Evolution of the karyotype and sex chromosome systems in basal clades of araneomorph spiders (Araneae: Araneomorphae).
Concepts of spider karyotype evolution are based mostly on advanced and most diversified clade, the entelegyne lineage of araneomorph spiders. Hence the typical spider karyotype is supposed to consist exclusively of acrocentric chromosomes including the multiple X chromosomes. However, our data show considerable diversity of chromosome morphology and sex chromosome systems in basal clades of araneomorphs. Karyotypes of basal araneomorphs consist of holocentric (superfamily Dysderoidea) or normal chromosomes with localized centromere. In males of basal araneomorphs the prophase of first meiotic division includes a long diffuse stage. Multiple X chromosomes are less common in basal clades. The sex chromosome system of many families includes a Y chromosome or nucleolus organizer region that occurs rarely in the entelegyne spiders. A derived X(1)X(2)Y system with an achiasmatic sex-chromosome pairing during meiosis was found in the families Drymusidae, Hypochilidae, Filistatidae, Sicariidae, and Pholcidae. This suggests a monophyletic origin of the families. In some lineages the X(1)X(2)Y system converted into an X0 system, as found in some pholcids, or into an XY system, which is typical for the family Diguetidae. The remarkable karyotype and sex chromosome system diversity allows us to distinguish four evolutionary lineages of basal araneomorphs and hypothesize about the ancestral karyotype of araneomorphs.
Král
Jirí
J
Laboratory of Arachnid Cytogenetics, Department of Genetics and Microbiology, Faculty of Sciences, Charles University in Prague, Vinicná 5, CZ-128 44, Prague 2, Czech Republic. spider@natur.cuni.cz
Musilová
Jana
J
St'áhlavský
Frantisek
F
Rezác
Milan
M
Akan
Zübeyde
Z
Edwards
Robert L
RL
Coyle
Frederick A
FA
Almerje
Carles Ribera
CR
D000818:Animals; D005075:Biological Evolution; D002875:Chromosomes / Q000235:genetics* / Q000648:ultrastructure; D005260:Female; D007621:Karyotyping; D008297:Male; D008540:Meiosis; D008677:Metaphase; D012730:Sex Chromosomes / Q000235:genetics* / Q000648:ultrastructure; D013112:Spiders / Q000235:genetics*