Dynamics of Chromosome Evolution across Animals and Plants: Advances, Insights, and Prospects
A special issue of Life (ISSN 2075-1729). This special issue belongs to the section "Genetics and Genomics".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (1 June 2023) | Viewed by 2348
Special Issue Editors
Interests: chromosome; chromosomal evolution; sex chromosomes; animal cytogenetics; in situ hybridization; interspecies hybridization; polyploidy; asexuality; Xenopus, Carassius; Sanger sequencing; Next generation sequencing
Interests: chromosome evolution; karyotype organization; speciation; diversification; comparative cytogenomic mapping; plant cytogenetics; oligonucleiotides; fluorescent in situ hybridization; oligo-FISH
Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
The tempo of chromosomal evolution differs in different species and taxa. What is the cause and consequence of a variability in chromosomal evolution dynamics among species? Chromosomal rearrangements, such as inversions, translocations, duplication, and deletion, could serve as a driver of chromosomal evolution, karyotype organization, and species diversification, helping to physically trace the evolutionary paths within and/or between taxa. For example, when a chromosomal region is translocated on another chromosome, two chromosomes fuse in one, one chromosome undergoes fission onto more fragments, or a chromosomal segment is inverted within single chromosomes with effects in evolution such as recombination suppression or a new speciation event. This issue focuses on the structural changes in both autosomal and sex chromosomes in animals and plants, and on approaches that show how chromosomal evolution can elucidate the dynamics, speciation, and diversification among closely and distantly related species, as well as how chromosomal rearrangements that influence the evolution of sex determination systems and sex differentiation can contribute to the understanding dynamics of chromosomal evolution. Conventional and advanced molecular cytogenetics using different types of specific fluorescent in situ hybridization (FISH) probes, numerous state-of-the-art omics techniques and combinations of them have been used to study chromosome evolution in general, which is the main subject of this issue.
Dr. Martin Knytl
Dr. Lívia Do Vale Martins
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- chromosomal rearrangements
- synteny
- chromosome evolution
- karyotype organization
- speciation
- species’ diversification
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