Affiliation:
1. Cytogenetics Laboratory, Vavilov Institute of General Genetics Russian Academy of Sciences Moscow Russia
2. Laboratory of Population Ecology, A.N. Severtsov Institute of Ecology and Evolution Russian Academy of Sciences Moscow Russia
Abstract
AbstractAmong 36 known chromosomal hybrid zones of the common shrew Sorex araneus, the Moscow–Seliger hybrid zone is of special interest because inter‐racial complex heterozygotes (F1 hybrids) produce the longest meiotic configuration, consisting of 11 chromosomes with monobrachial homology (undecavalent or chain‐of‐eleven: CXI). Different studies suggest that such a multivalent may negatively affect meiotic progression and in general should significantly reduce fertility of hybrids. In this work, by immunocytochemical and electron microscopy methods, we investigated for the first time chromosome synapsis, recombination and meiotic silencing in pachytene spermatocytes of natural inter‐racial heterozygous shrew males carrying CXI configurations. Despite some abnormalities detected in spermatocytes, such as associations of chromosomes, stretched centromeres, and the absence of recombination nodules in some arms of the multivalent, a large number of morphologically normal spermatozoa were observed. Possible low stringency of pachytene checkpoints may mean that even very long meiotic configurations do not cause complete sterility of such complex inter‐racial heterozygotes.
Funder
Russian Science Foundation
Subject
Developmental Biology,Genetics,Animal Science and Zoology,Molecular Medicine,Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics
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