|
|
|
Country Department, province, locality;
habitatb; y collectedBiogeographic regionc Altitude (m) N (M,F)d No. of C-autosomes
mean and SDBolivia La Paz, Murillo, Palomar. D. 1997 Andes [1] 3,000 3 M 18.00 ± 2.00 Bolivia La Paz, La Paz, Río Abajo. D. 1997 Andes [2] 2,900 16 M 17.00 ± 1.03 Bolivia Cochabamba, Esteban Arze, Jamach´Uma. D. 1997 Andes [3] 2,700 15 M, 3 F 15.72 ± 1.49 Bolivia Cochabamba, Esteban Arze, Jamach´Uma. S. 1997 Andes [3] 2,700 7 M, 2 F 16.00 ± 0.87 Bolivia Chuquisaca, Yamparaez, Uyuní. D. 1997 Andes [4] 2,542 9 M 17.44 ± 0.88 Peru Arequipa , Arequipa city. D. 1997 Andes [5] 2,336 8 M 16.63 ± 1.06 Bolivia Cochabamba, Campero, Peña Colorada. D. 1997 Andes [6] 1,890 3 M 16.00 ± 0.00 Bolivia Santa Cruz, Florida, Pampa Grande. D. 1997 Andes [7] 1,250 4 M 16.75 ± 0.50 Argentina La Rioja, Anillaco. P. 1997 Austral Chaco [8] 1,400 5 M 6.20 ± 0.45 Brazil Bahia, Paratinga. D. 1995 Caatinga [9] 500 9 M 6.00 ± 0.00 Brazil Piaiu, Caracol. D. 1996 Caatinga [10] 450 6 M, 8 F 6.00 ± 0.00 Bolivia Santa Cruz, Cordillera, Izozog. D. 1997 Boreal Chaco [11] 350 2 M 7.00 ± 0.00 Bolivia Santa Cruz, Cordillera, Izozog. S. "Dark morphs." 1997 Boreal Chaco [11] 350 8 M 6.00 ± 0.00 Paraguay Chaco, Río Negro. D. 1997 Boreal Chaco [12] 350 6 M, 3 F 6.33 ± 0.50 Argentine Córdoba, Cruz del Eje, Los Leones. D & P. 2000 Austral Chaco [13] 250 12 M 5.17 ± 0.58 Argentine Santiago del Estero, Moreno, San Pablo. P. 1999 Austral Chaco [14] 200 7 M, 3 F 5.50 ± 0.85 Uruguay Several populations from Southern and Northern. D & P. 1988-1995 Pampeana [15,16] 0-200 44 M, 26 F 5.99 ± 0.12 aAll specimens came from natural populations. Statistically significant differences (p < 0.001) were detected in the number of C-autosomes between Andean (16.54 ± 1.29) and non-Andean (5.93 ± 0.45) grouped samples.
bP, peridomiciliary; D, domiciliary; S, sylvatic.
cNumbers in brackets refer to the location of the populations in Figure 1.
dM, males; F, females.
C-banding pattern Argentina (Austral Chaco)
[8][13][14]bBolivia and Paraguay
(Boreal Chaco) [11,12]Uruguay (Pampeana)
[15,16]Brazil (Caatinga)
[9,10]Total specimens BB BB BB - 1 - - 1 BB BB AB 1 7 6 - 14 BB BB AA 1 3 43 21 68 BB BB AC 1 - 1 - 2 BB AB AA 4 - 16 1 21 BB AA AA 4 1a 4 1 10 BB AA AC 3 - - - 3 BB AB AC 2 - - - 2 BB AB CC 2 - - - 2 BB AA CC 1 - - - 1 AB BB AA 1 - - - 1 AB AB AA 2 - - - 2 AB AB AC 3 - - - 3 AB AA AB 1 - - - 1 AB AA AA 1 3c - - 4 AA AA AA - 4c - - 4 Total 27 19 70 23 139 aThe population more near the Andean region of Bolivia and Peru, e.g., the Austral Chaco region of Argentine, appeared very variable both in the number of C-banded autosomes and in the karyomorphs observed. By contrast, the samples farthest away from the Andean region, e.g., Brazilian Caatinga populations, were the most homogeneous, almost always exhibiting the same C-karyomorphs (BB BB AA).
bNumbers in brackets refer to the location of the populations in Figure 1.
cSylvatic (dark morphs).
Origin Population analyzedb n Haploid DNA content
mean and SD (pg)cBolivia (Andean) Jamach´Uma. D. [3] 4 1. 842 ± 0.201 Bolivia (Andean) Jamach´Uma. S. [3] 4 1. 835 ± 0.140 Bolivia (Andean) Río Abajo. D. [2] 4 1.799 ± 0.140 Paraguay (non-Andean) Chaco. D. [12] 4 1.494 ± 0.170 Brazil (non-Andean) Caracol and Paratinga. D. [9,10] 3 1.420 ± 0.041 Uruguay (non-Andean) Northern populations. P. D. [16] 13 1.414 ± 0.106 Argentine (non-Andean) Cruz del Eje and Moreno. P. D. [13,14] 6 1.352 ± 0.094 Bolivia (non-Andean) Santa Cruz. S. Dark morphs [11] 4 1.320 ± 0.046 an, number of specimens analyzed; P, peridomiciliary; D, domiciliary; S, sylvatic.
bNumbers in brackets refer to the location of the populations in Figure 1.
cSignificant differences (p < 0.001) were detected in C-values between Andean (1.825 ± 0.149) and non-Andean (1.401 ± 0.111) grouped samples.