Mapping chromosomal homology between humans and the black-handed spider monkey by fluorescence in situ hybridization

We hybridized human chromosome-specific DNA probes to metaphases of the New World monkey Ateles geoffroyi to map the chromosomal homology between these two species. In the haploid Ateles geoffroyi karyotype the total number of signals was 51 for the 22 human autosomal probes used. Compared with Old...

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Published in:Chromosome research 1997-12, Vol.5 (8), p.527-536
Main Authors: Morescalchi, M A, Schempp, W, Consigliere, S, Bigoni, F, Wienberg, J, Stanyon, R
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Animals
Cebidae - genetics
Chromosome Mapping - methods
Chromosomes
Diploidy
DNA Probes
Down syndrome
Evolution, Molecular
Humans
In Situ Hybridization, Fluorescence - methods
Karyotyping
Male
Phylogeny
Sequence Homology, Nucleic Acid
Translocation, Genetic - genetics
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Summary:We hybridized human chromosome-specific DNA probes to metaphases of the New World monkey Ateles geoffroyi to map the chromosomal homology between these two species. In the haploid Ateles geoffroyi karyotype the total number of signals was 51 for the 22 human autosomal probes used. Compared with Old World monkeys, the number of translocations found in the black-handed spider monkey karyotype was quite striking. The majority of these translocations are apparently Robertsonian and no reciprocal translocations were revealed. Nine autosomal human chromosome probes (11, 13, 14, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22) provided only two signals each per metaphase, but six of these were translocated to subregions of different spider monkey chromosomes. The other 13 autosomal human chromosome paints (1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 12, 15, 16) provided fragmented signals. Three human probes (5, 8, 10) provided signals located on two pairs of spider monkey chromosomes. Four human paints (2, 3, 4, 12) provided hybridization signals on three pairs of chromosomes. Probes 6, 7, 15 provided six signals each on two pairs of chromosomes; probe 16 gave eight signals on two pairs of spider monkey chromosomes and probe 1 gave 12 signals on four pairs of chromosomes. The synteny between segments to human 18/8 appears to be an apomorphic ancestral condition for all New World monkeys. A synteny between regions homologous to human 16/10, 5/7 and 2/16 HSA is probably an apomorphic ancestral condition for all Cebidae. The syntenic association 3/15 and 4/1 is an apomorphic condition for the Atelinae.
ISSN:0967-3849
1573-6849
DOI:10.1023/A:1018489602312