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Article: Production of androgenetic diploid loach by cold-shock of eggs fertilized with diploid sperm.
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ABSTRACT: Diploid androgenotes were produced without egg irradiation in the loach, Misgurnus anguillicaudatus. Eggs of wild-type diploid females were fertilized with diploid sperm of a neo-tetraploid male and then cold-shock treated at 3 °C (range, ±0.5 °C) for 30 minutes just after fertilization to eliminate the female nucleus. After hatching, ploidy status of the hatched larvae was analyzed by flow cytometry, which revealed putative diploid androgenotes as well as larvae possessing other ploidies. Five independent microsatellite DNA markers were genotyped to confirm all-male inheritance of the resultant diploid larvae. The mean ± SD yield rate of diploid androgenetic larvae to total eggs used was 12.29 ± 3.25% in the cold-shock group and 22.23 ± 13.42% in the UV-irradiated group (P > 0.05). No diploid androgenetic larvae were detected in the intact control group. To our knowledge, this is the first report demonstrating successful induction of diploid androgenotes without egg irradiation in fish.Theriogenology 04/2013; · 1.96 Impact Factor -
Article: Post-ovulatory oocyte aging induces spontaneous occurrence of polyploids and mosaics in artificial fertilization of Japanese eel, Anguilla japonica
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ABSTRACT: Abstract Spontaneous polyploids and mosaics have often been observed in artificially propagated larvae of the Japanese eel, Anguilla japonica. However, the mechanisms responsible for such unusual cytotypes are unclear. In this study, we examined the relationship of such polyploidization and mosaicisms in larvae resulting from artificial propagation to egg quality (fertilization rate and hatching rate) and viability of larvae, and then clarified the inducing factors and the mechanism for occurrence of such phenomena. Eggs stripped from females after induced maturation were artificially inseminated with sperm pre-cultured with artificial seminal plasma. Ploidy was determined by measuring the relative DNA content of the nuclei with flow cytometry. Of 968 embryos from 32 full-sib families, 9.1% were determined to be abnormal, most of which were triploids (86.5% of abnormal embryos); others were haploids (1.1%), aneuploids (2.3%), and mosaics (10.1%). The percentage of normal diploids from each family varied between 56.3% and 100% (90.9 ± 11.7%, n = 32). A significant positive correlation was found between the fertilization rate (P < 0.001) or the hatching rate (P < 0.001) and the percentage of diploids. Survival rate of triploid eels was similar to diploid eels at 10 days after fertilization whereas aneuploids were inviable. When eggs were left in the body cavity of the female for four hours after ovulation and subsequently fertilized, the percentage of diploids decreased. We tried to elucidate the cause for the occurrence of spontaneous triploids by genetic analysis using 26 microsatellite DNA markers, which have been developed and mapped in relation to the centromere. These results suggest that the occurrence of cytogenetically unusual progeny is associated with over-ripening or aging of ova caused by the lapse of time from ovulation until fertilization, and spontaneous triploid larvae are derived from the duplication of the maternal chromosome set by inhibition of the second polar body release after normal meiosis I (crossing over) in oocyte and fertilization with normal sperm.Aquaculture 01/2013; · 2.04 Impact Factor -
Article: Germ cells are not the primary factor for sexual fate determination in goldfish.
