The role of dispersal of repetitive DNAs in the diversification of bristlenose plecos (Loricariidae, Hypostominae, Ancistrus) from South Atlantic Coastal drainages

Abstract Sea-level changes during the Pleistocene and the geomorphological history have largely molded the intricate shaping of coastal drainages in Eastern South America. Therefore, freshwater fishes from this region are promising models to infer how riverine isolation and reconnections affected th...

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Main Authors: FABIO H. TAKAGUI, LUÍS P. SANTANA, MARCELEIA RUBERT, PATRIK VIANA, PAULO ROBERTO A.M AFFONSO, LUCIA GIULIANO-CAETANO
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author FABIO H. TAKAGUI
LUÍS P. SANTANA
MARCELEIA RUBERT
PATRIK VIANA
PAULO ROBERTO A.M AFFONSO
LUCIA GIULIANO-CAETANO
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LUÍS P. SANTANA
MARCELEIA RUBERT
PATRIK VIANA
PAULO ROBERTO A.M AFFONSO
LUCIA GIULIANO-CAETANO
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description Abstract Sea-level changes during the Pleistocene and the geomorphological history have largely molded the intricate shaping of coastal drainages in Eastern South America. Therefore, freshwater fishes from this region are promising models to infer how riverine isolation and reconnections affected their genetic diversification and geographic distribution. In the present study, we provided a detailed cytogenomic analysis of Ancistrus multispinis and Ancistrus brevipinnis, including the physical mapping of repetitive DNA classes, to verify whether chromosome differentiation would be related to the split between two major watersheds in Southern Brazil. Both species of Ancistrus shared the same modal diploid number (2n=52) and karyotype formulae (14 metacentric, 8 submetacentric and 30 subtelo/acrocentric chromosomes), besides single and terminal 18S ribosomal cistrons, (CGG)10 microsatellite sequences interspersed with heterochromatin in nucleolar organizer regions and a dispersed content of (AC)15 and (GT)15 microsatellites. In turn, the patterns of heterochromatin distribution, number of (GAG)10 microsatellites and 5S rDNA clusters diverged between both taxa. Most likely, these microstructural differences were determined by independent evolutionary processes, strongly associated to the geographic isolation between watersheds. Furthermore, the mapping of repetitive DNAs revealed a dynamic reorganization of genomes of Ancistrus, being useful for the taxonomic disambiguation in this complex group of Neotropical fish.
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spelling doaj-art-d5bfebfb0e83413cba949b3b2ea0d5202025-08-20T03:17:03ZengAcademia Brasileira de CiênciasAnais da Academia Brasileira de Ciências1678-26902025-03-0197110.1590/0001-3765202520240901The role of dispersal of repetitive DNAs in the diversification of bristlenose plecos (Loricariidae, Hypostominae, Ancistrus) from South Atlantic Coastal drainagesFABIO H. TAKAGUIhttps://orcid.org/0000-0002-1786-3174LUÍS P. SANTANAhttps://orcid.org/0000-0002-0369-4453MARCELEIA RUBERThttps://orcid.org/0000-0002-2832-5929PATRIK VIANAhttps://orcid.org/0000-0002-8172-0725PAULO ROBERTO A.M AFFONSOhttps://orcid.org/0000-0001-5673-8010LUCIA GIULIANO-CAETANOhttps://orcid.org/0000-0002-8676-2852Abstract Sea-level changes during the Pleistocene and the geomorphological history have largely molded the intricate shaping of coastal drainages in Eastern South America. Therefore, freshwater fishes from this region are promising models to infer how riverine isolation and reconnections affected their genetic diversification and geographic distribution. In the present study, we provided a detailed cytogenomic analysis of Ancistrus multispinis and Ancistrus brevipinnis, including the physical mapping of repetitive DNA classes, to verify whether chromosome differentiation would be related to the split between two major watersheds in Southern Brazil. Both species of Ancistrus shared the same modal diploid number (2n=52) and karyotype formulae (14 metacentric, 8 submetacentric and 30 subtelo/acrocentric chromosomes), besides single and terminal 18S ribosomal cistrons, (CGG)10 microsatellite sequences interspersed with heterochromatin in nucleolar organizer regions and a dispersed content of (AC)15 and (GT)15 microsatellites. In turn, the patterns of heterochromatin distribution, number of (GAG)10 microsatellites and 5S rDNA clusters diverged between both taxa. Most likely, these microstructural differences were determined by independent evolutionary processes, strongly associated to the geographic isolation between watersheds. Furthermore, the mapping of repetitive DNAs revealed a dynamic reorganization of genomes of Ancistrus, being useful for the taxonomic disambiguation in this complex group of Neotropical fish.http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0001-37652025000100801&lng=en&tlng=enBiogeographycytotaxonomyendemicityheterochromatinmicrosatellitesrDNA
spellingShingle FABIO H. TAKAGUI
LUÍS P. SANTANA
MARCELEIA RUBERT
PATRIK VIANA
PAULO ROBERTO A.M AFFONSO
LUCIA GIULIANO-CAETANO
The role of dispersal of repetitive DNAs in the diversification of bristlenose plecos (Loricariidae, Hypostominae, Ancistrus) from South Atlantic Coastal drainages
Anais da Academia Brasileira de Ciências
Biogeography
cytotaxonomy
endemicity
heterochromatin
microsatellites
rDNA
title The role of dispersal of repetitive DNAs in the diversification of bristlenose plecos (Loricariidae, Hypostominae, Ancistrus) from South Atlantic Coastal drainages
title_full The role of dispersal of repetitive DNAs in the diversification of bristlenose plecos (Loricariidae, Hypostominae, Ancistrus) from South Atlantic Coastal drainages
title_fullStr The role of dispersal of repetitive DNAs in the diversification of bristlenose plecos (Loricariidae, Hypostominae, Ancistrus) from South Atlantic Coastal drainages
title_full_unstemmed The role of dispersal of repetitive DNAs in the diversification of bristlenose plecos (Loricariidae, Hypostominae, Ancistrus) from South Atlantic Coastal drainages
title_short The role of dispersal of repetitive DNAs in the diversification of bristlenose plecos (Loricariidae, Hypostominae, Ancistrus) from South Atlantic Coastal drainages
title_sort role of dispersal of repetitive dnas in the diversification of bristlenose plecos loricariidae hypostominae ancistrus from south atlantic coastal drainages
topic Biogeography
cytotaxonomy
endemicity
heterochromatin
microsatellites
rDNA
url http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0001-37652025000100801&lng=en&tlng=en
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