Table 1.
Specimen information and number of samples used in this study.
Fig 1.
Partial karyotypes of a female Colaptes campestris (A), a female Colaptes melanochloros (B) and a male Melanerpes candidus (C).
Bar = 5μm.
Table 2.
Chromosomal morphology of Picidae species included in this study.
Fig 2.
C-banded chromosomes in mitotic metaphase of Colaptes campestris (A), Colaptes melanochloros (B) and Melanerpes candidus (C).
Chromosomes were stained with DAPI and converted to black and white with Corel® photo editor. Sex chromosomes are indicated in each metaphase. Bar = 5μm.
Fig 3.
Metaphase chromosomes of a female Colaptes melanochloros hybridized with: 18S rDNA (A), telomeric DNA (B) and microsatellites DNA (C-G).
Chromosomes were counterstained with DAPI (blue), and microsatellite probes were labeled directly during synthesis with Cy3 (red). Probes used are indicated in the lower left corner of the images. Sex chromosomes are indicated in each metaphase. Bar = 5μm.
Fig 4.
Metaphase chromosomes of a male Melanerpes candidus hybridized with: 18S rDNA (A), telomeric DNA (B) and microsatellites DNA (C-G).
Chromosomes were counterstained with DAPI (blue) and microsatellite probes were labeled directly during synthesis with Cy3 (red). Probes used are indicated in the lower left corner of the images. Sex chromosomes are indicated in each metaphase. Bar = 5μm.
Table 3.
Hybridization of repetitive sequences in Picidae.
Fig 5.
Distribution and localization of microsatellite sequences in chromosomes 1–5 and Z in Colaptes (A) and M. candidus (B).
Table 4.
Diploid number of Picidae species.