Apinae Austroplebeia
Cytogenetic data
| Tribe | Species | Sample local | Country(ies) | Haploid(n) | Diploid(2n) | Karyotype | Notes | Genome size (pg) | Classic cytogenetic data | Molecular cytogenetic data | References |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Meliponini | Austroplebeia australis | Sidney | Australia | 36 | C-banding | FISH (ribosomal probe, repetitive probe, microsatellite probes) | Pereira et al. 2020 Travenzoli et al. 2022 |
Chromosome classification: Levan et al. (1964): metacentric (m), submetacentric (sm), subtelocentric (st), or acrocentric (a). Imai (1991): metacentric (M) or acrocentric (A), with a variety of forms depending on the position of the heterochromatin on the karyotype.
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Histogram
Bibliography
Pereira, J.A., Salomão, T.M.F., Lopes, D.M. Different repetitive DNA sequences make up heterochromatin in Meliponini. Apidologie, 51 : pp 855-860. 2020. DOI: [10.1007/s13592-020-00766-1 https://doi.org/10.1007/s13592-020-00766-1]
Travenzoli, N.M., Cunha, M.S., Teixeira, L.V., Brito, R.M., Oldroyd, B., Campos, L.A.O., Lopes, D.M. Cytogenetic characterization of Austroplebeia australis: evolutionary hints from a stingless bee outside the Neotropical region. Apidologie, 53 : pp 64. 2022. DOI: [10.1007/s13592-022-00969-8 https://doi.org/10.1007/s13592-022-00969-8]