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ABSTRACT: The presence of germ cells in the early gonad is important for sexual fate determination and gonadal development in vertebrates. Recent studies in zebrafish and medaka have shown that a lack of germ cells in the early gonad induces sex reversal in favor of a male phenotype. However, it is uncertain whether the gonadal somatic cells or the germ cells are predominant in determining gonadal fate in other vertebrate. Here, we investigated the role of germ cells in gonadal differentiation in goldfish, a gonochoristic species that possesses an XX-XY genetic sex determination system. The primordial germ cells (PGCs) of the fish were eliminated during embryogenesis by injection of a morpholino oligonucleotide against the dead end gene. Fish without germ cells showed two types of gonadal morphology: one with an ovarian cavity; the other with seminiferous tubules. Next, we tested whether function could be restored to these empty gonads by transplantation of a single PGC into each embryo, and also determined the gonadal sex of the resulting germline chimeras. Transplantation of a single GFP-labeled PGC successfully produced a germline chimera in 42.7% of the embryos. Some of the adult germline chimeras had a developed gonad on one side that contained donor derived germ cells, while the contralateral gonad lacked any early germ cell stages. Female germline chimeras possessed a normal ovary and a germ-cell free ovary-like structure on the contralateral side; this structure was similar to those seen in female morphants. Male germline chimeras possessed a testis and a contralateral empty testis that contained some sperm in the tubular lumens. Analysis of aromatase, foxl2 and amh expression in gonads of morphants and germline chimeras suggested that somatic transdifferentiation did not occur. The offspring of fertile germline chimeras all had the donor-derived phenotype, indicating that germline replacement had occurred and that the transplanted PGC had rescued both female and male gonadal function. These findings suggest that the absence of germ cells did not affect the pathway for ovary or testis development and that phenotypic sex in goldfish is determined by somatic cells under genetic sex control rather than an interaction between the germ cells and somatic cells.Developmental Biology 07/2012; 370(1):98-109. · 4.07 Impact Factor -
Article: Chromosome banding and FISH with rDNA probe in the diploid and tetraploid loach Misgurnus anguillicaudatus
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ABSTRACT: The chromosomes of the diploid and tetraploid loach Misgurnus anguillicaudatus were analyzed by staining with Ag, chromomycin A3 (CMA3)/distamycin A (DA), and DA/4′,6-diamidino-2-phenylindole (DAPI), and using fluorescence in situ hybridization (FISH) with 5.8S+28S rDNA as a probe. Nucleolus organizer regions (NORs) were mapped to the telomeric region of the short arms of the largest (first) metacentric chromosome pair in the diploid loach with 2n=50 and the homologous quartet in the tetraploid loach with 4n=100. The NORs were positive at the same region of the first metacentric chromosome for Ag and CMA3/DA stainings, but negative for DA/DAPI staining. Four signals at the homologs within the same quartet suggest the duplication of the entire genome from diploid to tetraploid status. However, a size difference was detected between the rDNA signals by FISH and CMA3 banding. KeywordsAg-NORs-Cobitidae-Fluorescence in situ hybridization-Polyploidy-Ribosomal genes-WeatherfishIchthyological Research 04/2012; 57(4):358-366. · 0.87 Impact Factor -
Article: Diploid clone produces unreduced diploid gametes but tetraploid clone generates reduced diploid gametes in the Misgurnus loach.
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ABSTRACT: Most individuals of the loach Misgurnus anguillicaudatus reproduce bisexually, but cryptic clonal lineages reproduce by natural gynogenesis of unreduced diploid eggs that are genetically identical to maternal somatic cells. Triploid progeny often occur by the accidental incorporation of a sperm nucleus into diploid eggs. Sex reversal from a genetic female to a physiological male is easily induced in this species by androgen treatment and through environmental influences. Here, we produced clonal tetraploid individuals by two methods: 1) fertilization of diploid eggs from a clonal diploid female with diploid sperm of a hormonally sex-reversed clonal diploid male and 2) artificial inhibition of the release of the second polar body in eggs of clonal diploid females just after initiation of gynogenetic development. There is no genetic difference between the clonal diploid and tetraploid individuals except for the number of chromosome sets or genomes. Clonal tetraploid males never produced unreduced tetraploid sperm, only diploid sperm that were genetically identical to those of a clonal diploid. Likewise, clonal tetraploid females did not form unreduced tetraploid eggs, just diploid eggs. However, the eggs' genotypes were identical to those of the original clone, and almost all the eggs initiated natural gynogenesis. Thus, gametogenesis of the clonal tetraploid loach is controlled by the presence of two chromosome sets to pair, thereby preserving the normal meiotic process, i.e., the formation of bivalents and subsequently two successive divisions.Biology of Reproduction 01/2012; 86(2):33. · 4.01 Impact Factor -
Article: Cold-shock eliminates female nucleus in fertilized eggs to induce androgenesis in the loach (Misgurnus anguillicaudatus), a teleost fish.
