Chromosomal mapping of repetitive DNA and retroelement sequences and its implications for the chromosomal evolution process in Ctenoluciidae (Characiformes).

Ctenoluciidae is a Neotropical freshwater fish family composed of two genera, Ctenolucius (C. beani and C. hujeta) and Boulengerella (B.

Chromosomal characterization of three species of Serrasalmini (Serrasalmidae: Characiformes).

The tribe Serrasalmini is a diverse group with paraphyletic genera and taxonomic uncertainties. Several studies have been carried out in this group of fish in order to understand this problem, including the cytogenetic approach. In this study, three species of a clade of Serrasalmini were characterized cytogenetically - Pristobrycon striolatus, Catoprion absconditus and Pygopristis denticulatus.

Cryptic Diversity in the Terminal Portion of the Chromosomes of the Dogtooth Characins, Family Cynodontidae (Ostariophysi: Characiformes).

The chromosomes of the dogtooth characins, fish species of the family Cynodontidae, have only a relatively small amount of heterochromatin, including the terminal portion. Curiously, in the cynodontid , the terminal portion is rich in repetitive DNAs, including transposable retroelements and microsatellite sequences. Given this, this study investigated the composition of the terminal portion of the chromosomes of two cynodontid species ( and ), to compile a database for the evaluation of all three cynodontid genera, and in particular, verify the possible tendency for the accumulation of repetitive DNAs in the terminal portion of the chromosomes of , , and The 1, 3, and 6 transposable retroelements and the (CA) (GA), (GATA), (GACA), (CAT), and (CAC) microsatellite motifs are found primarily in the terminal portion of the chromosomes of the species analyzed in this study, except , which has no evidence of the presence of or through the fluorescent hybridization technique.