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| RRC ID | 58989 |
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| Author | Traut W, Schubert V, Daliková M, Marec F, Sahara K. |
| Title | Activity and inactivity of moth sex chromosomes in somatic and meiotic cells. |
| Journal | Chromosoma |
| Abstract |
Moths and butterflies (Lepidoptera) are the most species-rich group of animals with female heterogamety, females mostly having a WZ, males a ZZ sex chromosome constitution. We studied chromatin conformation, activity, and inactivity of the sex chromosomes in the flour moth Ephestia kuehniella and the silkworm Bombyx mori, using immunostaining with anti-H3K9me2/3, anti-RNA polymerase II, and fluoro-uridine (FU) labelling of nascent transcripts, with conventional widefield fluorescence microscopy and 'spatial structured illumination microscopy' (3D-SIM). The Z chromosome is euchromatic in somatic cells and throughout meiosis. It is transcriptionally active in somatic cells and in the postpachaytene stage of meiosis. The W chromosome in contrast is heterochromatic in somatic cells as well as in meiotic cells at pachytene, but euchromatic and transcriptionally active like all other chromosomes at postpachytene. As the W chromosomes are apparently devoid of protein-coding genes, their transcripts must be non-coding. We found no indication of 'meiotic sex chromosome inactivation' (MSCI) in the two species. |
| Volume | 128(4) |
| Pages | 533-545 |
| Published | 2019-12-1 |
| DOI | 10.1007/s00412-019-00722-8 |
| PII | 10.1007/s00412-019-00722-8 |
| PMID | 31410566 |
| MeSH | Animals Bombyx / genetics Bombyx / metabolism Chromatin / metabolism* Chromosomes, Insect / metabolism Meiosis Moths / genetics* Moths / metabolism Sex Chromosomes / metabolism* |
| IF | 3.442 |
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| Total number of mentions | 10 |
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| Silkworms | p50 |