@article{fdi:010054396,
  title = {{C}hromosomal evolution in {R}attini ({M}uridae, {R}odentia)},
  author = {{B}adenhorst, {D}. and {D}obigny, {G}authier and {A}dega, {F}. and {C}haves, {R}. and {O}'{B}rien, {P}. {C}. {M}. and {F}erguson-{S}mith, {M}. {A}. and {W}aters, {P}. {D}. and {R}obinson, {T}. {J}.},
  editor = {},
  language = {{ENG}},
  abstract = {{T}he {R}attini ({M}uridae, {M}urinae) includes the biologically important model species {R}attus norvegicus ({RNO}) and represents a group of rodents that are of clinical, agricultural and epidemiological importance. {W}e present a comparative molecular cytogenetic investigation of ten {R}attini species representative of the genera {M}axomys, {L}eopoldamys, {N}iviventer, {B}erylmys, {B}andicota and {R}attus using chromosome banding, cross-species painting ({Z}oo-fluorescent in situ hybridization or {FISH}) and {BAC}-{FISH} mapping. {O}ur results show that these taxa are characterised by slow to moderate rates of chromosome evolution that contrasts with the extensive chromosome restructuring identified in most other murid rodents, particularly the mouse lineage. {T}his extends to genomic features such as {NOR} location (for example, {NOR}s on {RNO} 3 are present on the corresponding chromosomes in all species except {B}andicota savilei and {N}iviventer fulvescens, and the {NOR}s on {RNO} 10 are conserved in all {R}attini with the exception of {R}attus). {T}he satellite {I} {DNA} family detected and characterised herein appears to be taxon ({R}attus) specific, and of recent origin (consistent with a feedback model of satellite evolution). {BAC}-mapping using clones that span regions responsible for the morphological variability exhibited by {RNO} 1, 12 and 13 (acrocentric/submetacentric) and their orthologues in {R}attus species, demonstrated that the differences are most likely due to pericentric inversions as exemplified by data on {R}attus tanezumi. {C}hromosomal characters detected using {R}. norvegicus and {M}axomys surifer whole chromosome painting probes were mapped to a consensus sequence-based phylogenetic tree thus allowing an objective assessment of ancestral states for the reconstruction of the putative {R}attini ancestral karyotype. {T}his is thought to have comprised 46 chromosomes that, with the exception of a single pair of metacentric autosomes, were acrocentric in morphology.},
  keywords = {{C}hromosome painting ; karyotype evolution ; ancestral karyotype ; satellite ; {DNA} ; {BAC}-{FISH} ; {R}attini},
  booktitle = {},
  journal = {{C}hromosome {R}esearch},
  volume = {19},
  numero = {6},
  pages = {709--727},
  ISSN = {0967-3849},
  year = {2011},
  DOI = {10.1007/s10577-011-9227-2},
  URL = {https://www.documentation.ird.fr/hor/fdi:010054396},
}