title: Comparative cytogenetics of hamsters of the genus Calomyscus.
abstract: Karyotypes of Calomyscus from different regions of Turkmenistan, Iran, and Azerbaijan were studied using chromosome banding (G- and C-banding) and analyses of meiosis in laboratory hybrids. Extensive variation in the diploid number and the number of autosomal arms (FNa) was revealed (2n = 30, FNa = 44; 2n = 32, FNa = 42; 2n = 44, FNa = 46; 2n = 44, FNa = 58; 2n = 37, FNa = 44; 2n = 50, FNa = 50; 2n = 52, FNa = 56). Centric and tandem fusions and heterochromatin changes were identified as the major modes of karyotype evolution in this group. Natural hybrids between individuals with different karyotypes were recorded, and regular chromosome pairing in meiosis was observed in laboratory hybrids. Fluorescence in situ hybridization with a 353-bp BspRI complex tandem repeat indicated that chromosomal repatterning occurred recently within the genus. There is no unequivocal evidence suggesting the role of chromosomal change in the speciation of the populations of Calomyscus examined.
authors.affiliation: Institute of Cytology and Genetics, Russian Academy of Sciences, Novosibirsk, Russia.
authors.forename: A S
authors.initials: AS
authors.lastname: Graphodatsky
authors.forename: O V
authors.initials: OV
authors.lastname: Sablina
authors.forename: M N
authors.initials: MN
authors.lastname: Meyer
authors.forename: V G
authors.initials: VG
authors.lastname: Malikov
authors.forename: E A
authors.initials: EA
authors.lastname: Isakova
authors.forename: V A
authors.initials: VA
authors.lastname: Trifonov
authors.forename: A V
authors.initials: AV
authors.lastname: Polyakov
authors.forename: T P
authors.initials: TP
authors.lastname: Lushnikova
authors.forename: N V
authors.initials: NV
authors.lastname: Vorobieva
authors.forename: N A
authors.initials: NA
authors.lastname: Serdyukova
authors.forename: P L
authors.initials: PL
authors.lastname: Perelman
authors.forename: P M
authors.initials: PM
authors.lastname: Borodin
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Benda
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Frynta
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Leikepová
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Munclinger
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Piálek
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Sádlová
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Zima
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D001382:Azerbaijan; D001483:Base Sequence; D002871:Chromosome Banding; D006224:Cricetinae / Q000145:classification* / Q000235:genetics*; D015252:Deoxyribonucleases, Type II Site-Specific / Q000378:metabolism; D004171:Diploidy; D005260:Female; D005843:Geography; D006570:Heterochromatin / Q000235:genetics; D006824:Hybridization, Genetic / Q000235:genetics; D017404:In Situ Hybridization, Fluorescence; D007492:Iran; D007621:Karyotyping; D008297:Male; D008854:Microscopy, Electron; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D010802:Phylogeny; D013573:Synaptonemal Complex / Q000235:genetics; D020080:Tandem Repeat Sequences / Q000235:genetics; D014423:Turkmenistan
chemical_list: D006570:Heterochromatin; D015252:Deoxyribonucleases, Type II Site-Specific; C024403:GGCC-specific type II deoxyribonucleases