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Tipo: | Artigo |
Título: | DNA content differences between male and female chicken (Gallus gallus domesticus) nuclei and Z and W chromosomes resolved by image cytometry |
Autor(es): | Mendonça, Maria Andréia Corrêa Carvalho, Carlos Roberto Clarindo, Wellington Ronildo |
Abstract: | Chicken red blood cells (CRBCs) are widely used as standards for DNA content determination. Cytogenetic data have shown that the Z sex chromosome is approximately twice as large as the W, so that the DNA content differs to some extent between male (ZZ) and female (ZW) chickens. Despite this fact, male and female CRBCs have been indiscriminately used in absolute genome size determination. Our work was conducted to verify whether the DNA content differences between male and female Gallus gallus domesticus “Leghorn” nuclei and ZZ/ZW chromosomes can be resolved by image cytometry (ICM). Air-dried smears stained by Feulgen reaction were used for nuclei analysis. Chicken metaphase spreads upon Feulgen staining were analyzed for obtaining quantitative information on the Z and W chromosomes. Before each capture session, we conducted quality control of the ICM instrumentation. Our results from nuclear measurements showed that the 2C value is 0.09 pg higher in males than in females. In chromosomes, we found that the Z chromosome shows 200% more DNA content than does the W chromosome. ICM demonstrated resolution power to discriminate low DNA content differences in genomes. We suggest prudence in the general use of CRBC 2C values as standards in comparative cytometric analysis. |
Palavras-chave: | Genome size 2C value CRBC Sex chromosome Nuclear DNA content |
Editor: | Journal of Histochemistry & Cytochemistry |
Tipo de Acesso: | Open Access |
URI: | https://doi.org/10.1369/jhc.2009.954727 http://www.locus.ufv.br/handle/123456789/14023 |
Data do documento: | 16-Out-2009 |
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