|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|||||
| Home Help Feedback Subscriptions Archive Search Table of Contents | |||||
Journal of Cell Science, Vol 110, Issue 2 271-280, Copyright © 1997 by Company of Biologists
JOURNAL ARTICLES |
G Callaini, R Dallai and MG Riparbelli
Department of Evolutionary Biology, University of Siena, Italy.
The behavior of parental chromosomes during the first mitosis of Drosophila simulans zygotes obtained from unidirectional incompatible crosses is described and it is demonstrated that the condensation of parental chromatin complements was asynchronous. The timing of paternal chromatin condensation appeared to be delayed in these embryos, so that condensed maternal chromosomes and entangled prophase-like paternal fibers congressed in the equatorial plane of the first metaphase spindle. At anaphase the maternal chromosomes migrated to opposite poles of the spindle, whereas the paternal chromatin lagged in the midzone of the spindle. This resulted in dramatic errors in paternal chromatin inheritance leading to the formation of embryos with aneuploid or haploid nuclei. These observations suggest that the anaphase onset of maternal chromosomes is unaffected by the improper alignment of the paternal complement. Since the first metaphase spindle of the Drosophila zygote consists of twin bundles of microtubules each holding one parental complement, we suspect that each half spindle regulates the timing of anaphase onset of its own chromosome set. In normal developing embryos, the fidelity of chromosome transmission is presumably ensured by the relative timing required to prepare parental complements for the orderly segregation that occurs during the metaphase-anaphase transition.
This article has been cited by other articles:
|
|
 |
|
  S. Zabalou, A. Apostolaki, S. Pattas, Z. Veneti, C. Paraskevopoulos, I. Livadaras, G. Markakis, T. Brissac, H. Mercot, and K. Bourtzis Multiple Rescue Factors Within a Wolbachia Strain Genetics, April 1, 2008; 178(4): 2145 - 2160. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]
|
|
|
|
|
|
R. Yamada, K. D. Floate, M. Riegler, and S. L. O'Neill Male Development Time Influences the Strength of Wolbachia-Induced Cytoplasmic Incompatibility Expression in Drosophila melanogaster Genetics, October 1, 2007; 177(2): 801 - 808. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]
|
|
|
|
 |
|
 U. Tram, K. Fredrick, J. H. Werren, and W. Sullivan Paternal chromosome segregation during the first mitotic division determines Wolbachia-induced cytoplasmic incompatibility phenotype J. Cell Sci., September 1, 2006; 119(17): 3655 - 3663. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]
|
|
|
|
|
|
P. M. Ferree and W. Sullivan A Genetic Test of the Role of the Maternal Pronucleus in Wolbachia-Induced Cytoplasmic Incompatibility in Drosophila melanogaster Genetics, June 1, 2006; 173(2): 839 - 847. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]
|
|
|
|
|
|
M. E. Clark, C. L. Anderson, J. Cande, and T. L. Karr Widespread Prevalence of Wolbachia in Laboratory Stocks and the Implications for Drosophila Research Genetics, August 1, 2005; 170(4): 1667 - 1675. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]
|
|
|
|
|
|
S. Charlat, C. Calmet, O. Andrieu, and H. Mercot Exploring the Evolution of Wolbachia Compatibility Types: A Simulation Approach Genetics, June 1, 2005; 170(2): 495 - 507. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]
|
|
|
|
|
|
S. Zabalou, S. Charlat, A. Nirgianaki, D. Lachaise, H. Mercot, and K. Bourtzis Natural Wolbachia Infections in the Drosophila yakuba Species Complex Do Not Induce Cytoplasmic Incompatibility but Fully Rescue the wRi Modification Genetics, June 1, 2004; 167(2): 827 - 834. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]
|
|
|
|
|
|
Z. Veneti, M. E. Clark, S. Zabalou, T. L. Karr, C. Savakis, and K. Bourtzis Cytoplasmic Incompatibility and Sperm Cyst Infection in Different Drosophila-Wolbachia Associations Genetics, June 1, 2003; 164(2): 545 - 552. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]
|
|
|
|
 |
|
 U. Tram and W. Sullivan Role of Delayed Nuclear Envelope Breakdown and Mitosis in Wolbachia-Induced Cytoplasmic Incompatibility Science, May 10, 2002; 296(5570): 1124 - 1126. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]
|
|
|
|
 |
|
 E. A. McGraw, D. J. Merritt, J. N. Droller, and S. L. O'Neill Wolbachia density and virulence attenuation after transfer into a novel host PNAS, March 5, 2002; 99(5): 2918 - 2923. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]
|
|
|
|
|
|
S. Charlat, C. Calmet, and H. Mercot On the mod resc Model and the Evolution of Wolbachia Compatibility Types Genetics, December 1, 2001; 159(4): 1415 - 1422. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]
|
|
|
|
|
|
G. D. D. Hurst, A. P. Johnson, J. H. G. v. d. Schulenburg, and Y. Fuyama Male-Killing Wolbachia in Drosophila: A Temperature-Sensitive Trait With a Threshold Bacterial Density Genetics, October 1, 2000; 156(2): 699 - 709. [Abstract] [Full Text]
|
|
|
|
|
|
R. R. Snook, S. Y. Cleland, M. F. Wolfner, and T. L. Karr Offsetting Effects of Wolbachia Infection and Heat Shock on Sperm Production in Drosophila simulans: Analyses of Fecundity, Fertility and Accessory Gland Proteins Genetics, May 1, 2000; 155(1): 167 - 178. [Abstract] [Full Text]
|
|
|
|
|
|
D. C. Presgraves A Genetic Test of the Mechanism of Wolbachia-Induced Cytoplasmic Incompatibility in Drosophila Genetics, February 1, 2000; 154(2): 771 - 776. [Abstract] [Full Text]
|
|
|
|
 |
|
 S Kamoda, S Masui, H Ishikawa, and T Sasaki Wolbachia infection and cytoplasmic incompatibility in the cricket Teleogryllus taiwanemma J. Exp. Biol., January 8, 2000; 203(16): 2503 - 2509. [Abstract] [PDF]
|
|
|
|
|
|
A. Heddi, A.-M. Grenier, C. Khatchadourian, H. Charles, and P. Nardon Four intracellular genomes direct weevil biology: Nuclear, mitochondrial, principal endosymbiont, and Wolbachia PNAS, June 8, 1999; 96(12): 6814 - 6819. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]
|
|
|
|
|
|
S. R. Bordenstein and J. H. Werren Effects of A and B Wolbachia and Host Genotype on Interspecies Cytoplasmic Incompatibility in Nasonia Genetics, April 1, 1998; 148(4): 1833 - 1844. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]
|
|
|
|
|
|
R. Giordano, J. J. Jackson, and H. M. Robertson The role of Wolbachia bacteria in reproductive incompatibilities and hybrid zones of Diabrotica beetles and Gryllus crickets PNAS, October 14, 1997; 94(21): 11439 - 11444. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]
|
|
