in the centromeric region; and 7) heteromorphism in C-heterochromatin accumulation between homologues. Characteristics 1 and 3 are peculiar to only the karyotypes of Mesoplodon species, whereas characteristics 4, 5, 6, and 7 are also found in the species with the general cetacean karyotype 2n = 44. |
| Rights: | http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ |
| Type: | article |
| URI: | http://hdl.handle.net/2115/71651 |
| Appears in Collections: | 国際連携研究教育局 : GI-CoRE (Global Institution for Collaborative Research and Education : GI-CoRE) > 雑誌発表論文等 (Peer-reviewed Journal Articles, etc)
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Submitter: 松石 隆
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