Scientific Papers

Here are some recent papers about chromosomes, meiosis, synapsis, recombination and all these… and yes, of course, about our favorite: Germline-Restricted Chromosome

Grishko, E., Borodin P. Structure and evolution of metapolycentromeres. Vavilov Journal of Genetics and Breeding. 2024; 28, (6): 592–601. https://doi.org/10.18699/vjgb-24-66 (Cover Page Illustration)

Dedukh D., Lisachov A., Panthum T., Singchat W., Matsuda Y., Imai Y., Janko K., Srikulnath K. Meiotic deviations and endoreplication lead to diploid oocytes in female hybrids between bighead catfish (Clarias macrocephalus) and North African catfish (Clarias gariepinus). Front. Cell Dev. Biol. 2024;12:1–12. DOI: 10.3389/fcell.2024.1465335.

Lisachov A., Panthum T., Dedukh D., Singchat W., Ahmad S.F., Wattanadilokcahtkun P., Thong T., Srikampa P., Noito K., Rasoarahona R., Kraichak E., Muangmai N., Chatchaiphan S., Sriphairoj K., Hatachote S., Chaiyes A., Jantasuriyarat C., Dokkaew S., Chailertlit V., Suksavate W., Sonongbua J., Prasanpan J., Payungporn S., Han K., Antunes A., Srisapoome P., Koga A., Duengkae P., Na-Nakorn U., Matsuda Y., Srikulnath K. Genome-wide sequence divergence of satellite DNA could underlie meiotic failure in male hybrids of bighead catfish and North African catfish (Clarias, Clariidae). Genomics. 2024;116(4):110868. DOI: 10.1016/j.ygeno.2024.110868.

Lisachov A, Dedukh D, Simanovsky S, Panthum T, Singchat W, Srikulnath K. Spaghetti connections: synaptonemal complexes as a tool to explore chromosome structure, evolution, and meiotic behavior in fish. Cytogenet Genome Res. 2024 Mar 7. doi: 10.1159/000538238. Epub ahead of print. PMID: 38452741.

Grishko, E.; Malinovskaya, L.; Slobodchikova, A.; Kotelnikov, A.; Torgasheva, A.; Borodin, P. Cytological Analysis of Crossover Frequency and Distribution in Male Meiosis of Cardueline Finches (Fringillidae, Aves). Animals 2023, 13, 3624. https://doi.org/10.3390/ ani13233624

Borodin P. Germline-restricted chromosomes of the songbirds. Vavilov Journal of Genetics and Breeding. 2023;27(6):641-650. DOI 10.18699/VJGB-23-75 (Cover Page Illustration)

Lisachov, A., Tishakova, K., Romanenko, S., Lisachova, L., Davletshina, G., Prokopov, D., Kratochvíl, L., O`Brien, P., Ferguson-Smith, M., Borodin, P. & Trifonov, V. (2023). Robertsonian fusion triggers recombination suppression on sex chromosomes in Coleonyx geckos. Scientific Reports, 13(1), 15502. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-023-39937-2

Bikchurina T, Pavlenko M, Kizilova E, Rubtsova D, Sheremetyeva I, Kartavtseva I, Torgasheva A, Borodin P. Chromosome Asynapsis Is the Main Cause of Male Sterility in the Interspecies Hybrids of East Asian Voles (Alexandromys, Rodentia, Arvicolinae). Genes. 2023; 14(5):1022. https://doi.org/10.3390/genes14051022

Tishakova KV, Prokopov DY, Davletshina GI, Rumyantsev AV, O’Brien PCM, Ferguson-Smith MA, Giovannotti M, Lisachov AP, Trifonov VA. Identification of Iguania Ancestral Syntenic Blocks and Putative Sex Chromosomes in the Veiled Chameleon (Chamaeleo calyptratus, Chamaeleonidae, Iguania). International Journal of Molecular Sciences. 2022; 23(24):15838. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijms232415838