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ABSTRACT: Androgenesis (all-male inheritance) is generally induced by means of irradiating the eggs to inactivate the maternal genome, followed by fertilization with normal sperm. In fish, the conventional technique for induced androgenesis has been applied for rapid fixation to traits, recovery of cryopreserved genotypes, sex-control, etc. A new method of androgenesis that eliminates the need to irradiate the egg was proposed using the loach, Misgurnus anguillicaudatus (a teleost fish). When the eggs of wild-type females were fertilized with sperm of albino or orange phenotype males and cold-shocked at 0 to 3°C for 60 min duration just after fertilization, generally more than 30% (with a peak of 100%) of the hatched progeny were androgenotes. While a few of them were the normal diploid, most of them turned out to be abnormal haploid. All-male inheritance was verified by the expression of the recessive color trait (albino or orange) and microsatellite genotypes comprising only paternally derived alleles. Nuclear behavior after the cold-shock treatment was traced by microscopic observation of DAPI (4'6-diamidino-2-phenylindole)-stained samples and hematoxylin-eosin stained histological sections, and the extrusion of egg (maternal) nucleus was observed in eggs treated in the optimum timing. In this paper, we demonstrate that cold-shock treatment (at 0 and 3°C) of loach eggs for 60 min just after fertilization successfully induces androgenetic haploid development. The most likely mechanism of cold-shock induced androgenesis is an elimination of the egg nucleus together along with the second polar body and subsequent development of a decondensed sperm nucleus or male pronucleus.BMC Biotechnology 11/2011; 11:116. · 2.35 Impact Factor -
Article: The origin of natural tetraploid loach Misgurnus anguillicaudatus (Teleostei: Cobitidae) inferred from meiotic chromosome configurations.
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ABSTRACT: In the loach, or Oriental weatherfish Misgurnus anguillicaudatus (Teleostei: Cobitidae), diploid (2n = 50) and tetraploid individuals (4n = 100) are often sympatric in central China. The evolutionary mechanism of this tetraploidization was analyzed with the observation of meiotic behavior of chromosomes in both the germinal vesicles of mature oocytes and the primary spermatocytes in diploid and tetraploid loaches. Whereas diploid specimens usually showed 25 bivalents in meiotic cells, tetraploid loaches exhibited 0-6 quadrivalents and 38-50 bivalents in both sexes, with the modal number of quadrivalents as three in females and four in males. In the diploid specimens, the two largest metacentric chromosomes bearing nucleolar organizing regions (NORs) identified by chromomycin A(3) staining and fluorescence in situ hybridization with a 5.8S + 28S rDNA probe formed one bivalent with terminal association. In the tetraploids, four NOR-bearing chromosomes never formed a quadrivalent, but were organized into two terminally-associated bivalents. These findings suggest an autotetraploid origin of the natural tetraploid loach and subsequent rediploidization of whole genome. The latter process, however, seems still in progress as inferred from the concurrence of up-to several quadrivalents and the majority of bivalents.Genetica 06/2011; 139(6):805-11. · 2.15 Impact Factor -
Article: A genetic linkage map of the Japanese eel (Anguilla japonica) based on AFLP and microsatellite markers
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ABSTRACT: The first genetic linkage map of the Japanese eel (Anguilla japonica) was constructed based upon Amplified Fragment Length Polymorphism (AFLP) and microsatellite (STR) markers with an F1 pseudo-testcross strategy. The segregation of 106 microsatellite loci, which included 74 newly developed, and 463 polymorphic loci identified from 56 AFLP primer combinations was studied in 46 F1 individuals derived from a single female and a male. A total of 319 markers (99 STRs + 220 AFLP) are placed on the female map and 314 markers (91 STRs + 223 AFLP) on the male map. The female map spans 1732.4 cM (Kosambi) in 22 linkage groups with an average spacing of 7.2 cM; the male map spans 964.9 cM in 22 linkage groups with an average spacing of 6.3 cM. The average ratio of male:female recombination rates was 1:2.11. The estimated coverage of the genome was 82.4% for the female map and 74.0% for the male map. This map is the first linkage map in the order Anguilliformes and provides a basis for mapping quantitative trait loci (QTL) and for breeding applications.Aquaculture 01/2011; 310(3-4):329-342. · 2.04 Impact Factor -
Article: The mechanism for primordial germ-cell migration is conserved between Japanese eel and zebrafish.
