PMID- 24114378 OWN - NLM STAT- MEDLINE DCOM- 20140710 LR - 20211021 IS - 1573-6857 (Electronic) IS - 0016-6707 (Print) IS - 0016-6707 (Linking) VI - 141 IP - 10-12 DP - 2013 Dec TI - Pericentromeric location of the telomeric DNA sequences on the European grayling chromosomes. PG - 409-16 LID - 10.1007/s10709-013-9740-7 [doi] AB - The chromosomal characteristics, locations and variations of the C-band positive heterochromatin and telomeric DNA sequences were studied in the European grayling karyotype (Thymallus thymallus, Salmonidae) using conventional C-banding, endonucleases digestion banding, silver nitrate (AgNO3), chromomycin A3 and 4',6-diamidino-2-phenylindole staining techniques as well as fluorescence in situ hybridization (FISH) and primed in situ labelling. Original data on the chromosomal distribution of segments resistant to AluI restriction endonuclease and identification of the C-banded heterochromatin presented here have been used to characterize the grayling karyotype polymorphism. Structural and length polymorphism of the chromosome 21 showing a conspicuous heterochromatin block adjacent to the centromere seems to be the result of the deletion and inversion. Two pairs of nuclear organizer regions (NOR)-bearing chromosomes were found to be polymorphic in size and displaying several distinct forms. FISH with telomeric peptide nucleic acid probe enabled recognition of the conservative telomeric DNA sequences. The karyotype of the thymallid fish is thought to experienced numerous pericentric inversions and internal telomeric sites (ITSs) observed at the pericentromeric regions of the six European grayling metacentric chromosomes are likely relics of the these rearrangements. None of the ITS sites matched either chromosome 21 or NOR bearing chromosomes. FAU - Ocalewicz, K AU - Ocalewicz K AD - Department of Ichthyology, University of Warmia and Mazury in Olsztyn, ul. Oczapowskiego 5, 10-718, Olsztyn, Poland. FAU - Furgala-Selezniow, G AU - Furgala-Selezniow G FAU - Szmyt, M AU - Szmyt M FAU - Lisboa, R AU - Lisboa R FAU - Kucinski, M AU - Kucinski M FAU - Lejk, A M AU - Lejk AM FAU - Jankun, M AU - Jankun M LA - eng PT - Journal Article PT - Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't DEP - 20131011 PL - Netherlands TA - Genetica JT - Genetica JID - 0370740 RN - 0 (Heterochromatin) SB - IM MH - Animals MH - *Base Sequence MH - Centromere/*genetics MH - Chromosomes/*genetics MH - Cytogenetic Analysis MH - Heterochromatin/genetics MH - In Situ Hybridization, Fluorescence MH - Nucleolus Organizer Region MH - Polymorphism, Genetic MH - RNA Interference MH - Salmonidae/*genetics MH - Sequence Inversion MH - Telomere/*genetics PMC - PMC3851750 EDAT- 2013/10/12 06:00 MHDA- 2014/07/11 06:00 PMCR- 2013/10/11 CRDT- 2013/10/12 06:00 PHST- 2013/06/19 00:00 [received] PHST- 2013/10/07 00:00 [accepted] PHST- 2013/10/12 06:00 [entrez] PHST- 2013/10/12 06:00 [pubmed] PHST- 2014/07/11 06:00 [medline] PHST- 2013/10/11 00:00 [pmc-release] AID - 9740 [pii] AID - 10.1007/s10709-013-9740-7 [doi] PST - ppublish SO - Genetica. 2013 Dec;141(10-12):409-16. doi: 10.1007/s10709-013-9740-7. Epub 2013 Oct 11.