Gint amoudensis, Kovarik, Lowe, Just, Awale, Elmi & Stahlavsky, 2018

Just, Pavel, Šťáhlavský, František, Kovařík, František & Štundlová, Jana, 2022, Tracking the trends of karyotype differentiation in the phylogenetic context of Gint, a scorpion genus endemic to the Horn of Africa (Scorpiones: Buthidae), Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 196 (2), pp. 885-901 : 892-893

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https://doi.org/ 10.1093/zoolinnean/zlac049

DOI

https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.7194670

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scientific name

Gint amoudensis
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GINT AMOUDENSIS View in CoL

T h e m o s t s t r i k i n g i n t r a s p e c i f i c v a r i a b i l i t y i s discovered in G. amoudensis , which exhibits four cytotypes differing in the diploid number, multivalent associations and in the number and position of 18S rDNA sites. The cytotypes II, III and IV occur sympatrically, while the cytotype I (S1325) is found in a remote locality Borama c. 150 km far from the other cytotypes.

Cytotype I (1Ƌ; S1325) exhibits 2 n = 36 chromosomes, which decrease in length from 4.49% to 1.63% of DSL (Supporting Information, Fig. S2C View Figure 2 ; Table S2). The post-pachytene nuclei show 16 bivalents and one quadrivalent (chromosomes 1, 2, 9 and 15) ( Fig. 3A View Figure 3 ; Supporting Information, Fig. S2C View Figure 2 ). Three 18S rDNA sites are detected ( Fig. 3B View Figure 3 ), two of them are located in the subterminal region of the chromosomes 1 and 2 involved in the quadrivalent and one in the terminal position of chromosome 2 in the quadrivalent (Supporting Information, Fig. S2C View Figure 2 ).

Cytotype II (1 Ƌ; S1291) has 2 n = 35 chromosomes, which decrease in length from 5.01% to 1.45% of DSL (Supporting Information, Fig. S2D View Figure 2 ; Table S2). The post-pachytene spermatocytes exhibit 14 bivalents, one trivalent (chromosomes 4, 24 and 35) and one quadrivalent (chromosomes 1, 5, 8 and 23) ( Fig. 3C View Figure 3 ; Supporting Information, Fig. S2D View Figure 2 ). Three 18S rDNA loci are present ( Fig. 3D View Figure 3 ), one pair is located on the chromosomes 1 (subterminal site) and 5 (terminal site) involved in the quadrivalent, and one single heterozygous locus is situated in the interstitial region of the third largest bivalent (chromosome 9; Fig. 3D View Figure 3 ; Supporting Information, Fig. S2D View Figure 2 ).

Cytotype III (1 Ƌ; S1293) has 2 n = 36 chromosomes, which decrease in length from 4.71% to 1.52% of DSL (Supporting Information, Fig. S2E View Figure 2 ; Table S2). The post-pachytene cells show 15 bivalents and one hexavalent (chromosomes 1, 2, 5, 6, 11 and 24) ( Fig. 3E View Figure 3 ; Supporting Information, Fig. S2E View Figure 2 ). One pair of 18S rDNA sites is located in the subterminal region of the chromosomes 1 and 2 of the hexavalent ( Fig. 3F View Figure 3 ; Supporting Information, Fig. S2E View Figure 2 ).

Cytotype IV (1 Ƌ; S1292) exhibits 2 n = 35 chromosomes, which decrease in length from 4.66% to 1.54% of DSL (Supporting Information, Fig. S2F View Figure 2 ; Table S2). The post-pachytene nuclei show a configuration of 13 bivalents, one trivalent (chromosomes 7, 26 and 35) and one hexavalent (chromosomes 1, 4, 5, 6, 10 and 23) ( Fig. 3G View Figure 3 ; Supporting Information, Fig. S2F View Figure 2 ). One pair of 18S rDNA sites is located in the subterminal region of the chromosomes 1 and 4 involved in the hexavalent ( Fig. 3H View Figure 3 ; Supporting Information, Fig. S2F View Figure 2 ).

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Arthropoda

Class

Arachnida

Order

Scorpiones

Family

Buthidae

Genus

Gint

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