Smith J. Alfieri J.M. Anthony N. Arensburger P. Athrey G. Balacco J. Balic A. Bardou P. Barela P. Bigot Y. Blackmon H. Borodin P.M. Carroll R. Casono M.C. Charles M. Cheng H. Chiodi M. Cigan L. Coghill L.M. Crooijmans R. Das N. Davey S. Davidian A. Degalez F. Dekkers J.M. Derks M. Diack A.B. Djikeng A. Drechsler Y. Dyomin A. Fedrigo O. Fiddaman S.R. Formenti G. Frantz L.A.F. Fulton J.E. Gaginskaya E. Galkina S. Gallardo R.A. Geibel J. Gheyas A.A. Godinez C.J.P. Goodell A. Graves J.A.M. Griffin D.K. Haase B. Han J.-L. Hanotte O. Henderson L.J. Hou Z.-C. Howe K. Huynh L. Ilatsia E. Jarvis E.D. Johnson S.M. Kaufman J. Kelly T. Kemp S. Kern C. Keroack J.H. Klopp C. Lagarrigue S. Lamont S.J. Lange M. Lanke A. Larkin D.M. Larson G. Layos J.K.N. Lebrasseur O. Malinovskaya L.P. Martin R.J. Martin Cerezo M.L. Mason A.S. McCarthy F.M. McGrew M.J. Mountcastle J. Muhonja C.K. Muir W. Muret K. Murphy T. Ng’ang’a I. Nishibori M. O’Connor R.E. Ogugo M. Okimoto R. Ouko O. Patel H.R. Perini F. Pigozzi M.I. Potter K.C. Price P.D. Reimer C. Rice E.S. Rocos N. Rogers T.F. Saelao P. Schauer J. Schnabel R.D. Schneider V. Simianer H. Smith A. Stevens M.P. Stiers K. Tiambo C.K. Tixier-Boichard M. Torgasheva A.A. Tracey A. Tregaskes C.A. Vervelde L. Wang Y. Warren W.C. Waters P.D. Webb D. Weigend S. Wolc A. Wright A.E. Wright D. Wu Z. Yamagata M. Yang C. Yin Z.-T. Young M. Zhang G. Zhao B. Zhou H. Fourth Report on Chicken Genes and Chromosomes. Cytogenet Genome Res 2022, 162 (8-9): 405–528. DOI: 10.1159/000529376.

Zlobin, A.S.; Volkova, N.A.; Zinovieva, N.A.; Iolchiev, B.S.; Bagirov, V.A.; Borodin, P.M.; Axenovich, T.I.; Tsepilov, Y.A. Loci Associated with Negative Heterosis for Viability and Meat Productivity in Interspecific Sheep Hybrids. Animals 2023, 13, 184. https://doi.org/10.3390/ani13010184

Pristyazhnyuk, I.E.; Malinovskaya, L.P.; Borodin, P.M. Establishment of the Primary Avian Gonadal Somatic Cell Lines for Cytogenetic Studies. Animals 2022, 12, 1724. https://doi.org/10.3390/ani12131724

Malinovskaya L.P., Slobodchikova A.Y., Grishko E.O., Pristyazhnyuk I.E., Torgasheva A.A., Borodin P.M. Germline-Restricted Chromosomes and Autosomal Variants Revealed by Pachytene Karyotyping of 17 Avian Species. Cytogenet. Genome Res., 2022, 162:148–159. doi.org/10.1159/000524681. (Editor’s Choice)

Borodin P., Chen A., Forstmeier W., Fouché., Malinovskaya L., Pei Y., Reifová R., Ruiz-Ruano F. J., Schlebusch S. A., Sotelo-Muñoz M., Torgasheva A., Vontzou N. and Suh A. Mendelian nightmares: the germline‑restricted chromosomeof songbirds. Chromosome Research, 2022, 30, 255–272, doi.org/10.1007/s10577-022-09688-3.

Lisachov, A. P., Lisachova, L. S. and Simonov, E. (2022) ‘First record of ranavirus (Ranavirus sp.) in Siberia, Russia’, Herpetozoa, 35, pp. 33–37. doi: 10.3897/HERPETOZOA.35.E79490.

Simonov E, Kuranova VN, Lisachov A, Yartsev VV, Bogomolova IN. Database of Amphibia distribution in West Siberia (Russia). Biodivers Data J. 2022 Apr 14;10:e82436. doi: 10.3897/BDJ.10.e82436. PMID: 35586258; PMCID: PMC9023432

Torgasheva A, Malinovskaya L, Zadesenets K, Shnaider E, Rubtsov N and Borodin P. Germline restricted chromosome (GRC) in female and male meiosis of the great tit (Parus major, Linnaeus, 1758). Front. Genet., 2021, 12:768056, doi.org/10.3389/fgene.2021.768056.

