Apinae Friesella
Cytogenetic data
| Tribe | Species | Sample local | Country(ies) | Haploid(n) | Diploid(2n) | Karyotype | Notes | Genome size (pg) | Classic cytogenetic data | Molecular cytogenetic data | References |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Meliponini | Friesella schrottkyi | Pedregulho, Cunha, São Paulo; Viçosa, Rio Paranaíba, Minas Gerais | Brazil | 17 | 34 | 2k= 10metacentric + 12submetacentric + 12subtelocentric | 0.42-0.44 | C-banding | DAPI/CMA3; FISH (ribosomal, microsatellites, satellite probes) | Tavares et al. 2012 Elizeu et al. 2021 Vignati et al. 2025 |
Chromosome classification: Levan et al. (1964): metacentric (m), submetacentric (sm), subtelocentric (st), or acrocentric (a). Imai (1991): metacentric (M) or acrocentric (A), with a variety of forms depending on the position of the heterochromatin on the karyotype.
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Bibliography
Vignati, Z.B.M., Teixeira, G.A., Cunha, M.S., Pereira, J.A., Lopes, D.M. Cytogenomics of Frieseomelitta varia (Hymenoptera: Apidae) and the sharing of a satellite DNA family in several Neotropical Meliponini genera. Genes, 16 : pp 86. 2025. DOI: [10.3390/genes16010086 https://doi.org/10.3390/genes16010086]
Elizeu, A.M., Travenzoli, N.M., Ferreira, R.P., Lopes, D.M., Tavares, M.G. Comparative study on the physical mapping of ribosomal genes and repetitive sequences in Friesella schrottkyi (Friese 1900) (Hymenoptera: Apidae, Meliponini). Zoologischer Anzeiger, 292 : pp 225-230. 2021. DOI: [10.1016/j.jcz.2021.04.006 https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jcz.2021.04.006]
Tavares, M.G., Carvalho, C.R., Soares, F.A.F., Campos, L.A.O. Genome size diversity in stingless bees (Hymenoptera: Apidae, Meliponini). Apidologie, 43 : pp 731-736. 2012. DOI: [10.1007/s13592-012-0145-x https://doi.org/10.1007/s13592-012-0145-x]