PMID- 24130439 OWN - NLM STAT- PubMed-not-MEDLINE DCOM- 20131016 LR - 20211021 IS - 1415-4757 (Print) IS - 1678-4685 (Electronic) IS - 1415-4757 (Linking) VI - 36 IP - 3 DP - 2013 Sep TI - Chromosome mapping of ribosomal genes and histone H4 in the genus Radacridium (Romaleidae). PG - 336-40 LID - 10.1590/S1415-47572013005000026 [doi] AB - In this study, two species of Romaleidae grasshoppers, Radacridium mariajoseae and R.nordestinum, were analyzed after CMA3/DA/DAPI sequential staining and fluorescence in situ hybridization (FISH) to determine the location of the 18S and 5S rDNA and histone H4 genes. Both species presented karyotypes composed of 2n = 23, X0 with exclusively acrocentric chromosomes. CMA3 (+) blocks were detected after CMA3/DA/DAPI staining in only one medium size autosome bivalent and in the X chromosome in R. mariajoseae. On the other hand, all chromosomes, except the L1 bivalent, of R. nordestinum presented CMA3 (+) blocks. FISH analysis showed that the 18S genes are restricted to the X chromosome in R. mariajoseae, whereas these genes were located in the L2, S9 and S10 autosomes in R. nordestinum. In R. mariajoseae, the 5S rDNA sites were localized in the in L1 and L2 bivalents and in the X chromosome. In R. nordestinum, the 5S genes were located in the L2, L3, M4 and M5 pairs. In both species the histone H4 genes were present in a medium size bivalent. Together, these data evidence a great variability of chromosome markers and show that the 18S and 5S ribosomal genes are dispersed in the Radacridium genome without a significant correlation. FAU - Anjos, Allison AU - Anjos A AD - Departamento de Genetica, Centro de Ciencias Biologicas, Universidade Federal de Pernambuco, Recife, PE, Brazil . FAU - Loreto, Vilma AU - Loreto V FAU - de Souza, Maria Jose AU - de Souza MJ LA - eng PT - Journal Article DEP - 20130719 PL - Brazil TA - Genet Mol Biol JT - Genetics and molecular biology JID - 100883590 PMC - PMC3795169 OTO - NOTNLM OT - FISH OT - cytogenetics OT - fluorochromes OT - grasshoppers OT - rDNA EDAT- 2013/10/17 06:00 MHDA- 2013/10/17 06:01 PMCR- 2013/09/01 CRDT- 2013/10/17 06:00 PHST- 2012/12/14 00:00 [received] PHST- 2013/03/12 00:00 [accepted] PHST- 2013/10/17 06:00 [entrez] PHST- 2013/10/17 06:00 [pubmed] PHST- 2013/10/17 06:01 [medline] PHST- 2013/09/01 00:00 [pmc-release] AID - 2012-368 [pii] AID - 10.1590/S1415-47572013005000026 [doi] PST - ppublish SO - Genet Mol Biol. 2013 Sep;36(3):336-40. doi: 10.1590/S1415-47572013005000026. Epub 2013 Jul 19.