Apinae Nannotrigona
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 | Nannotrigona punctata | Altamira, Pará | Brazil | 34.0 | 2k= 12metacentric + 6submetacentric + 16subtelocentric | Giemsa | FISH (ribosomal, microsatellites probes) | Cunha et al. 2021 Cunha et al. 2024 | |||
| Meliponini | Nannotrigona sp. | Porto Seguro, Bahia | Brazil | 34.0 | 2k= 20acrocentric + 14pseudo-acrocentric | C-banding | DAPI/CMA3 | Rocha et al. 2003a | |||
| Meliponini | Nannotrigona sp. | Xapuri, Acre | Brazil | 0.45 | Tavares et al. 2012 | ||||||
| Meliponini | Nannotrigona testaceicornis | Viçosa, Januária, Minas Gerais | Brazil | 17.0 | 34.0 | variable among populations | 0.49-0.53 | C-banding | DAPI/CMA3; FISH (ribosomal, microsatellites, repetitive probes) | Hoshiba and Imai 1993 Rocha et al. 2003a Tavares et al. 2012 Pereira et al. 2020 Cunha et al. 2021 Cunha et al. 2024 |
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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Bibliography
Tavares, M.G., Carvalho, C.R., Soares, F.A.F., Campos, L.A.O. Genome size diversity in stingless bees (Hymenoptera: Apidae, Meliponini). Apidologie, 43 : pp 731-736. 2012. DOI: [10.1007/s13592-012-0145-x https://doi.org/10.1007/s13592-012-0145-x]
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]
Hoshiba, H., Imai, H. Chromosome evolution of bees and wasps (Hymenoptera, Apocrita) on the basis of C-banding pattern analyses. Japanese Journal of Entomology, 61 : pp 465-492. 1993
Cunha, M.S., Soares, F.A.F., Clarindo, W.R., Campos, L.A.O., Lopes, D.M. Robertsonian rearrangements in Neotropical Meliponini karyotype evolution (Hymenoptera: Apidae: Meliponini). Insect Molecular Biology, 30 : pp 379-389. 2021. DOI: [10.1111/imb.12702 https://doi.org/10.1111/imb.12702]
Rocha, M.P., Pompolo, S.G., Campos, L.A.O. Citogenética da tribo Meliponini (Hymenoptera, Apidae). UNESC, Criciúma, : pp 311-320. 2003a
Cunha, M.S., Garcia, M.V.B., Campos, L.A.O., Lopes, D.M. Cytotaxonomy and karyotype evolution in Neotropical Meliponini (Hymenoptera: Apidae) inferred by chromosomal mapping of 18S rDNA and five microsatellites. Journal of Apicultural Research, 63 : pp 208-218. 2024. DOI: [10.1080/00218839.2023.2179228 https://doi.org/10.1080/00218839.2023.2179228]