Biogeography and karyotypes of freshwater Planarians (Platyheiminthes, Tricladida, Paludicola) in southern Brazil
Biogeography and karyotypes of freshwater Planarians (Platyheiminthes, Tricladida, Paludicola) in southern Brazil
复制标题
DOI:
10.2108/zsj.24.123
复制
发表时间:
2007-02-01
影响因子:
0.9
通讯作者:
Erdtmann, Bernardo
中科院分区:
文献类型:
--
作者:
Knakievicz, Tanise;Lau, Adriana Helena;Erdtmann, Bernardo
In the Tricladida (Platyhelminthes), the incidence of different biotypes identified by several ploidy levels is very common. Planarians collected in the State of Rio Grande do Sul were identified using cytogenetics. Different species distributions were observed with respect to Rio Grande do Sul's geomorphology, which could have been caused by their different microhabitats. Girardia tigrina and G. anderiani consisted of diploid and triploid individuals, whereas G. schubarti showed diploids, triploids, and mixoploids; for all these species, individuals of different ploidies were sympatric. Only for diploid G. anderiani were B chromosomes observed. These B chromosomes seem to have an irregular segregational behavior during mitosis, and possibly also during meiosis. However the processes (e.g., selection, mutation) of maintaining 2n, 3n, and 2n/3n individuals within natural populations of G. schubarti remain to be clarified.