Inversion polymorphisms in Trimerotropis pallidipennis (Orthoptera): Clinal variation along an altitudinal gradient

Six populations of Trimerotropis pallidipennis located along an altitudinal gradient in the Antinaco-Los Coiorados valley (La Rioja, Argentina), were cytoiogicaliy analysed. The male karyotype consists of 23 chromosomes (22 + XO) with three long pairs submetacentric, the X-chromosome metacentric and...

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Autores principales: Confalonieri, Viviana Andrea, Colombo, Pablo Cesar
Publicado: 1989
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spelling paper:paper_0018067X_v62_n1_p107_Confalonieri2023-06-08T14:39:19Z Inversion polymorphisms in Trimerotropis pallidipennis (Orthoptera): Clinal variation along an altitudinal gradient Confalonieri, Viviana Andrea Colombo, Pablo Cesar altitude animal article chromosome chromosome inversion climate genetic polymorphism genetic variability genetics karyotyping male metaphase Orthoptera ultrastructure Altitude Animals Chromosomes Climate Inversion, Chromosome Karyotyping Male Metaphase Orthoptera Polymorphism, Genetic Variation (Genetics) Six populations of Trimerotropis pallidipennis located along an altitudinal gradient in the Antinaco-Los Coiorados valley (La Rioja, Argentina), were cytoiogicaliy analysed. The male karyotype consists of 23 chromosomes (22 + XO) with three long pairs submetacentric, the X-chromosome metacentric and the remaining ones basically acrocentric. Populations from La Rioja were polymorphic for seven pericentric inversions. Correlations between chromosome frequencies and altitude were statistically tested. In most cases, variables were either positively or negatively related in a significant fashion. As a consequence, mean populational heterozygosis (measured as the mean number of heteromorphic bivalents per individual per population) was also positively correlated with altitude. These results suggest that altitude (or other correlated environmental variable) may exert a differential selective pressure on coadapted gene blocks in the mutually inverted sequences. The possible relation of these results with the central-marginal model is discussed. © 1989, The Genetical Society of Great Britain. Fil:Confalonieri, V.A. Universidad de Buenos Aires. Facultad de Ciencias Exactas y Naturales; Argentina. Fil:Colombo, P.C. Universidad de Buenos Aires. Facultad de Ciencias Exactas y Naturales; Argentina. 1989 https://bibliotecadigital.exactas.uba.ar/collection/paper/document/paper_0018067X_v62_n1_p107_Confalonieri http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12110/paper_0018067X_v62_n1_p107_Confalonieri
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topic altitude
animal
article
chromosome
chromosome inversion
climate
genetic polymorphism
genetic variability
genetics
karyotyping
male
metaphase
Orthoptera
ultrastructure
Altitude
Animals
Chromosomes
Climate
Inversion, Chromosome
Karyotyping
Male
Metaphase
Orthoptera
Polymorphism, Genetic
Variation (Genetics)
spellingShingle altitude
animal
article
chromosome
chromosome inversion
climate
genetic polymorphism
genetic variability
genetics
karyotyping
male
metaphase
Orthoptera
ultrastructure
Altitude
Animals
Chromosomes
Climate
Inversion, Chromosome
Karyotyping
Male
Metaphase
Orthoptera
Polymorphism, Genetic
Variation (Genetics)
Confalonieri, Viviana Andrea
Colombo, Pablo Cesar
Inversion polymorphisms in Trimerotropis pallidipennis (Orthoptera): Clinal variation along an altitudinal gradient
topic_facet altitude
animal
article
chromosome
chromosome inversion
climate
genetic polymorphism
genetic variability
genetics
karyotyping
male
metaphase
Orthoptera
ultrastructure
Altitude
Animals
Chromosomes
Climate
Inversion, Chromosome
Karyotyping
Male
Metaphase
Orthoptera
Polymorphism, Genetic
Variation (Genetics)
description Six populations of Trimerotropis pallidipennis located along an altitudinal gradient in the Antinaco-Los Coiorados valley (La Rioja, Argentina), were cytoiogicaliy analysed. The male karyotype consists of 23 chromosomes (22 + XO) with three long pairs submetacentric, the X-chromosome metacentric and the remaining ones basically acrocentric. Populations from La Rioja were polymorphic for seven pericentric inversions. Correlations between chromosome frequencies and altitude were statistically tested. In most cases, variables were either positively or negatively related in a significant fashion. As a consequence, mean populational heterozygosis (measured as the mean number of heteromorphic bivalents per individual per population) was also positively correlated with altitude. These results suggest that altitude (or other correlated environmental variable) may exert a differential selective pressure on coadapted gene blocks in the mutually inverted sequences. The possible relation of these results with the central-marginal model is discussed. © 1989, The Genetical Society of Great Britain.
author Confalonieri, Viviana Andrea
Colombo, Pablo Cesar
author_facet Confalonieri, Viviana Andrea
Colombo, Pablo Cesar
author_sort Confalonieri, Viviana Andrea
title Inversion polymorphisms in Trimerotropis pallidipennis (Orthoptera): Clinal variation along an altitudinal gradient
title_short Inversion polymorphisms in Trimerotropis pallidipennis (Orthoptera): Clinal variation along an altitudinal gradient
title_full Inversion polymorphisms in Trimerotropis pallidipennis (Orthoptera): Clinal variation along an altitudinal gradient
title_fullStr Inversion polymorphisms in Trimerotropis pallidipennis (Orthoptera): Clinal variation along an altitudinal gradient
title_full_unstemmed Inversion polymorphisms in Trimerotropis pallidipennis (Orthoptera): Clinal variation along an altitudinal gradient
title_sort inversion polymorphisms in trimerotropis pallidipennis (orthoptera): clinal variation along an altitudinal gradient
publishDate 1989
url https://bibliotecadigital.exactas.uba.ar/collection/paper/document/paper_0018067X_v62_n1_p107_Confalonieri
http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12110/paper_0018067X_v62_n1_p107_Confalonieri
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