title: Meiosis, spermatogenesis and nucleolar behavior in the seminiferous tubules of Alydidae, Coreidae and Rhopalidae (Heteroptera) species.
abstract: We studied the karyotype, spermatogenesis and nucleolar activity at spermatogenesis in five species of Heteropera: Hyalymenus sp and Neomegalotomus pallescens, Alydidae; Catorhintha guttula and Hypselonotus fulvus, Coreidae; and Niesthrea sidae, Rhopalidae. They showed a red (Alydidae) or orange (Coreidae and Rhopalidae) membrane covering the testes, which consisted of seven testicular lobes, except in N. pallescens, which had only five. All the species had m-chromosomes, an X0 sex chromosome system and 10 (Hyalymenus sp, N. pallescens, and N. sidae), 16 (H. fulvus) or 22 (C. guttula) autosomes. Similar to the other species described to date, all these species showed holocentric chromosomes, interstitial chiasmata in most autosomes, and autosomes dividing reductionally in the first meiotic division and equationally in the second, while sex chromosomes, divided equationally and reductionally in the first and second meiotic divisions, respectively. In addition, we observed that the sex chromosome is heteropycnotic at prophase and that heteropycnotic chromosomal material is found in the nuclei at spermatogenesis; variation in size, shape and location of the nucleolar material occurs during spermatogenesis, denoting a variable degree of activity in the different stages.
authors: Departamento de Biologia, Laboratório de Citogenética e Molecular de Insetos, Instituto de Biociências, Letras e Ciências Exatas, Universidade Estadual Paulista Júlio de Mesquita Filho, São José do Rio Preto, SP, Brasil.
authors: H V
authors: HV
authors: Souza
authors: F B
authors: FB
authors: Souza
authors: S R C
authors: SR
authors: Maruyama
authors: M M U
authors: MM
authors: Castanhole
authors: M M
authors: MM
authors: Itoyama
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D002466:Cell Nucleolus / Q000502:physiology*; D020062:Heteroptera / Q000235:genetics / Q000502:physiology*; D008297:Male; D008540:Meiosis; D012671:Seminiferous Tubules / Q000502:physiology*; D012730:Sex Chromosomes; D013091:Spermatogenesis