Malinovskaya L.P., Tishakova K.V., Bikchurina T.I., Slobodchikova A.Yu., Torgunakov N.Yu., Torgasheva A.A., Tsepilov Y.A., Volkova N.A., Borodin P.M. Negative heterosis for meiotic recombination rate in spermatocytes of the domestic chicken Gallus gallus. Vavilov Journal of Genetics and Breeding, 2021, 25(6):661-668, doi.org/10.18699/VJ21.075.

Torgasheva, A.; Malinovskaya, L.; Zadesenets, K.S.; Slobodchikova, A.; Shnaider, E.; Rubtsov, N.; Borodin, P. Highly Conservative Pattern of Sex Chromosome Synapsis and Recombination in Neognathae Birds. Genes, 2021, 12(9):1358, doi.org/10.3390/genes12091358.

Lisachev, A.P., Tishakova, K.V., Romanenko, S.A., Molodtseva, A.S., Prokopov, D.Y., Pereira, J.C., Ferguson-Smith, M.A., Borodin, P.M., Trifonov, V.A. Whole-chromosome fusions in the karyotype evolution of Sceloporus (Iguania, Reptilia) are more frequent in sex chromosomes than autosomes. Phil. Trans. R. Soc. B, 2021, 376:20200099, doi.org/10.1098/rstb.2020.0099.

Lisachov, A.; Andreyushkova, D.; Davletshina, G.; Prokopov, D.; Romanenko, S.; Galkina, S.; Saifitdinova, A.; Simonov, E.; Borodin, P.; Trifonov, V. Amplified Fragments of an Autosome-Borne Gene Constitute a Significant Component of the W Sex Chromosome of Eremias velox (Reptilia, Lacertidae). Genes, 2021, 12:779, doi.org/10.3390/genes12050779.

Bikchurina, T.I., Golenishchev, F.N., Kizilova, E.A., Mahmoudi, A., Borodin, P.M. Reproductive Isolation Between Taxonomically Controversial Forms of the Gray Voles (Microtus, Rodentia; Arvicolinae): Cytological Mechanisms and Taxonomical Implications. Front. Genet., 2021, 12:575, doi.org/10.3389/fgene.2021.653837.

Zlobin, A.S., Nikulin, P.S., Volkova, N.A., Zinovieva, N.A., Iolchiev, B.S., Bagirov, V.A., Borodin, P.M., Aksenovich, T.I., Tsepilov, Y. A. Multivariate Analysis Identifies Eight Novel Loci Associated with Meat Productivity Traits in Sheep. Genes, 2021, 12:367, doi.org/10.3390/genes12030367.

Torgunakov, N.Y., Kizilova, E.A., Karamysheva, T.V., Malinovskaya, L.P., Bikchurina, T.I., Borodin, P.M. Homogeneously Staining Regions (HSR) in Chromosome 1 of the House Mouse: Synapsis and Recombination at Meiosis. Cytogenet. Genome Res., 2021, 161:14–22 , doi.org/10.1159/000513266.

Iannucci A, Makunin AI, Lisachov AP, Ciofi C, Stanyon R, Svartman M, Trifonov VA. Bridging the Gap between Vertebrate Cytogenetics and Genomics with Single-Chromosome Sequencing (ChromSeq). Genes. 2021; 12(1):124.

Malinovskaya, L.P., Tishakova, K.V., Shnaider, E.P., Borodin, P.M., Torgasheva, A.A. Heterochiasmy and sexual dimorphism: the case of the barn swallow (Hirundo rustica, Hirundinidae, Aves). Genes, 2020, 11:1119.

Malinovskaya, L. P., Zadesenets, K. S., Karamysheva, T. V, Akberdina, E. A., Kizilova, E. A., Romanenko, M. V, Shnaider, E. P., Scherbakova, M. M., Korobitsyn, I. G., Rubtsov, N. B., Borodin, P. M., & Torgasheva, A. A. Germline-restricted chromosome (GRC) in the sand martin and the pale martin (Hirundinidae, Aves): synapsis, recombination and copy number variation. Scientific Reports, 2020, 10:1058.

