The evolution of the spindlin gene in birds: Sequence analysis of an intron of the spindlin W and Z gene reveals four major divisions of the Psittaciformes

Kloet, R.S. de; Kloet, Siwo R. de

doi:10.1016/j.ympev.2005.03.013

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“…For example, the Neotropical species constitute different monophyletic groups, but are distinctly unrelated to the Australian species. Thus the separation of Old and New World parrots suggests a Gondwanan origin of the Psittaciformes, followed by a major divergence through paleogeographic events (de Kloet and de Kloet, 2005).…”

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“…Classical DNA hybridization data of Sibley and Ahlquist (1990) differentiated parrots into three groups: Australasian, African, and American species. Nucleotide comparisons of mitochondrial genes (Birt et al, 1992;Miyaki et al, 1998;Groombridge et al, 2004) and nuclear genes (de Kloet and de Kloet, 2005) addressing the phylogenetic relationship among parrots of each geographic region suggest that they represent a highly diversified group. For example, the Neotropical species constitute different monophyletic groups, but are distinctly unrelated to the Australian species.…”

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Chromosome repatterning in three representative parrots (Psittaciformes) inferred from comparative chromosome painting

Nanda

Karl

Griffin

et al. 2007

Cytogenet Genome Res

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Parrots (order: Psittaciformes) are the most common captive birds and have attracted human fascination since ancient times because of their remarkable intelligence and ability to imitate human speech. However, their genome organization, evolution and genomic relation with other birds are poorly understood. Chromosome painting with DNA probes derived from the flow-sorted macrochromosomes (1–10) of chicken (Gallus gallus, GGA) has been used to identify and distinguish the homoeologous chromosomal segments in three species of parrots, i.e., Agapornis roseicollis (peach-faced lovebird); Nymphicus hollandicus (cockatiel) and Melopsittacus undulatus (budgerigar). The ten GGA macrochromosome paints unequivocally recognize 14 to 16 hybridizing regions delineating the conserved chromosomal segments for the respective chicken macrochromosomes in these representative parrot species. The cross-species chromosome painting results show that, unlike in many other avian karyotypes with high homology to chicken chromosomes, dramatic rearrangements of the macrochromosomes have occurred in parrot lineages. Among the larger GGA macrochromosomes (1–5), chromosomes 1 and 4 are conserved on two chromosomes in all three species. However, the hybridization pattern for GGA 4 in A. roseicollis and M. undulatus is in sharp contrast to the most common pattern known from hybridization of chicken macrochromosome 4 in other avian karyotypes. With the exception of A. roseicollis, chicken chromosomes 2, 3 and 5 hybridized either completely or partially to a single chromosome. In contrast, the smaller GGA macrochromosomes 6, 7 and 8 displayed a complex hybridization pattern: two or three of these macrochromosomes were found to be contiguously arranged on a single chromosome in all three parrot species. Overall, the study shows that translocations and fusions in conjunction with intragenomic rearrangements have played a major role in the karyotype evolution of parrots. Our inter-species chromosome painting results unequivocally illustrate the dynamic reshuffling of ancestral chromosomes among the karyotypes ofPsittaciformes.

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Chromosome repatterning in three representative parrots (Psittaciformes) inferred from comparative chromosome painting

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Griffin

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Cytogenet Genome Res

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“…Early divergence of New Zealand Strigopidae parrots: kea (Nestor notabilis), kaka (Nestor meridionalis) (Tribe Nestorini) and kakapo (Strigops habroptilus) (Tribe Strigopini), has been (not unanimously) correlated to the Cretaceous separation of New Zealand from Gondwana 82-85 MYA (Pacheco et al, 2011;Rheindt et al, 2014;Schweizer et al, 2010Schweizer et al, , 2011Tavares et al, 2006;Wright et al, 2008), and it was cautiously assumed to be caused by vicariance (de Kloet & de Kloet, 2005;Wright et al, 2008), although alternative scenarios are contemplated (Pacheco et al, 2011;Rheindt et al, 2014;Schweizer et al, 2011;White et al, 2011).…”

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“…The separation among this groups of Neotropical parrots occurred at the Oligocene-Miocene boundary (de Kloet & de Kloet, 2005;Miyaki et al, 1998;Ribas et al, 2007;Tavares, Yamashita, & Miyaki, 2004), a time of climate amelioration where forest habitats expanded in present day South America, leading to biotic changes, and the radiation and diversification of several forest dweller animals groups, like the Platyrrhini monkeys. (Flynn, Wyss, Charrier, & Swisher, 1995).…”

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Chromosomal Evolution in Psittaciformes. Revisited

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Cigudosa

Juan

et al. 2016

IJB

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With colourful plumage, charismatic character and vocal learning abilities, parrots are one of the most striking and recognizable bird groups. Their attractiveness has drawn human attention for centuries, and members of the Psittaciformes order were, also, among the first avian species to be subject to cytogenetic studies which have contributed to understand their taxonomic and evolutionary relationships.We present here the karyological results collected by the study of thirteen parrot species new to karyology. These results are additionally supported by G banded preparations obtained in five species.The order Psittaciformes is an interesting example of a, typically, non migratory avian lineage with Gondwanaland origin, whose evolutionary radiation has been shaped by the Cenozoic geographic and climatic events that affected the land masses derived from the Gondwanaland continental split.We discuss the results of our studies, in conjunction with the previously compiled Psittaciformes cytogenetic data to delineate a picture of the chromosomal evolution of the order, concurrently with the biogeographic history of the lands in the southern Hemisphere.Considering the available data on parrot cytogenetics, a "standard parrot karyotype pattern" is proposed for evolutionary comparisons.Several biogeographic, and phylogenetically related "karyogram patterns" are also identified, and mechanisms of chromosome rearrangement that associate this patterns among them, and with the standard parrot karyotype pattern are proposed. These schemes on parrot chromosomal variation are discussed in relation to the general avian chromosome evolutionary theses proposed by cytogenetic and molecular genomic researchers.

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“…They are one of the world's rarest birds; the entire known population of 86 individuals lives on predator-free, offshore island refuges . Based on recent evidence from molecular systematics, keas and kakas are the kakapo's closest relatives (Sainsbury et al, 2004;de Kloet & de Kloet, 2005;Forshaw, 2006). In spite of their taxonomic affinity, however, adult kakapos are far less social than either keas or kakas, and their relative brain size is significantly smaller (Iwaniuk et al, 2004).…”

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Social play in kakapo (Strigops habroptilus) with comparisons to kea (Nestor notabilis) and kaka (Nestor meridionalis)

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The evolution of the spindlin gene in birds: Sequence analysis of an intron of the spindlin W and Z gene reveals four major divisions of the Psittaciformes

Cited by 78 publications

References 67 publications

Chromosome repatterning in three representative parrots (Psittaciformes) inferred from comparative chromosome painting

Chromosome repatterning in three representative parrots (Psittaciformes) inferred from comparative chromosome painting

Chromosomal Evolution in Psittaciformes. Revisited

Social play in kakapo (Strigops habroptilus) with comparisons to kea (Nestor notabilis) and kaka (Nestor meridionalis)

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