Apinae Trigona
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 | Trigona branneri | Cuiabá, Mato Grosso | Brazil | 17 | 34 | 2k= 16acrocentric + 16pseudo-acrocentric + 2metacentric | C-banding | CMA3 | Costa et al. 2004 | ||
| Meliponini | Trigona braueri | Pedra Branca, Bahia | Brazil | 32 | 2k= 2metacentric + 4acrocentric + 26pseudo-acrocentric | as Trigona fulviventris | C-banding | DAPI/CMA3 | Domingues et al. 2005 | ||
| Meliponini | Trigona chanchamayoensis | Cuiabá, Tangará da Serra, Mato Grosso | Brazil | 17 | 34 | 2k= 20acrocentric + 12pseudo-acrocentric + 2metacentric | C-banding | CMA3 | Costa et al. 2004 Fernandes et al. 2013b | ||
| Meliponini | Trigona fuscipennis | Florestal, Minas Gerais | Brazil | 34 | 2k= 26metacentric + 6submetacentric + 2subtelocentric | as Trigona aff. fuscipennis | C-banding | FISH (ribosomal probe, microsatellite probe, repetitive probe) | Teixeira et al. 2023 Pereira et al. 2023 | ||
| Meliponini | Trigona hyalinata | Cuiabá, Mato Grosso; Viçosa, Minas Gerais | Brazil | 17 | 34 | 2k= 6acrocentric + 28pseudo-acrocentric; 2k= 26metacentric + 8submetacentric | 0.53 | C-banding | FISH (ribosomal probe, microsatellite probe, repetitive probe) | Costa et al. 2004 Cunha et al. 2021 Cunha et al. 2023a Teixeira et al. 2023 | |
| Meliponini | Trigona hypogea | Altamira, Pará | Brazil | 34 | 2k= 24metacentric + 8submetacentric + 2subtelocentric | C-banding | FISH (ribosomal probe, microsatellite probe) | Teixeira et al. 2023 | |||
| Meliponini | Trigona pallens | Urbano Santos, Maranhão; Altamira, Pará | Brazil | 34 | 2k= 26metacentric + 6submetacentric + 2subtelocentric | 0.81 | C-banding | FISH (ribosomal probe, microsatellite probe, repetitive probe) | Tavares et al. 2012 Teixeira et al. 2023 Pereira et al. 2023 | ||
| Meliponini | Trigona recursa | Luislândia, Januária, Minas Gerais; Cuiabá, Mato Grosso | Brazil | 17 | 34 | variable among populations | C-banding | CMA3; FISH (ribosomal probe, microsatellite probe, repetitive probe) | Rocha et al. 2003a Costa et al. 2004 Cunha et al. 2021 Cunha et al. 2023a Pereira et al. 2023 | ||
| Meliponini | Trigona sp. | Cônego Marinho, Minas Gerais | Brazil | 17 | k= 2acrocentric + 15pseudo-acrocentric | as Trigona cfr. fuscipennis | C-banding | Rocha et al. 2003a | |||
| Meliponini | Trigona sp. | Urbano Santos, Maranhão | Brazil | as Trigona fulviventris | 0.70 | Tavares et al. 2012 | |||||
| Meliponini | Trigona spinipes | Bandeira, Januária, Janaúba, Bocaiúva, Mutum, Raul Soares, Florestal, Viçosa, Minas Gerais; Ribeirão Preto, São Paulo; Palotina, Paraná; Coaraci, Bahia; Milagres, Ceará | Brazil | 17 | 34 | variable among populations | 0.42-0.44 | C-banding | DAPI/CMA3; FISH (ribosomal probe, microsatellite probe, repetitive probe) | Rocha et al. 2003a Tavares et al. 2012 Barboza and Costa 2021 Tavares et al. 2021 Pereira et al. 2023 | |
| Meliponini | Trigona truculenta | Altamira, Pará | Brazil | 34 | 2k= 18metacentric + 14submetacentric + 2subtelocentric | C-banding | FISH (ribosomal probe, microsatellite probe) | Teixeira et al. 2023 | |||
| Meliponini | Trigona williana | Altamira, Pará | Brazil | 34 | 2k= 26metacentric + 6submetacentric + 2subtelocentric | C-banding | FISH (ribosomal probe, microsatellite probe, repetitive probe) | Teixeira et al. 2023 Pereira et al. 2023 |
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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