The chromosomal complement of the artedidraconid fish Histiodraco velifer (Perciformes: Notothenioidei) from Terra Nova Bay, Ross Sea.
The karyotype of Histiodraco velifer from the Antartic Ocean was analyzed using various banding methods and in situ hybridization with a telomeric probe. A male and a female had a diploid set of 46 chromosomes (6 submetacentric + 40 acrocentric, FN = 52); the nucleolar organizer was CMA3-positive and was located on the short arm of a medium-sized submetacentric pair. All chromosomes stained uniformly with DAPI, whereas C-banding revealed heterochromatic blocks that were mostly located centromerically and telomerically and were resistant to ALUI digestion. The substantial identity of the karyotype of H. velifer with that of the other artedidraconids investigated so far suggests that chromosome changes must have played a less than significant role in the speciation among the lineages of this fish family endemic to Antarctica.
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Istituto di Biologia e Genetica, Università Politecnica delle Marche, Ancona, Italy. vcaputo@unian.it
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D000818:Animals; D000864:Antarctic Regions; D002875:Chromosomes / Q000235:genetics*; D005260:Female; D017404:In Situ Hybridization, Fluorescence; D007621:Karyotyping; D008297:Male; D010473:Perciformes / Q000235:genetics*; D012623:Seawater