Dynamic karyotype evolution and unique sex determination systems in Leptidea wood white butterflies
[Background] Chromosomal rearrangements have the potential to limit the rate and pattern of gene flow within and between species and thus play a direct role in promoting and maintaining speciation. Wood white butterflies of the genus Leptidea are excellent models to study the role of chromosome rearrangements in speciation because they show karyotype variability not only among but also within species. In this work, we investigated genome architecture of three cryptic Leptidea species (L. juvernica, L. sinapis and L. reali) by standard and molecular cytogenetic techniques in order to reveal causes of the karyotype variability.
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| Format: | artículo biblioteca |
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BioMed Central
2015-05-19
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| Subjects: | Lepidoptera, Wood white butterflies, Karyotype variability, Fluorescence in situ hybridization Chromosome fusion and fission, Multiple sex chromosomes, Speciation, |
| Online Access: | http://hdl.handle.net/10261/125559 http://dx.doi.org/10.13039/501100003329 http://dx.doi.org/10.13039/501100000780 http://dx.doi.org/10.13039/501100004240 |
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