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Molecular Cytogenetics in Trough Shells (Mactridae, Bivalvia): Divergent GC-Rich Heterochromatin Content.

Daniel García-Souto, Concepción Pérez-García, Jack Kendall, Juan J Pasantes

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Article in Genes, 2016. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 10 papers.

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1 · What the graph read from it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

10 citing papers in PubMed, 14 citations in OpenAlex.

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

4 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Daniel García-SoutoDepartamento de Bioquímica, Xenética e Inmunoloxía, Universidade de Vigo, E-36310 Vigo, Spain. danielgarciasouto@gmail.com.
Concepción Pérez-GarcíaDepartamento de Bioquímica, Xenética e Inmunoloxía, Universidade de Vigo, E-36310 Vigo, Spain. concepcionperezgar@gmail.com.
Jack KendallDepartamento de Bioquímica, Xenética e Inmunoloxía, Universidade de Vigo, E-36310 Vigo, Spain. jk.kendall@hotmail.com.
Juan J PasantesDepartamento de Bioquímica, Xenética e Inmunoloxía, Universidade de Vigo, E-36310 Vigo, Spain. pasantes@uvigo.es.
Universidade de Vigo · ES

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The family Mactridae is composed of a diverse group of marine organisms, commonly known as trough shells or surf clams, which illustrate a global distribution. Although this family includes some of the most fished and cultured bivalve species, their chromosomes are poorly studied. In this work, we analyzed the chromosomes of Spisula solida, Spisula subtruncata and Mactra stultorum by means of fluorochrome staining, C-banding and fluorescent in situ hybridization using 28S ribosomal DNA (rDNA), 5S rDNA, H3 histone gene and telomeric probes. All three trough shells presented 2n = 38 chromosomes but different karyotype compositions. As happens in most bivalves, GC-rich regions were limited to the nucleolus organizing regions in Spisula solida. In contrast, many GC-rich heterochromatic bands were detected in both Spisula subtruncata and Mactra stultorum. Although the three trough shells presented single 5S rDNA and H3 histone gene clusters, their chromosomal locations differed. Regarding major rDNA clusters, while Spisula subtruncata presented a single cluster, both Spisula solida and Mactra stultorum showed two. No evidence of intercalary telomeric signals was detected in these species. The molecular cytogenetic characterization of these taxa will contribute to understanding the role played by chromosome changes in the evolution of trough shells.

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chromosomefluorescent in situ hybridizationheterochromatinhistone genesribosomal RNA genestrough shells

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