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ABSTRACT: Primordial germ cells (PGCs) are segregated and specified from somatic cells during early development. These cells arise elsewhere and have to migrate across the embryo to reach developing gonadal precursors. Several molecules associated with PGC migration (i.e. dead-end, nanos1, and cxcr4) are highly conserved across phylum boundaries. However, since cell migration is a complicated process that is regulated spatially and temporally by multiple adaptors and signal effectors, the process is unlikely to be explained by these known genes only. Indeed, it has been shown that there are variations in PGC migration pattern during development among teleost species. However, it is still unclear whether the actual mechanism of PGC migration is conserved among species. In this study, we studied the migration of PGCs in Japanese eel (Anguilla japonica) embryos and tested the migration mechanism between Japanese eel and zebrafish (Danio rerio) for conservation, by transplanting eel PGCs into zebrafish embryos. The experiments showed that eel PGCs can migrate toward the gonadal region of zebrafish embryos along with endogenous PGCs, even though the migration patterns, behaviors, and settlements of PGCs are somewhat different between these species. Our results demonstrate that the migration mechanism of PGCs during embryonic development is highly conserved between these two distantly related species (belonging to different teleost orders).PLoS ONE 01/2011; 6(9):e24460. · 4.09 Impact Factor -
Article: Sexual dimorphism of gonadal structure and gene expression in germ cell-deficient loach, a teleost fish.
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ABSTRACT: Germ cell-deficient fish usually develop as phenotypic males. Thus, the presence of germ cells is generally considered to be essential for female gonadal differentiation or the maintenance of ovarian structure. However, little is known of the role of germ cells in the determination of the sexual fate of gonadal somatic cells. We have established an inducible germ cell deficiency system in the loach (Misgurnus anguillicaudatus, Cypriniformes: Cobitidae), a small freshwater fish, using knockdown of the dead end gene with a morpholino antisense oligonucleotide. Interestingly, loach lacking germ cells could develop as either phenotypic males or females, as characterized morphologically by the presence or absence of bony plates in the pectoral fins, respectively. The phenotypic males and females had testicular and ovarian structures, respectively, but lacked germ cells. Gene expression patterns in these male and female germ cell-deficient gonads were essentially the same as those in gonads of normal fish. Our observations indicate that sexually dimorphic gonads can develop in germ cell-deficient loach. In contrast to the situation in other model fish species, the gonadal somatic cells in phenotypic females autonomously differentiated into ovarian tissues and also played a role in the maintenance of gonadal structure. On the basis of our observations, we propose two possible models to explain the role of germ cells in sex determination in fish.Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 10/2010; 107(40):17211-6. · 9.68 Impact Factor -
Article: Inter-species transplantation and migration of primordial germ cells in cyprinid fish.
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ABSTRACT: Primordial germ cells (PGCs) are the only cells in developing embryos that can transmit genetic information to the next generation. PGCs therefore have considerable potential value for gene banking and cryopreservation, particularly via production of donor gametes using germ-line chimeras. In some animal species, including teleost fish, the feasibility of using PGC transplantation to obtain donor-derived offspring, within and between species, has been demonstrated. Successful use of PGC transplantation to produce germ-line chimeras is absolutely dependent on the migration of the transplanted cells from the site of transplantation to the host gonadal region. Here, we induced germ-line chimeras between teleost species using two different protocols: blastomere transplantation and single PGC transplantation. We evaluated the methods using the rate of successful migration of transplanted PGCs to the gonadal region of the host embryo. First, we transplanted blastomeres from zebrafish, pearl danio, goldfish, or loach into blastula-stage zebrafish embryos. Some somatic cells, derived from donor blastomeres, were co-transplanted with the PGCs and formed aggregates in the host embryos; a low efficiency of PGC transfer was achieved. Second, a single PGC from the donor species was transplanted into a zebrafish embryo. In all inter-species combinations, the donor PGC migrated toward the gonadal region of the host embryo at a comparatively high rate, regardless of the phylogenetic relationship of the donor and host species. These transplantation experiments showed that the mechanism of PGC migration is highly conserved beyond the family barrier in fish and that transplantation of a single PGC is an efficient method for producing inter-species germ-line chimeras.The International journal of developmental biology 10/2010; 54(10):1481-86. · 2.16 Impact Factor -
Article: Genetic structure of wild brown sole inferred from mitochondrial DNA analysis
Animal cells and systems the official publication of the Zoological Society of Korea 09/2010; 14(3):197-206. · 0.22 Impact Factor -
Article: Developmental potential of embryonic cells in a nucleocytoplasmic hybrid formed using a goldfish haploid nucleus and loach egg cytoplasm.
