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1 April 2002 CYTOGENETIC HETEROGENEITY IN COMMON HAPLOGYNE SPIDERS FROM ARGENTINA (ARACHNIDA, ARANEAE)
Sergio Gustavo Rodríguez Gil, Liliana María Mola, Alba Graciela Papeschi, Cristina Luisa Scioscia
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Abstract

The spermatogenesis of four species of haplogyne spiders from Argentina is analyzed. Dysdera crocota (Dysderidae) (n = 5 X0) has holokinetic chromosomes, achiasmatic male meiosis and a post-reductional division of the sex chromosome. Ariadna boesenbergii (Segestriidae) (n = 4 X0) also possesses holokinetic chromosomes, but meiosis is chiasmatic and the X chromosome divides pre-reductionally. Kukulcania hibernalis (Filistatidae) (n = 11 X1X20) and Scytodes globula (Scytodidae) (n = 6 X0) have metacentric and submetacentric chromosomes, chiasmatic meiosis and the sex chromosomes divide pre-reductionally. Kukulcania hibernalis possesses a bimodal karyotype and a particular chromatin coiling during prophase I, while Scytodes globula has striking proximal localization of chiasmata. These results show that Haplogynae present high cytogenetic heterogeneity: species with holokinetic chromosomes as well as species with monocentric chromosomes (metacentric and submetacentric), and species with low diploid numbers, achiasmatic meiosis and proximal chiasma localization.

Sergio Gustavo Rodríguez Gil, Liliana María Mola, Alba Graciela Papeschi, and Cristina Luisa Scioscia "CYTOGENETIC HETEROGENEITY IN COMMON HAPLOGYNE SPIDERS FROM ARGENTINA (ARACHNIDA, ARANEAE)," The Journal of Arachnology 30(1), 47-56, (1 April 2002). https://doi.org/10.1636/0161-8202(2002)030[0047:CHICHS]2.0.CO;2
Received: 1 February 2001; Published: 1 April 2002
KEYWORDS
cytogenetics
Haplogyne
meiosis
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