Karyotype differentiation in Chromaphyosemion killifishes (Cyprinodontiformes, Nothobranchiidae): Patterns, mechanisms, and evolutionary implications

Biological Journal of the Linnean Society

Volumn 94, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 143-153

  Völker, Martin ^a   Ráb, Petr ^b   Kullmann, Harald ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KENT   (United Kingdom)

^b INSTITUTE OF ANIMAL PHYSIOLOGY AND GENETICS   (Czech Republic)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BONN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Chromosomal evolution; Chromosomal speciation; Chromosome banding; Comparative cytogenetics; Cytotaxonomy; Karyotypic diversity; Karyotypic evolution

Indexed keywords

CHROMOSOME; CYTOGENETICS; KARYOTYPE; MATE CHOICE; MITOCHONDRIAL DNA; PHENOTYPE; SEXUAL DIMORPHISM; SPECIATION (BIOLOGY); TAXONOMY; TELEOST;

AFRICA; CENTRAL AFRICA; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA; WEST AFRICA;

CHROMAPHYOSEMION; CYPRINODONTIFORMES; CYPRINODONTOIDEI; MELANOGASTER; PISCES;

EID: 43049116140     PISSN: 00244066     EISSN: 10958312     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1095-8312.2008.00967.x     Document Type: Article

References (38)

