Karyotype description of Cephalotrigona femorata Smith (Hymenoptera: Apidae) and the C-banding pattern as a specific marker for Cephalotrigona

Cephalotrigona femorata (Smith, 1854) was submitted to cytogenetic techniques to study and describe its karyotype. Conventional staining allowed the counting (2n=34) and observation of chromosome morphology. The amount and distribution of heterochromatin in this species was different from Cephalotri...

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Main Authors: Rodrigo Vieira Miranda, Anderson Fernandes, Denilce Meneses Lopes
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Published: Universidade Estadual de Feira de Santana 2013-03-01
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Online Access:https://www.periodicos.uefs.br/index.php/sociobiology/article/view/17
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description Cephalotrigona femorata (Smith, 1854) was submitted to cytogenetic techniques to study and describe its karyotype. Conventional staining allowed the counting (2n=34) and observation of chromosome morphology. The amount and distribution of heterochromatin in this species was different from Cephalotrigona capitata (Smith, 1854), another species of the genus already analyzed. Our results indicate that heterochromatin a potential marker for the genus, at least for the species found in Brazil. This region was marked by DAPI, revealing a high content of A:T. The CMA3 marked two pairs, and it seems to be  polymorphic in one pair.
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spelling doaj-art-dcdd3ef234f8411baf9cc87e4b19c03d2025-08-20T03:26:15ZengUniversidade Estadual de Feira de SantanaSociobiology0361-65252447-80672013-03-01601Karyotype description of Cephalotrigona femorata Smith (Hymenoptera: Apidae) and the C-banding pattern as a specific marker for CephalotrigonaRodrigo Vieira Miranda0Anderson Fernandes1Denilce Meneses Lopes2Universidade Federal de ViçosaUniversidade do Estado de Mato GrossoUniversidade Federal de ViçosaCephalotrigona femorata (Smith, 1854) was submitted to cytogenetic techniques to study and describe its karyotype. Conventional staining allowed the counting (2n=34) and observation of chromosome morphology. The amount and distribution of heterochromatin in this species was different from Cephalotrigona capitata (Smith, 1854), another species of the genus already analyzed. Our results indicate that heterochromatin a potential marker for the genus, at least for the species found in Brazil. This region was marked by DAPI, revealing a high content of A:T. The CMA3 marked two pairs, and it seems to be  polymorphic in one pair.https://www.periodicos.uefs.br/index.php/sociobiology/article/view/17Hymenopterastingless beescytogeneticsheterochromatin
spellingShingle Rodrigo Vieira Miranda
Anderson Fernandes
Denilce Meneses Lopes
Karyotype description of Cephalotrigona femorata Smith (Hymenoptera: Apidae) and the C-banding pattern as a specific marker for Cephalotrigona
Sociobiology
Hymenoptera
stingless bees
cytogenetics
heterochromatin
title Karyotype description of Cephalotrigona femorata Smith (Hymenoptera: Apidae) and the C-banding pattern as a specific marker for Cephalotrigona
title_full Karyotype description of Cephalotrigona femorata Smith (Hymenoptera: Apidae) and the C-banding pattern as a specific marker for Cephalotrigona
title_fullStr Karyotype description of Cephalotrigona femorata Smith (Hymenoptera: Apidae) and the C-banding pattern as a specific marker for Cephalotrigona
title_full_unstemmed Karyotype description of Cephalotrigona femorata Smith (Hymenoptera: Apidae) and the C-banding pattern as a specific marker for Cephalotrigona
title_short Karyotype description of Cephalotrigona femorata Smith (Hymenoptera: Apidae) and the C-banding pattern as a specific marker for Cephalotrigona
title_sort karyotype description of cephalotrigona femorata smith hymenoptera apidae and the c banding pattern as a specific marker for cephalotrigona
topic Hymenoptera
stingless bees
cytogenetics
heterochromatin
url https://www.periodicos.uefs.br/index.php/sociobiology/article/view/17
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