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ABSTRACT: In teleosts, viable nucleocytoplasmic hybrids, formed by combining a nucleus from one species with the egg cytoplasm of another, have been used as one of the methods for breed improvement in aquaculture, but have been little exploited for developmental biology studies. Here, we used an artificial androgenesis technique to form nucleocytoplasmic hybrids comprising a goldfish haploid nucleus and loach egg cytoplasm. These hybrids were used to investigate interactions between the nucleus and cytoplasm during embryonic development. Additionally, the developmental characteristics of embryonic cells of nucleocytoplasmic hybrids were examined in chimeras produced by transplantation of blastomeres into recipient loach or goldfish embryos. We found that the nucleocytoplasmic hybrids arrested at the dome stage of embryonic development and did not form any gastrula structures. The goosecoid (gsc) and no tail (ntl) genes were expressed normally before gastrulation in nucleocytoplasmic hybrids, similar to diploid loach. However, expression of the gsc and ntl genes was not maintained in nucleocytoplasmic hybrids. In chimeric embryos, blastomeres derived from nucleocytoplasmic hybrids were found to mix with the cells of recipient loach embryos at the gastrula stage. The transplanted blastomeres formed small clusters at the somitogenesis stage and, finally, small spots at the hatching stage. In contrast, when the blastomeres were transplanted into goldfish embryos, the transplanted blastomeres aggregated in the chimeric embryos. Thus, embryonic cells from nucleocytoplasmic hybrids that arrest before gastrulation could survive beyond the somitogenesis stage depending on the cytoplasmic environment in the recipient embryos.The International journal of developmental biology 03/2010; 54(5):827-35. · 2.16 Impact Factor -
Article: Isolation of teleost primordial germ cells using flow cytometry.
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ABSTRACT: Primordial germ cells (PGCs) generate gametes, the only cells that can transmit genetic information to the next generation. A previous report demonstrated that a fusion construct of green fluorescent protein (gfp) and zebrafish nos 1 3UTR mRNA could be used to label PGCs in a number of fish species. Here, we sought to exploit this labeling strategy to isolate teleost PGCs by flow cytometry (FCM), and to use these isolated PGCs to examine germ cell migration to the gonadal region. In zebrafish, medaka and goldfish, the PGCs were labeled by injecting the gfp-nos1 3UTR mRNA into 1- 4 cell embryos. When the embryos had developed to the somitogenesis or later stages, they were enzymatically disaggregated and GFP positive cells isolated using FCM. PGCs in the different species clustered in the same segments of the FCM scatter diagrams for total embryonic cells produced by plotting the forward scatter intensity against GFP intensity. In situ hybridization showed that the sorted zebrafish cells expressed vasa RNA in their cytoplasm, suggesting that they were PGCs. When the migration ability of the sorted cells from zebrafish was examined in an in vivo transplantation experiment, approximately 30% moved to the gonadal region of host embryos. These observations demonstrate that PGCs can be isolated without use of transgenic fishes and that the isolated PGCs retain the ability to migrate. Our data indicate that this technique will be of value for isolating PGCs from a range of fish species.The International journal of developmental biology 01/2010; 54(10):1487-92. · 2.16 Impact Factor -
Article: Generation of germ-line chimera zebrafish using primordial germ cells isolated from cultured blastomeres and cryopreserved embryoids.
