Evolution and biology of supernumerary B chromosomes

A Houben, AM Banaei-Moghaddam, S Klemme… - Cellular and Molecular …, 2014 - Springer
B chromosomes (Bs) are dispensable components of the genome exhibiting non-Mendelian
inheritance and have been widely reported on over several thousand eukaryotes, but still …

The modern view of B chromosomes under the impact of high scale omics analyses

SF Ahmad, C Martins - Cells, 2019 - mdpi.com
Supernumerary B chromosomes (Bs) are extra karyotype units in addition to A
chromosomes, and are found in some fungi and thousands of animals and plant species. Bs …

B chromosomes have a functional effect on female sex determination in Lake Victoria cichlid fishes

K Yoshida, Y Terai, S Mizoiri, M Aibara… - PLoS …, 2011 - journals.plos.org
The endemic cichlid fishes in Lake Victoria are a model system for speciation through
adaptive radiation. Although the evolution of the sex-determination system may also play a …

Chromosomal Map** of Repetitive DNAs in the Grasshopper Abracris flavolineata Reveal Possible Ancestry of the B Chromosome and H3 Histone Spreading

D Bueno, OM Palacios-Gimenez, DC Cabral-de-Mello - Plos one, 2013 - journals.plos.org
Supernumerary chromosomes (B chromosomes) occur in approximately 15% of eukaryote
species. Although these chromosomes have been extensively studied, knowledge …

Delimiting the Origin of a B Chromosome by FISH Map**, Chromosome Painting and DNA Sequence Analysis in Astyanax paranae (Teleostei, Characiformes)

DMZA Silva, JC Pansonato-Alves, R Utsunomia… - PloS one, 2014 - journals.plos.org
Supernumerary (B) chromosomes have been shown to contain a wide variety of repetitive
sequences. For this reason, fluorescent in situ hybridisation (FISH) is a useful tool for …

Genes on B chromosomes: old questions revisited with new tools

AM Banaei-Moghaddam, MM Martis, J Macas… - … et Biophysica Acta (BBA …, 2015 - Elsevier
Background B chromosomes are supernumerary dispensable parts of the karyotype which
appear in some individuals of some populations in some species. Often, they have been …

B chromosomes: from cytogenetics to systems biology

GT Valente, RT Nakajima, BEA Fantinatti, DF Marques… - Chromosoma, 2017 - Springer
Though hundreds to thousands of reports have described the distribution of B chromosomes
among diverse eukaryote groups, a comprehensive theory of their biological role has not yet …

B chromosomes of multiple species have intense evolutionary dynamics and accumulated genes related to important biological processes

SF Ahmad, M Jehangir, AL Cardoso, IR Wolf… - BMC genomics, 2020 - Springer
Background One of the biggest challenges in chromosome biology is to understand the
occurrence and complex genetics of the extra, non-essential karyotype elements, commonly …

Protein-coding genes in B chromosomes of the grasshopper Eyprepocnemis plorans

B Navarro-Domínguez, FJ Ruiz-Ruano, J Cabrero… - Scientific Reports, 2017 - nature.com
For many years, parasitic B chromosomes have been considered genetically inert elements.
Here we show the presence of ten protein-coding genes in the B chromosome of the …

Uncovering the Ancestry of B Chromosomes in Moenkhausia sanctaefilomenae (Teleostei, Characidae)

R Utsunomia, DMZA Silva, FJ Ruiz-Ruano… - PLoS …, 2016 - journals.plos.org
B chromosomes constitute a heterogeneous mixture of genomic parasites that are
sometimes derived intraspecifically from the standard genome of the host species, but result …