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Oogenesis (Prophase 1 of Meiosis) and Mitotic Chromosomes of Parthenogenetic Species Darevskia armeniaca (Family Lacertidae)

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In parthenogenetic hybrid Darevskia armeniaca species, the development of early oogenesis and early meiosis were analyzed. It has been shown for the first time that the number of synаptonemal complexes (SCs) of bivalents during the stages of early pachуtena–diplotena of the meiotic prophase 1 is constantly equal to the haploid number, 19. The SC karyotype is presented. The results of comparative molecular–cytogenetic (C/CMA3/DAPI) analysis of the mitotic chromosomes (2n = 38: 34A + 2m + Zw-sex chromosomes) of parthenogenetic females and of the meiotic Zw-sex chromosomes (n = 19 bivalents) of a male D. armeniaca specimen with sex inversion have been presented. Finally, the results obtained demonstrate the absence of premeiotic endoreplication of chromosomes, standard early stages of meiosis, and the formation of the haploid number of SC-bivalents (n = 19) of homeological chromosomes in D. armeniaca.

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ACKNOWLEDGMENTS

The authors are grateful to A.P. Ryskov for valuable comments, attention to this work, and assistance in preparing the manuscript.

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This work was supported by the Zoological Institute, Russian Academy of Sciences (project no. AAAA-A19-119020590095-9) and the Russian Foundation for Basic Research (project nos. 17-00-00427 and 17-00-00430).

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  1. Zoological Institute, Russian Academy of Sciences, 199034, St. Petersburg, Russia

    L. A. Kupriyanova

  2. Severtsov Institute of Ecology and Evolution, Russian Academy of Sciences, 119071, Moscow, Russia

    L. D. Safronova, V. B. Sycheva & V. G. Petrosyan

  3. Yerevan State University, 0025, Yerevan, Armenia

    F. D. Danielyan

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Kupriyanova, L.A., Safronova, L.D., Sycheva, V.B. et al. Oogenesis (Prophase 1 of Meiosis) and Mitotic Chromosomes of Parthenogenetic Species Darevskia armeniaca (Family Lacertidae). Biol Bull Russ Acad Sci 48, 274–280 (2021). https://doi.org/10.1134/S1062359021030080

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