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ABSTRACT: Primordial germ cells (PGCs) are the only cells in developing embryos with the potential to transmit genetic information to the next generation. In our previous study, a single PGC transplanted into a host differentiated into fertile gametes and produced germ-line chimeras of cyprinid fish, including zebrafish. In this study, we aimed to induce germ-line chimeras by transplanting donor PGCs from various sources (normal embryos at different stages, dissociated blastomeres, embryoids, or embryoids cryopreserved by vitrification) into host blastulae, and compare the migration rates of the PGCs towards the gonadal ridge. Isolated, cultured blastomeres not subject to mesodermal induction were able to differentiate into PGCs that retained their motility. Moreover, these PGCs successfully migrated towards the gonadal ridge of the host and formed viable gametes. Motility depended on developmental stage and culture duration: PGCs obtained at earlier developmental stages and with shorter cultivation periods showed an increased rate of migration to the gonadal ridge. Offspring were obtained from natural spawning between normal females and chimeric males. These results provide the basis for new methods of gene preservation in zebrafish.The International journal of developmental biology 01/2010; 54(10):1493-501. · 2.16 Impact Factor -
Article: A sperm cryopreservation protocol for the loach Misgurnus anguillicaudatus and its applicability for other related species.
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ABSTRACT: The aim of the present study was to establish a protocol of sperm cryopreservation in Misgurnus anguillicaudatus and verify the applicability of the obtained protocol in other loach species. We evaluated the following parameters: inseminating dose, thawing temperatures (20, 25 and 30 degrees C for 10s), extenders (loach or cyprinid extenders), internal cryoprotectants (dimethyl sulfoxide (DMSO), dimethylacetamide (DMA), glycerol (Gly), ethylene glycol (EG), and methanol (MeOH) at 0, 5, 10 and 15%), external cryoprotectants (bovine serum albumin 1 and 2%; sucrose 0.5 and 1%; glucose 0.5 and 1%; glycine 0.5 and 1%), activating solutions (distilled water, dechlorinated tap water, 25mM NaCl and 50mM NaCl), and hatchability of the eggs when fertilized with fresh or cryopreserved sperm. After the evaluation of these parameters, we optimized the cryopreservation using the following procedure: thawing temperature at 25 degrees C for 10s; loach or cyprinid extenders; methanol at 10 or 15% as internal cryoprotectants; glycine 0.5% or bovine serum albumin 1% as external cryoprotectants and 50mM NaCl for sperm activation. Using this procedure, the fertilizability of the post-thawed sperm was 47% in comparison to the fresh sperm, at the minimum inseminating dose (687.65 spermatozoa egg(-1)mL(-1)). Based on this protocol, sperm from other loach species Lefua nikkonis, Misgurnus mizolepis and Barbatula toni were cryopreserved successfully.Animal reproduction science 04/2009; 116(3-4):335-45. · 1.56 Impact Factor -
Article: Chromosome doubling in early spermatogonia produces diploid spermatozoa in a natural clonal fish.
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ABSTRACT: The natural clonal loach Misgurnus anguillicaudatus (Teleostei: Cobitidae) is diploid (2n = 50) and produces genetically identical unreduced eggs, which develop into diploid individuals without any genetic contribution from sperm. Artificially sex-reversed clones created by the administration of 17alpha-methyltestosterone produce clonal diploid sperm. In metaphase spreads from testicular cells of the sex-reversed clones, spermatocytes had twice the normal number of chromosomes (50 bivalents) compared with those of normal diploids (25 bivalents). Thus, the production of unreduced diploid spermatozoa is initiated by premeiotic endomitosis (or endoreduplication), chromosome doubling before meiosis, and is followed by two quasinormal divisions. Larger nuclei in the germ cells were observed in all stages of type B spermatogonia in the testes of the sex-reversed clones. In contrast, besides having larger type A spermatogonia, the sex-reversed clones also had the type A spermatogonia that were the same size as those of normal diploids. It follows that chromosome duplication causing unreduced spermatogenesis occurred in the type A spermatogonia. The presence of tetraploid type A and early type B spermatogonia, identified by labeling with antispermatogonia-specific antigen 1, was verified using DNA content flow cytometry. These results support the conclusion that chromosome doubling occurs at the type A spermatogonial stage in diploid spermatogenesis in the clonal fish.Biology of Reproduction 02/2009; 80(5):973-9. · 4.01 Impact Factor -
Article: Disruption of normal meiosis in artificial inter-populational hybrid females of Misgurnus loach.
