PMID- 33538653 OWN - NLM STAT- MEDLINE DCOM- 20211021 LR - 20211021 IS - 1557-8542 (Electronic) IS - 1545-8547 (Linking) VI - 18 IP - 1 DP - 2021 Feb TI - Chromosomal Diversity in Two Allopatric Populations of Farlowella hahni Meinken 1937 (Teleostei: Siluriformes): Cytogenetics and Cytochrome b Analyses. PG - 66-72 LID - 10.1089/zeb.2020.1966 [doi] AB - Farlowella is the second richest genus in Loricariinae, broadly distributed in freshwater streams and rivers of South America. In this article, we aimed to expand on the cytogenetic and molecular data available for two allopatric populations of Farlowella hahni. Both populations had diploid chromosome number 58, but with karyotype differences, indicative of chromosomal rearrangements. C-banding showed large heterochromatic blocks at telomeric regions in acrocentric chromosomes in both populations. Fluorescence in situ hybridization (FISH) revealed a single 18S rDNA site in both populations and a single 5S rDNA site for individuals from lower Parana River basin (native region) and multiple 5S rDNA sites for individuals from upper Parana River basin (non-native region). Mitochondrial sequence analyses did not separate the two F. hahni populations. The cytogenetic and molecular data obtained are relevant in a preliminary study and suggested the existence of cryptic diversity and the hypothesis that at least two Farlowella lineages may coexist in the Parana basin. FAU - Fernandes, Carlos Alexandre AU - Fernandes CA AD - Departamento de Biotecnologia, Genetica e Biologia Celular, Universidade Estadual de Maringa, Maringa, Brazil. AD - Programa de Pos-Graduacao em Biologia Comparada, Universidade Estadual de Maringa, Maringa, Brazil. FAU - Paiz, Leonardo Marcel AU - Paiz LM AD - Programa de Pos-Graduacao em Biologia Comparada, Universidade Estadual de Maringa, Maringa, Brazil. AD - Centro de Ciencias Biologicas e da Saude, Universidade Estadual do Oeste do Parana, Cascavel, Brazil. FAU - Piscor, Diovani AU - Piscor D AD - Universidade Estadual de Mato Grosso do Sul, Unidade Universitaria de Mundo Novo, Dourados, Brazil. FAU - Gavazzoni, Mariane AU - Gavazzoni M AD - Programa de Pos-Graduacao em Biologia Comparada, Universidade Estadual de Maringa, Maringa, Brazil. AD - Centro de Ciencias Biologicas e da Saude, Universidade Estadual do Oeste do Parana, Cascavel, Brazil. FAU - Carvalho, Luciana Andreia Borin de AU - Carvalho LAB AD - Departamento de Biotecnologia, Genetica e Biologia Celular, Universidade Estadual de Maringa, Maringa, Brazil. FAU - Portela-Castro, Ana Luiza de Brito AU - Portela-Castro ALB AD - Departamento de Biotecnologia, Genetica e Biologia Celular, Universidade Estadual de Maringa, Maringa, Brazil. FAU - Margarido, Vladimir Pavan AU - Margarido VP AD - Programa de Pos-Graduacao em Biologia Comparada, Universidade Estadual de Maringa, Maringa, Brazil. AD - Centro de Ciencias Biologicas e da Saude, Universidade Estadual do Oeste do Parana, Cascavel, Brazil. LA - eng PT - Journal Article PT - Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't DEP - 20210203 PL - United States TA - Zebrafish JT - Zebrafish JID - 101225070 RN - 0 (Fish Proteins) RN - 9035-37-4 (Cytochromes b) SB - IM MH - Animal Distribution MH - Animals MH - Catfishes/*genetics MH - *Chromosomes MH - Cytochromes b/*analysis MH - Cytogenetic Analysis/*veterinary MH - Female MH - Fish Proteins/*analysis MH - *Genetic Variation MH - Male OTO - NOTNLM OT - C-banding OT - chromosomal rearrangements OT - fish cytogenetics OT - mitochondrial sequence OT - ribosomal DNA EDAT- 2021/02/05 06:00 MHDA- 2023/02/25 06:00 CRDT- 2021/02/04 12:10 PHST- 2021/02/05 06:00 [pubmed] PHST- 2023/02/25 06:00 [medline] PHST- 2021/02/04 12:10 [entrez] AID - 10.1089/zeb.2020.1966 [doi] PST - ppublish SO - Zebrafish. 2021 Feb;18(1):66-72. doi: 10.1089/zeb.2020.1966. Epub 2021 Feb 3.