Apinae Partamona
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 | Partamona ailyae | Nova Xavantina, Juína, Mato Grosso | Brazil | 17 | 34 | 2k= 22metacentric + 12submetacentric | as Partamona aylae | C-banding | DAPI/CMA3; FISH (ribosomal probe) | Brito-Ribon et al. 1999 Goncalves et al. 2020 | |
| Meliponini | Partamona auripennis | Altamira, Redenção, Pará | Brazil | 34 | 2k= 20metacentric + 12submetacentric + 2subtelocentric | C-banding | FISH (ribosomal probe, microsatellite probes) | Novaes et al. 2021a Tavares et al. 2023 | |||
| Meliponini | Partamona chapadicola | Urbano Santos, Maranhão | Brazil | 17 | 34 | 2k= 24metacentric + 10submetacentric | 0.63 | C-banding | DAPI/CMA3; FISH (microsatellite probes, ribosomal probe) | Tavares et al. 2012 Lopes et al. 2020 | |
| Meliponini | Partamona cupira | Guimarânia, Minas Gerais | Brazil | 34 | 2k= 10metacentric + 22submetacentric + 2acrocentric | 1 B chromosome has been described | C-banding | DAPI/CMA3 | Marthe et al. 2010 | ||
| Meliponini | Partamona gregaria | Novo Progresso, Pará | Brazil | 17 | 34 | 2k= 28metacentric + 6submetacentric | C-banding | FISH (ribosomal probe) | Novaes et al. 2021a | ||
| Meliponini | Partamona helleri | Cruz das Almas, Itacaré, Jequié, Cravolândia, Macarani, Bahia; Santa Teresa, Itarana, Governador Lindemberg, Linhares, Espírito Santo; Natividade, Porciúncula, Rio de Janeiro; Araponga, Guaraciaba, Juiz de Fora, Pedra do Anta, Piranga, Porto Firme, Rio Vermelho, São Miguel do Anta, Viçosa, Ponte Nova, Antônio Prado de Minas, Carangola, Cataguases, Marliéria, Jaguaraçú, Minas Gerais; Recife, Ceará | Brazil | 17 | 34 | mostly metacentric or submetacentric | up to 7 B chromosomes have been described | 0.55-0.609 | C-banging, Ag-NOR | DAPI/CMA3; FISH (chromosome painting, ribosomal probe, repetitive and microsatellite probes) | Costa et al. 1992 Brito et al. 1997 Tosta et al. 2004 Brito et al. 2005 Tosta et al. 2007 Martins et al. 2009 Tavares et al. 2012 Martins et al. 2013 Martins et al. 2014 Tosta et al. 2014 Pereira et al. 2020 Lopes et al. 2020 Goncalves et al. 2020 Novaes et al. 2021b Tavares et al. 2023 |
| Meliponini | Partamona mulata | Cuiabá, Mato Grosso | Brazil | 17 | 34 | mostly metacentric or submetacentric | C-banding | DAPI/CMA3 | Brito-Ribon et al. 1999 | ||
| Meliponini | Partamona nhambiquara | Nova Xavantina, Tangará da Serra, Mato Grosso | Brazil | 17 | 34 | 2k= 24metacentric + 10submetacentric | C-banding | DAPI/CMA3; FISH (microsatellite probes, ribosomal probe) | Brito-Ribon et al. 1999 Lopes et al. 2020 | ||
| Meliponini | Partamona peckolti | San Francisco de Las Pampas village, Cotopaxi province | Ecuador | 34 | C-banding | DAPI/CMA3 | Brito et al. 2003 | ||||
| Meliponini | Partamona rustica | Januária, Lontra, Minas Gerais | Brazil | 34 | 2k= 28metacentric + 6submetacentric | 1B chromosome has been described | 0.57-0.59 | Tavares et al. 2012 Tosta et al. 2014 Novaes et al. 2021a Tavares et al. 2023 | |||
| Meliponini | Partamona seridoensis | Sant’Ana do Seridó, Rio Grande do Norte | Brazil | 17 | 34 | mostly metacentric or submetacentric | C-banding | DAPI/CMA3; FISH (ribosomal probe) | Brito et al. 2005 | ||
| Meliponini | Partamona sooretamae | Presidente Tancredo Neves, Uruçuca, Bahia | Brazil | 34 | 2k= 20metacentric + 14submetacentric | DAPI/CMA3; FISH (ribosomal probe) | Goncalves et al. 2020 | ||||
| Meliponini | Partamona vicina | Nova Xavantina, Mato Grosso | Brazil | 17 | 34 | mostly metacentric or submetacentric | C-banding | DAPI/CMA3 | Brito-Ribon et al. 1999 |
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
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