DNA index, genome size, and electronic nuclear volume of vertebrates from the Miami Metro Zoo

Cytometry Part A

Volumn 65, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 26-34

  Krishan, Awtar ^a,c   Dandekar, Payai ^a   Nathan, Nirmal ^a   Hamelik, Ronald ^a   Miller, Christine ^b   Shaw, Jackie ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI MILLER SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b Miami Metrozoo   (United States)

^c Div of Experimental Therapeutics   (United States)

Author keywords

DNA content; Flow cytometry; Genome size; Nuclear volume; Vertebrates

Indexed keywords

CELL NUCLEUS DNA; CITRIC ACID; INDOLE DERIVATIVE; PROPIDIUM IODIDE;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; BIRD; BLOOD SAMPLING; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DNA CONTENT; FLOW CYTOMETRY; FLUORESCENCE; GENOME SIZE; LYMPHOCYTE; MAMMAL; MOUTH CAVITY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RELIABILITY; REPTILE; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; STAINING;

ANIMALS; ANIMALS, ZOO; BIRDS; CELL NUCLEUS; DNA; ELECTRONS; FEMALE; FLORIDA; FLOW CYTOMETRY; FLUORESCENCE; GENOME; HUMANS; MALE; MAMMALS; MOUTH MUCOSA; REPTILES; SPECIES SPECIFICITY;

EID: 18044380481     PISSN: 15524922     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/cyto.a.20130     Document Type: Article

References (45)

