Análise citogenética e molecular em espécies da Subfamília Alticinae (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae)

Abstract

The Alticinae subfamily is considered modern with wide variation of the diploid number and sex determination system. Considering the Systenini tribe only 6 species were cytogenetically analyzed and these species exhibit wide variation in the chromosome number and the system of sex determination. Oedionychina, on the other hand, present species with diploid number and sex determination system conserved of 2n=22=20+X+y, with extremely large and asynaptic sex chromosomes. The analysis of Nucleolus Organizer Regions (NORs) has been attempted mainly by impregnation of the Ag-NOR, and a few species of Alticinae have been examined by using Fluorescent in situ Hybridization to date. The mapping of 5S ribosomal gene was analyzed only in Scarabaeidae species. In relation to the 45S cistron only three species of Alticinae have been described. The aim of the present study was characterize cytogenetically 6 species of Alticinae (Omophoita octoguttata, Omophoita personata, Omophoita magniguttis, Alagoasa coccinelloide, Alagoasa florigera e Systena tenuis), in order to determine the karyotype differentiation and the strategies of chromosome differentiation to understand the evolutionary relation among the species. The cytogenetic analysis of A. coccinelloide, A. florigera and S. tenuis are in accordance with the literature data. The diploid number of the Alagoasa species is 2n=22=20+X+y with large sex chromosomes, which are asynaptic although have regular segregation in anaphase I. Systena tenuis presented the diploid number of 2n=32=15II+neoXY. The fluorocrome analysis in S. tenuis showed the presence of pericentromeric region rich in AT repetitions. The Genome In situ Hybridization confirmed the system of sex determination of the type neoXY. Performing FISH with 18S and 5S probe revealed the presence of one autosomal pair carrier the ribosomal genes in O. octoguttata, O. personata and A. coccinelloide. Derivations on karyotype showing two or three pairs of chromosomes carrying of the ribosomal genes have been observed in O. magniguttis and A. florigera, respectively. The double FISH showed that genes are colocalized in the five species. S. tenuis showed multiple sites of these genes, and the double FISH showed the genes are in separate chromosomes or colocalized. The extended fiber FISH showed that in all cases the genes are interspersed arranged.