Author:
Cerro A. L. del,Santos J. L.
Abstract
Eight different sized supernumerary segments located at distal ends of the long arms of chromosomes M4, M5, M6, and S8 of the grasshopper Stenobothrus festivus were studied in males with regard to the synaptic process and chiasma distribution in the bivalents that carry them. The M4, M5, and M6 bivalents heterozygous for extra segments were always monochiasmate, in contrast to their bichiasmate condition observed in basic homozygotes. Furthermore, the presence of any of these extra segments led to chiasma redistribution in the carrier bivalents, so that such chiasmata were formed preferentially further away from the extra segment. The intensity of this effect is dependent on the size of the segment. Not all heteromorphic bivalents exhibited synaptonemal complexes with equalized axes at pachytene, but there was always a variable proportion of heterosynapsis around the distal ends of the long arms that was dependent on both the size of the segment and the size of the carrier chromosome. It is proposed that the absence of chiasmata in nonhomologous synapsed regions is responsible for the results obtained. Length measurements of the different extra segments and their carrier chromosomes between pachytene and diplotene indicated that synaptonemal complex is underrepresented in supernumerary heterochromatin.Key words: chiasma distribution, grasshopper, heterosynapsis, supernumerary segment, synaptonemal complex.
Publisher
Canadian Science Publishing
Subject
Genetics,Molecular Biology,General Medicine,Biotechnology
Cited by
6 articles.
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