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ABSTRACT: Artificial cross between two genetically different populations of Japanese Misgurnus loach was made to examine the reproductive capacity of the artificial inter-populational hybrid females. Ploidy status and microsatellite genotypes of the eggs laid by these hybrids were inferred from those determined in progenies developed by normal fertilization with haploid loach sperm, induced gynogenesis with UV-irradiated goldfish sperm and/or hybridization with intact goldfish sperm. Some hybrid females laid unreduced diploid eggs genetically identical to the mother. However, these diploid eggs could not develop by spontaneous gynogenesis, but grow to triploid by incorporation of a sperm nucleus. Other hybrid females laid haploid eggs together with diploid eggs and/or various aneuploid and polyploid eggs. Thus, a disruption of normal meiosis occurred in inter-populational hybrid females. The results suggested that the two populations should be so distant as to give rise to atypical formation of unreduced and other unusual eggs in their hybrids.Genetica 08/2008; 136(1):49-56. · 2.15 Impact Factor -
Article: Genetic linkage map of the loach Misgurnus anguillicaudatus (Teleostei: Cobitidae).
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ABSTRACT: In the present study, the first genetic linkage map of the loach Misgurnus anguillicaudatus was constructed with 164 microsatellite markers and a color locus, and it included 155 newly developed markers. A total of 159 microsatellite markers and a color locus were mapped in 27 linkage groups (LGs). The female map covered 784.5 cM with 153 microsatellite markers and a color locus, whereas the male map covered 662.2 cM with 119 microsatellite markers. The centromeric position in each LG was estimated by marker-centromere mapping based on half-tetrad analysis. In 4 LGs (LG2, LG3, LG4, and LG5), the centromere was estimated at the intermediate region. In LG1, LG11, and LG12, the centromere was estimated to shift from the sub-intermediate region to the end (telomeric). The number of these LGs (7) was identical to the collective number of bi-arm metacentric (5) and sub-metacentric chromosome (2) of the haploid chromosome set (n = 5) of the loach. In the other LGs, the position of the centromere was estimated at the end or outside. These results indicate satisfactory compliance between the linkage map and the chromosome set. Our map would cover approximately almost the entire loach genome because most markers were successfully mapped.Genetica 04/2008; 132(3):227-41. · 2.15 Impact Factor -
Article: Cryptic clonal lineages and genetic diversity in the loach Misgurnus anguillicaudatus (Teleostei: Cobitidae) inferred from nuclear and mitochondrial DNA analyses.
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ABSTRACT: In the loach Misgurnus anguillicaudatus, the asexual lineage, which produces unreduced clonal diploid eggs, has been identified. Among 833 specimens collected from 54 localities in Japan and two localities in China, 82 candidates of other lineage(s) of cryptic clones were screened by examining RFLP (restriction fragment length polymorphism)-PCR haplotypes in the control region of mtDNA. This analysis was performed because triploid loaches arise from the accidental incorporation of the sperm nucleus into unreduced diploid eggs of a clone. The categorization of members belonging to three newly identified lineages (clones 2-4) and the previously identified clonal lineage (clone 1) was verified by evaluating the genetic identity between two or more individuals from each clonal lineage based on RAPD (random amplified polymorphic DNA)-PCR and multilocus DNA fingerprints. We detected 75 haplotypes by observing the nucleotide status at variable sites from the control region of mtDNA. Phylogenic trees constructed from such sequences showed two highly diversified clades, A and B, that were beyond the level common for interspecific genetic differentiation. That result suggests that M. anguillicaudatus in Japan is not a single species entity. Two clone-specific mtDNA sequences were included in clade A, and the loaches with such sequences may be the maternal origin of the clones.Genetica 03/2008; 132(2):159-71. · 2.15 Impact Factor
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