Pseudoromicia brunnea (Thomas, 1880)

Volleth, Marianne, Mayer, Frieder, Heller, Klaus-Gerhard, Müller, Stefan & Fahr, Jakob, 2023, Karyotype comparison of five African Vespertilionini species with comments on phylogenetic relationships and proposal of a new subtribe, Acta Chiropterologica 25 (1), pp. 35-52 : 41-42

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https://doi.org/ 10.3161/15081109ACC2023.25.1.002

DOI

https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.10261411

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scientific name

Pseudoromicia brunnea (Thomas, 1880)
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Pseudoromicia brunnea (Thomas, 1880) View in CoL

The karyotype of this species consisted of 2n = 36 chromosomes with FNa = 50 ( Fig. 4 View FIG ), including seven large to medium meta- to submetacentric, one small submetacentric, and nine small acrocentric autosomal pairs. The X chromosome was a medium-sized submetacentric and the Y chromosome a small bi-armed chromosome. The bi-armed autosomal elements showed the following combination of chromosomal arms: 1/2, 3/4, 5/6 and 16/17 as in the vespertilionid basic karyotype, as well as derived associations 7/11, 8/9, 10/12, and 14/18. Two autosomal pairs showed derived conditions due to intrachromosomal rearrangements. The bi-armed element 3/4, which is metacentric in the basic karyotype, was submetacentric in P. brunnea . The formerly proximal part of arm 3, bearing homologous sequences to Eulemur chromosome EMA8, was shown to be situated in the proximal part of the long arm of P. brunnea chromosome 3/4 ( Fig. 5 View FIG ). This rearranged chromosome resulted either from a centromere repositioning or a pericentric inversion. Another presumed centromere repositioning in the formerly metacentric element 16/17 resulted in a submetacentric chromosome with a slightly enlarged arm 17.

The single NOR was found at the SC close to the centromere of arm 15. The mean number of active NORs per cell was 1.95 (20 cell scored from the male specimen). C-banding revealed only weak centromeric staining on the bi-armed elements but clear C-bands at the centromeres of the acrocentric elements, especially pronounced on chromosome 24. P. brunnea chromosome 5/6 showed a large heterochromatin block in arm 5 close to the centromere, resulting in a clearly enlarged size of arm 5 ( Fig. 6A View FIG ). A small intercalary heterochromatic band was found in the rearranged chromosome 3/4 on the long arm, approximately at the former location of the centromere. The small bi-armed Y chromosome consisted largely of C-positive heterochromatic material.

The G-banding pattern of the submetacentric X chromosome differed from that of state II in the basic karyotype. In P. brunnea , presumably due to a small pericentric inversion or centromere repositioning, the short arm and the proximal part of the long arm of the ancestral X, state II, constituted the long arm, whereas the distal part of the formerly long arm now built up the short arm ( Fig. 7 View FIG ).

The chromosomes 1/2, 11, 12, and 15 were present in state II. Therefore, P. brunnea is clearly a member of the tribe Vespertilionini sensu Volleth and Heller (1994) .

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Chordata

Class

Mammalia

Order

Chiroptera

Family

Vespertilionidae

Tribe

Vespertilionini

Genus

Pseudoromicia

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