1. Gregory TR. Animal genome size database; 2001. Available at: http//www.genomesize.com.
2. Vinogradov AE. Genome size and GC-percent in vertebrates as determined by flow cytometry: the triangular relationship. Cytometry 1998;31:100-109.
3. Gregory TR. The bigger the C-value, the larger the cell: genome size and red blood cell size in vertebrates. Blood Cells Mol Dis 2001;27: 830-843.
4. Gregory TR. A bird's-eye view of the C-value enigma: genome size, cell size, and metabolic rate in the class aves. Evolution Int J Org Evolution 2002;56:121-130.
5. Griffith OL, Moodie GE, Civetta A. Genome size and longevity in fish. Exp Gerontol 2003;38:333-337.
6. Chipman AD, Khaner O, Haas A, Tchernov E. The evolution of genome size: what can be learned from anuran development? J Exp Zool 2001;291:365-374.
7. Licht LE, Lowcock LA. Genome size and metabolic rate in salamanders. Comp Biochem Physiol 1991;100B:83-92.
8. Venturini G, D'Ambrogi R, Capanna E. Size and structure of the bird genome-I. DNA content of 48 species of Neognathae. Comp Biochem Physiol B 1986;85:61-65.
9. Tiersch TR, Wachtel SS. On the evolution of genome size in birds. J Hered 1991;82:363-368.
10. Atkin NB, Mattinson G, Becak W, Ohno S. The comparative DNA content of 19 species of placental mammals, reptiles, and birds. Chromosoma 1965;17:1-10.
11. Bachmann K. Genome size in Mammals. Chromosoma 1972;37:85-93.
12. Bachmann K, Harrington BA, Craig JP. Genome size in Birds. Chromosoma 1972;37:405-416.
13. Gold JR, Price HJ. Genome size variation among North American minnows (Cypridinae). I. Distribution of the variation in five species. Heredity 1985;54:297-305.
14. Petrov DA, Sangster TA, Johnston JS, Haitl DL, Shaw KL. Evidence for DNA loss as a determinant of genome size. Science 2000;287:1060-1062.
15. Gregory TR. Coincidence, coevolution, or causation? DNA content, cell size, and the C-value enigma. Biol Rev Camb Philos Soc 2001;76: 65-101.
16. Mirsky E, Ris H. The desoxyribonucleic acid content of animal cells and its evolutionary significance. J Gen Physiol 1951;34:451-462.
17. Pellicciari C, Formend D, Redi CA, Manfredi Romanini MG. DNA content variability in primates. J Hum Evol 1982;11:131-141.
18. Hardie DC, Gregory TR, Hebert PD. From pixels to picograms: a beginners' guide to genome quantification by Feulgen image analysis densitometry. J Histochem Cytochem 2002;50:735-749.
19. Krishan A. Rapid flow cytofluorometric analysis of mammalian cell cycle by propidium iodide staining. J Cell Biol 1975;66:188-193.
20. Nakamura D, Tiersch TR, Douglass M, Chandler RW. Rapid identification of sex in birds by flow cytometry. Cytogenet Cell Genet 1990;53:201-205.
21. Birstein JV, Poletaev AI, Goncharov BF. DNA content in Eurasian sturgeon species determined by flow cytometry. Cytometry 1993;14: 377-383.
22. De Vita R, Cavallo D, Eleuteri P, Dell'Omo G. Evaluation of interspecific DNA content variations and sex identification in Falconiformes and Strigiformes by flow cytometric analysis. Cytometry 1994;16: 346-350.
23. Lamatsch DK, Steinlein C, Schmid M, Schartl M. Noninvasive determination of genome size and ploidy level in fishes by flow cytometry: detection of triploid Poecilia Formosa. Cytometry 2000;39:91-95.
24. Canon NR, Tell LA, Needham ML, Gardner IA. Flow cytometric analysis of nuclear DNA for sex identification in three psittacine species. Am J Vet Res 2000;61:847-850.
25. Noguchi PD, Browne WC. The use of chicken erythrocyte nuclei as a biological standard for flow microfluorometry. J Histochem Cytochem 1978;26:761-763.
26. Jakobsen A. The use of trout erythrocytes and human lymphocytes for standardization in flow cytometry. Cytometry 1983;4:161-165.
27. Vinogradov AE. Measurement by flow cytometry of genomic AT/GC ratio and genome size. Cytometry 1994;16:34-40.
28. Vindelov LL, Christensen IJ, Nissen NI. Standardization of high resolution flow cytometric DNA analysis by the simultaneous use of chicken and trout red blood cells as internal reference standards. Cytometry 1983;3:328-331.
29. Tiersch TR, Chandler RW, Wachtel SS, Elias S. Reference standards for flow cytometry and application in comparative studies of nuclear DNA content. Cytometry 1989;10:706-710.
30. Shackney SE, Erickson BW, Skramstad KS. The T-lymphocyte as a diploid reference standard for flow cytometry. Cancer Res 1979;39: 4418-4422.
31. Iversen OE, Laenim OD. Trout and salmon erythrocytes and human leucocytes as internal standards for ploidy control in flow cytometry. Cytometry 1987;8:190-196.
32. Myc A, Traganos F, Lara J, Melamed MR, Darzynkiewicz Z. DNA stainability in aneuploid breast tumors: Comparison of four DNA fluorochromes differing in binding properties. Cytometry 1992;13: 389-394.
33. Mullaney PF, Crowell JM, Salzman GC, Martin JC, Hiebert RD, Goad CA. Pulse-height light-scatter distributions using flow-systems instrumentation. J Histochem Cytochem 1976;24:298-304.
34. Leary JF, Todd P, Wood JC, Jett JH. Laser flow cytometric light scatter and fluorescence pulse width and pulse rise-time sizing of mammalian cells. J Histochem Cytochem 1979;27:315-320.
35. Thomas RA, Krishan A, Robinson DM, Same C, Costa F. NASA/American Cancer Society high-resolution flow cytometry project-I. Cytometry 2001;43:2-11.
36. Krishan A, Wen J, Thomas RA, Sridhar KS, Smith WI Jr. NASA/American Cancer Society high-resolution flow cytometry project-III. Cytometry 2001;43:16-22.
37. Krishan A, Cabana R. Flow cytometric analysis of electronic nuclear volume and DNA content in normal mouse tissues. Cell Cycle 2004; 3:380-383.
38. Hardie DC, Hebert PD. The nucleotypic effects of cellular DNA content in cartilaginous and ray-finned fishes. Genome 2003;46:683-706.
39. Gold JR, Amemiya CT. Genome size variation in North American minnows (Cypridinae). II. Variation among 20 species. Genome 1987;29:481-489.
40. Wen J, Krishan A, Thomas RA. NASA/American Cancer Society high-resolution flow cytometry project-II. Cytometry 2001;43:12-15.
41. Capriglione T, Olmo E, Odierna G, Improta B, Morescalchi A. Cytofluormetric DNA base determination in vertebrate species with different genome sizes. Basic Appl Histochem 1987;31:119-126.
42. MacCulloch RD, Upton DE, Murphy RW. Trends in nuclear DNA content among Amphibians and Reptiles. Comp Biochem Physiol 1996;113B:601-605.
43. Callis J, Hoehn H. Flow-fluorometric diagnosis of euploid and aneuploid human lymphocytes. Am J Hum Genet 1976;28:577-584.
44. Cram LS, Lehman JM. Flow microfluorometric DNA content measurements of tissue culture cells and peripheral lymphocytes. Hum Genet 1977;37:201-206.
45. Overton WR, Catalano E, McCoy JP Jr. Method to make paraffin-embedded breast and lymph tissue mimic fresh tissue in DNA analysis. Cytometry 1996;26:166-171.