Chromosomal Mapping 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 …

Eight Million Years of Satellite DNA Evolution in Grasshoppers of the Genus Schistocerca Illuminate the Ins and Outs of the Library Hypothesis

OM Palacios-Gimenez, D Milani, H Song… - Genome biology and …, 2020 - academic.oup.com
Satellite DNA (satDNA) is an abundant class of tandemly repeated noncoding sequences,
showing high rate of change in sequence, abundance, and physical location. However, the …

Phylogeny and chromosomal diversification in the Dichroplus elongatus species group (Orthoptera, Melanoplinae)

ERD Castillo, A Taffarel, MM Maronna, MM Cigliano… - PLOS …, 2017 - journals.plos.org
In an attempt to track the chromosomal differentiation in the Dichroplus elongatus species
group, we analyzed the karyotypes of four species with classical cytogenetic and mapping …

Chromosome fusion polymorphisms in the grasshopper, Dichroplus fuscus (Orthoptera: Acrididae: Melanoplinae): Insights on meiotic effects

A Taffarel, CJ Bidau, DA Marti - 2015 - ri.conicet.gov.ar
Robertsonian changes account for many of the changes in the evolution of the orthopteran
karyotype; in their origin, a centric fusion is involved between two acro-telocentric …

The early evolutionary history of neo-sex chromosomes in Neotropical grasshoppers, Boliviacris noroestensis (Orthoptera: Acrididae: Melanoplinae)

ERD Castillo, AE TAffARel, DA Marti - 2014 - ri.conicet.gov.ar
Neo-sex chromosomes are an important component of chromosome variation in Orthoptera,
particularly South American Melanoplinae species, which have proven to be outstanding …

Neo-sex chromosomes in the Maculipennis species group (Dichroplus: Acrididae, Melanoplinae): the cases of D. maculipennis and D. vittigerum

ERD Castillo, A Taffarel, Y Mariottini… - Zoological science, 2016 - BioOne
South American melanopline grasshoppers display a disproportionate number of derived
karyotypes, including many cases of neo-sex chromosome systems. This is especially true of …