1. Agnèse JF, Zentz F, Legros O, Sellos D. 2006. Phylogenetic relationships and phylogeography of the killifish species of the subgenus Chromaphyosemion (Radda, 1971) in West Africa, inferred from mitochondrial DNA sequences. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 40 : 332 346.
2. Amiet JL. 1987. Fauna of Cameroon 2: the genus Aphyosemion Myers (Pisces, Teleostei, Cyprinodontiformes). Compiègne : Sciences Naturelles.
3. Amiet JL. 1991. Diagnose de deux espèces nouvelles d'Aphyosemion du Cameroun (Teleostei: Aplocheilidae). Ichthyological Exploration of Freshwaters 2 : 83 95.
4. Ayala FJ, Coluzzi M. 2005. Chromosome speciation: humans, Drosophila, and mosquitoes. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America 102 (Suppl. 1 6535 6542.
5. Butlin RK. 2005. Recombination and speciation. Molecular Ecology 14 : 2621 2635.
6. Coyne JA, Orr HA. 2004. Speciation. Sunderland, MA : Sinauer Associates.
7. Devlin RH, Nagahama Y. 2002. Sex determination and sex differentiation in fish: an overview of genetic, physiological, and environmental influences. Aquaculture 208 : 191 364.
8. Dobigny G, Aniskin V, Granjon L, Cornette R, Volobouev V. 2005. Recent radiation in West African Taterillus (Rodentia, Gerbillinae): the concerted role of chromosome and climatic changes. Heredity 95 : 358 368.
9. Eberl W. 1996. Die Untergattung Chromaphyosemion. DKG-Supplementheft 4 : 1 88.
10. Elder FFB. 1980. Tandem fusion, centric fusion and chromosomal evolution in the cotton rats, genus Sigmodon. Cytogenetics and Cell Genetics 26 : 199 210.
11. Haaf T, Schmid M. 1984. An early stage of ZW/ZZ sex chromosome differentiation in Poecilia sphenops var. melanistica (Poeciliidae, Cyprinodontiformes). Chromosoma 89 : 37 41.
12. Howell WM, Black DA. 1980. Controlled silver-staining of nucleolus organizer regions with a protective colloidal developer: a 1-step method. Experientia 36 : 1014 1015.
13. Huber JH. 1998. Aphyosemion alpha n. sp. eine neue Art der Untergattung Chromaphyosemion mit einem ausgeprägten Färbungsmuster und einer besonders südlichen Verbreitung. Das Aquarium 350 : 15 23.
14. Jankun M. 2004. Fish chromosomes - current status of knowledge. Animal Science Papers and Reports 22 (Suppl. 2 49 56.
15. King M. 1993. Species evolution: the role of chromosome change. Cambridge : Cambridge University Press.
16. Klemme B. 2005. Untersuchungen zur reproduktiven Isolation und Weibchenwahl bei verschiedenen Populationen der Chromaphyosemion-Artengruppe. Unpublished Diploma Thesis, University of Bonn.
17. Legros O. 1999. Aphyosemion kouamense n. sp., ein neues Chromaphyosemion (Teleostei: Aplocheilidae) vom Rand der Monts de Cristal im Nordwesten Gabuns. DKG Journal 31 : 32 40.
18. Legros O, Zentz F. 2006. Aphyosemion malumbresi n. sp., un nouveau Chromaphyosemion (Teleostei: Aplocheilidae) originaire de Guinée Equatoriale continentale. AKFB Killi-Contact 6 : 1 28.
19. Legros O, Zentz F, Agnèse JF. 2005. Description de deux nouveaux Chromaphyosemion (Teleostei: Aplocheilidae) du sud de la Plaine littorale camerounaise. AKFB Killi-Contact 3 : 3 30.
20. Medrano L, Bernardi G, Couturier J, Dutrillaux B, Bernardi G. 1988. Chromosome banding and genome compartmentalization in fishes. Chromosoma 96 : 178 183.
21. Murphy WJ, Collier GE. 1999. Phylogenetic relationships of African killifishes in the genera Aphyosemion and Fundulopanchax inferred from mitochondrial DNA sequences. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 11 : 351 360.
22. Rieseberg LH. 2001. Chromosomal rearrangements and speciation. Trends in Ecology and Evolution 16 : 351 358.
23. Scheel JJ. 1968. Rivulins of the old world. Neptune City, NJ : TFH Publications.
24. Scheel JJ. 1972. Rivuline karyotypes and their evolution (Rivulinae, Cyprinodontidae, Pisces). Zeitschrift für Zoologische Systematik und Evolutionsforschung 10 : 180 209.
25. Scheel JJ. 1974. Rivuline studies. Taxonomic Studies of Rivuline Cyprinodonts from Tropical Atlantic Africa (Rivulinae, Cyprinodontidae, Atheriniformes, Pisces). Tervuren : Annales du Musée Royal de l'Afrique Centrale, no. 211.
26. Scheel JJ. 1990. Atlas of killifishes of the old world. Neptune City, NJ : TFH Publications.
27. Schweizer D. 1980. Simultaneous fluorescent staining of R bands and specific heterochromatic regions (DA-DAPI bands) in human chromosomes. Cytogenetics and Cell Genetics 27 : 190 193.
28. 3, and silver staining. Cytogenetics and Cell Genetics 60 : 229 235.
29. Sonnenberg R. 2000. The distribution of Chromaphyosemion Radda, 1971 (Teleostei: Cyprinodontiformes) on the coastal plains of West and Central Africa. In : Rheinwald G, ed. Isolated vertebrate communities in the tropics. Bonn : Bonner Zoologische Monographien 46, 79 94.
30. Sumner AT. 1990. Chromosome banding. London : Unwin-Hyman.
31. Sumner AT. 2003. Chromosomes: organization and function. Oxford : Blackwell Publishing.
32. Taylor P. 2000. Patterns of chromosomal variation in Southern African rodents. Journal of Mammalogy 81 : 317 331.
33. Völker M, Kullmann H. 2006. Sequential chromosome banding from single acetic acid fixed embryos of Chromaphyosemion killifishes (Cyprinodontiformes, Nothobranchiidae). Cybium 30 : 171 176.
34. Völker M, Ráb P, Kullmann H. 2005. Karyotype differentiation in Chromaphyosemion killifishes (Cyprinodontiformes, Nothobranchiidae). I: Chromosome banding patterns of C. alpha, C. kouamense and C. lugens. Genetica 125 : 33 41.
35. Völker M, Ráb P, Kullmann H. 2007a. Banded karyotypes of Chromaphyosemion poliaki and C. volcanum (Cyprinodontiformes, Nothobranchiidae), with a discussion of the validity of C. poliaki. Ichthyological Exploration of Freshwaters 18 : 1 8.
36. Völker M, Sonnenberg R, Ráb P, Kullmann H. 2006. Karyotype differentiation in Chromaphyosemion killifishes (Cyprinodontiformes, Nothobranchiidae). II: Cytogenetic and mtDNA analyses demonstrate karyotype differentiation and its evolutionary direction in C. riggenbachi. Cytogenetic and Genome Research 115 : 70 83.
37. Völker M, Sonnenberg R, Ráb P, Kullmann H. 2007b. Karyotype differentiation in Chromaphyosemion killifishes (Cyprinodontiformes, Nothobranchiidae). III: Extensive karyotypic variability associated with low mitochondrial haplotype differentiation in C. bivittatum. Cytogenetic and Genome Research 116 : 116 126.
38. Volobouev V, Aniskin VM, Lecompte E, Ducroz JF. 2002. Patterns of karyotype evolution in complexes of sibling species within three genera of African murid rodents inferred from the comparison of cytogenetic and molecular data. Cytogenetic and Genome Research 96 : 261 275.