The polytene chromosomes of the mosquito Anopheles bellator compared with those of Anopheles cruzii

Ramirez, Corolla C.L.; Dessen, Eliana M.B.

doi:10.1590/S0100-84551996000400003

Abstract

A photographic map was made of polytene chromosomes of ovarian nurse cells of Anopheles bellator females. The chromosomes of this species have complete or partial homology with those of A. cruzii, mainly in the telomeric and centromeric regions. Variability at the single band level was observed as asymmetric bands at seven different positions. One inversion (3Ra) was detected in the 3R arm.

polytene chromosomes; mosquito; Anopheles bellator; Anopheles cruzii

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The polytene chromosomes of the mosquito Anopheles bellator compared with those of Anopheles cruzii

Corolla C.L. Ramirez; Eliana M.B. Dessen

Departamento de Biologia, Instituto de Biociências, Universidade de São Paulo, Rua do Matão 277, 05508-900 São Paulo, SP, Brasil. Send correspondence to E.M.B.D.

ABSTRACT

A photographic map was made of polytene chromosomes of ovarian nurse cells of Anopheles bellator females. The chromosomes of this species have complete or partial homology with those of A. cruzii, mainly in the telomeric and centromeric regions. Variability at the single band level was observed as asymmetric bands at seven different positions. One inversion (3Ra) was detected in the 3R arm.

Keywords: polytene chromosomes; mosquito; Anopheles bellator; Anopheles cruzii.

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Pittendrigh, C.S. (1949). The ectopic specialization of Anopheles homunculus, and its relation to competition with An. bellator. Evolution 4: 64-78.
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Veloso, M.P., Klein, M. and Moura, J.V. (1956). Delimitação ecológica dos anofelinos do subgênero Kerteszia na região costeira do Brasil. Inst. Oswaldo CRuz Mem. 54: 517-548.
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[1] Coluzzi, M. and Sabatini, A. (1967). Cytogenetics observations on species A and B of the Anopheles gambiae complex. Parassitologia 9: 73-88.

[2] da Cunha, A.B., Burla, H. and Dobzhansky, Th. (1950). Adaptive chromosomal polymorphism in Drosophila willistoni. Evolution 4; 212-235.

[3] Lambert, D.M. (1983). A population genetical study of the African mosquito Anopheles marshalli (Theobald). Evolution 37: 484-495.

[4] Kìtzmiller, J.B., Frizzi, G. and Baker, R.H. (1967). Evolution and speciation within Maculipennis complex of the genus Anopheles. In: Genetics of Insect Vectors of Disease (Wright, J.W. and Pal, R., eds.). Elsevier Publishing Co., New York, pp. 151-210.

[5] Klassen, W., French, W.L., Haven, H. and Kitzmiller, J.B. (1965). The salivary chromosomes of Anopheles quadrimaculatus. Say. Mosq. News 25: 328-335.

[6] Kumar, A. and Gupta, J.P. (1988). Heterosis and the lack of coadaptation in Drosophila nasuta. Heredity 67: 275-280.

[7] Forattini, O.P. (1962). Entomologia Médica. Vol. 1. Faculdade de Higiene e Saúde Pública. Editora São Paulo, pp. 662.

[8] Metz, C.W. (1937). Deficiencies and structural variations within the giant chromosomes in relation to the problem of gene structure. Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. 23: 137-142.

[9] Metz, C.W. (1947). Duplication of chromosome parts as a factor in evolution. Amer. Natur. 81: 81-103.

[10] Perondini, A.L.P. and Dessen, E.M.B. (1988). The asymmetric bands of the polytene chromosomes of Sciara ocellaris (Diptera; Sciaridae). Rev. Bras. Genet. 11: 13-26.

[11] Perondini, A.L.P. and Otto, P.A. (1991). Evidence for selective differences in single-band polytene chromosome polymorphism in Sciara ocellaris. J. Hered. 74: 283-288.

[12] Pittendrigh, C.S. (1949). The ectopic specialization of Anopheles homunculus, and its relation to competition with An. bellator. Evolution 4: 64-78.

[13] Ramírez, C.C.L. and Dessen, E.M.B. (1994). Cytogenetic analysis of a natural population of An. cruzii. Rev. Bras. Genet. 17: 41-46.

[14] Veloso, M.P., Klein, M. and Moura, J.V. (1956). Delimitação ecológica dos anofelinos do subgênero Kerteszia na região costeira do Brasil. Inst. Oswaldo CRuz Mem. 54: 517-548.

[15] Zavortink, T.J. (1973). Mosquito studies (Diptera-Culicidae) XXIX. A review of the subgenus Kerteszia of Anopheles. Contrib. Amer. Ent. Inst. 9: 1-37.