Torgasheva AA, Malinovskaya LP, Zadesenets KS, Karamysheva TV, Kizilova EA, Akberdina EA, Pristyazhnyuk IE, Shnaider EP, Volodkina VA, Saifitdinova AF,Galkina SA, Larkin DM, Rubtsov NB, Borodin PM. – Germline-restricted chromosome (GRC) is widespread among songbirds. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, 2019, 116: 11845-11850. (Cover Page Illustration; Feature artice – See Commentary: Hansson, Bengt. “On the origin and evolution of germline chromosomes in songbirds.” Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 116.24 (2019): 11570-11572)

Zlobin, A.S., Volkova, N.A., Borodin, P.M., Aksenovich, T.I., Tsepilov, Y.A. Recent advances in understanding genetic variants associated with growth, carcass and meat productivity traits in sheep (Ovis aries): an update. Arch. Anim. Breed., 2019, 62:579–583, doi.org/10.5194/aab-62-579-2019.

Lisachov, A. P., Galkina, S. A., Saifitdinova, A. F., Romanenko, S. A., Andreyushkova, D. A., Trifonov, V. A., & Borodin, P. M. – Identification of sex chromosomes in Eremias velox (Lacertidae, Reptilia) using lampbrush chromosome analysis. Comparative Cytogenetics, (2019), 13:121-132.

Malinovskaya, L. P., Tishakova, K. V., Volkova, N. A., Torgasheva, A. A., Tsepilov, Y. A., and Borodin, P. M. – Interbreed variation in meiotic recombination rate and distribution in the domestic chicken Gallus gallus, Arch. Anim. Breed., 2019, 62, 403-411, https://doi.org/10.5194/aab-62-403-2019,

Бикчурина Т.И., Томгорова Е.К., Торгашева А.А., Багиров В.А., Волкова Н.А., Бородин П.М. Синапсис, рекомбинация и эпигенетическая модификация хромосом у баранов, гетерозиготных по метацентрической хромосоме 3 домашней овцы Ovis aries и акроцентрическим гомологам архара Ovis ammon. Вавиловский журнал генетикии селекции. 2019;23(3):254-260. DOI 10.18699/VJ19.502

Borodin, P. M., Fedyk, S., Chętnicki, W., Torgasheva, A. A., Pavlova, S. V, Searle, J. B. – Meiosis and Fertility Associated with Chromosomal Heterozygosity. In Shrews, Chromosomes and Speciation; Zima, J., Searle, J. B., Polly, P. D., Eds.; Cambridge University Press: Cambridge, 2019; pp. 217–270, DOI: 10.1017/9780511895531.008

Lisachov, A. P.; Tishakova, K. V; Tsepilov, Y. A.; Borodin, P. M. Male. Meiotic Recombination in the Steppe Agama, Trapelus sanguinolentus (Agamidae, Iguania, Reptilia). Cytogenet. Genome Res. 2019, 157:107-114, doi:10.1159/000496078.

Lisachov, A. P.; Makunin, A. I.; Giovannotti, M.; Pereira, J. C.; Druzhkova, A. S.; Caputo Barucchi, V.; Ferguson-Smith, M. A.; Trifonov, V. A. – Genetic Content of the Neo-Sex Chromosomes in Ctenonotus and Norops (Squamata, Dactyloidae) and Degeneration of the Y Chromosome as Revealed by High-Throughput Sequencing of Individual Chromosomes. Cytogenet. Genome Res. 2019, doi:10.1159/000497091.

Lisachov, A.; Poyarkov, N.; Pawangkhanant, P.; Borodin, P. – 2018.New karyotype of Lygosoma bowringii suggests cryptic diversity. Herpetology Notes, 11: 1083–1088.

Semenov GA, Basheva EA, Borodin PM, Torgasheva AA (2018). – High rate of meiotic recombination and its implications for intricate speciation patterns in the white wagtail (Motacilla alba). Biological Journal of the Linnean Society, 125: 600–612, https://doi.org/10.1093/biolinnean/bly133 .

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