@article{fdi:010065293, title = {{M}ultidirectional chromosome painting substantiates the occurrence of extensive genomic reshuffling within {A}ccipitriformes}, author = {{N}ie, {W}. {H}. and {O}'{B}rien, {P}. {C}. {M}. and {F}u, {B}. {Y}. and {W}ang, {J}. {H}. and {S}u, {W}. {T}. and {H}e, {K}. and {B}ed'{H}om, {B}. and {V}olobouev, {V}. and {F}erguson-{S}mith, {M}. {A}. and {D}obigny, {G}authier and {Y}ang, {F}. {T}.}, editor = {}, language = {{ENG}}, abstract = {{B}ackground: {P}revious cross-species painting studies with probes from chicken ({G}allus gallus) chromosomes 1-10 and a paint pool of nineteen microchromosomes have revealed that the drastic karyotypic reorganization in {A}ccipitridae is due to extensive synteny disruptions and associations. {H}owever, the number of synteny association events and identities of microchromosomes involved in such synteny associations remain undefined, due to the lack of paint probes derived from individual chicken microchromosomes. {M}oreover, no genome-wide homology map between {A}ccipitridae species and other avian species with atypical karyotype organization has been reported till now, and the karyotype evolution within {A}ccipitriformes remains unclear. {R}esults: {T}o delineate the synteny-conserved segments in {A}ccipitridae, a set of painting probes for the griffon vulture, {G}yps fulvus (2n = 66) was generated from flow-sorted chromosomes. {T}ogether with previous generated probes from the stone curlew, {B}urhinus oedicnemus (2n = 42), a {C}haradriiformes species with atypical karyotype organization, we conducted multidirectional chromosome painting, including reciprocal chromosome painting between {B}. oedicnemus and {G}. fulvus and cross-species chromosome painting between {B}. oedicnemus and two accipitrid species (the {H}imalayan griffon, {G}. himalayensis 2n = 66, and the common buzzard, {B}uteo buteo, 2n = 68). {I}n doing so, genome-wide homology maps between {B}. oedicnemus and three {A}ccipitridae species were established. {F}rom there, a cladistic analysis using chromosomal characters and mapping of chromosomal changes on a consensus molecular phylogeny were conducted in order to search for cytogenetic signatures for different lineages within {A}ccipitriformes. {C}onclusion: {O}ur study confirmed that the genomes of the diurnal birds of prey, especially the genomes of species in {A}ccipitriformes excluding {C}athartidae, have been extensively reshuffled when compared to other bird lineages. {T}he chromosomal rearrangements involved include both fusions and fissions. {O}ur chromosome painting data indicated that the {P}alearctic common buzzard ({BBU}) shared several common chromosomal rearrangements with some {O}ld {W}orld vultures, and was found to be more closely related to other {A}ccipitridae than to {N}eotropical buteonine raptors from the karyotypic perspective. {U}sing both a chromosome-based cladistic analysis as well as by mapping of chromosomal differences onto a molecular-based phylogenetic tree, we revealed a number of potential cytogenetic signatures that support the clade of {P}andionidae ({PHA}) + {A}ccipitridae. {I}n addition, our cladistic analysis using chromosomal characters appears to support the placement of osprey ({PHA}) in {A}ccipitridae.}, keywords = {{A}ccipitriformes ; {F}luorescent in situ hybridization ; {M}ultidirectional painting ; {C}hromosomal rearrangements ; {C}hromosome-based phylogenetics}, booktitle = {}, journal = {{B}mc {E}volutionary {B}iology}, volume = {15}, numero = {}, pages = {art. 205 [17 p.]}, ISSN = {1471-2148}, year = {2015}, DOI = {10.1186/s12862-015-0484-0}, URL = {https://www.documentation.ird.fr/hor/fdi:010065293}, }