TY - JOUR A1 - Matsuda, Yoichi A1 - Uno, Yoshinobu A1 - Kondo, Mariko A1 - Gilchrist, Michael J. A1 - Zorn, Aaron M. A1 - Rokhsar, Daniel S. A1 - Schmid, Michael A1 - Taira, Masanori T1 - A New Nomenclature of Xenopus laevis Chromosomes Based on the Phylogenetic Relationship to Silurana/Xenopus tropicalis JF - Cytogenetic and Genome Research N2 - Xenopus laevis (XLA) is an allotetraploid species which appears to have undergone whole-genome duplication after the interspecific hybridization of 2 diploid species closely related to Silurana/Xenopus tropicalis (XTR). Previous cDNA fluorescence in situ hybridization (FISH) experiments have identified 9 sets of homoeologous chromosomes in X. laevis, in which 8 sets correspond to chromosomes 1-8 of X. tropicalis (XTR1-XTR8), and the last set corresponds to a fusion of XTR9 and XTR10. In addition, recent X. laevis genome sequencing and BAC-FISH experiments support this physiological relationship and show no gross chromosome translocation in the X. laevis karyotype. Therefore, for the benefit of both comparative cytogenetics and genome research, we here propose a new chromosome nomenclature for X. laevis based on the phylogenetic relationship and chromosome length, i.e. XLA1L, XLA1S, XLA2L, XLA2S, and so on, in which the numbering of XLA chromosomes corresponds to that in X. tropicalis and the postfixes ‘L' and ‘S' stand for ‘long' and ‘short' chromosomes in the homoeologous pairs, which can be distinguished cytologically by their relative size. The last chromosome set is named XLA9L and XLA9S, in which XLA9 corresponds to both XTR9 and XTR10, and hence, to emphasize the phylogenetic relationship to X. tropicalis, XLA9_10L and XLA9_10S are also used as synonyms. KW - BrdU replication banding pattern KW - homoeologous chromosomes KW - nomenclature KW - Xenopus laevis KW - Xenopus tropicalis Y1 - 2015 U6 - http://nbn-resolving.de/urn/resolver.pl?urn:nbn:de:bvb:20-opus-196748 SN - 1424-8581 SN - 1424-859X N1 - This publication is with permission of the rights owner freely accessible due to an Alliance licence and a national licence (funded by the DFG, German Research Foundation) respectively. VL - 145 IS - 3-4 ER - TY - THES A1 - Schlirf, Michael T1 - Revision and description of Keuper (Middle Ladinian to Rhaetian) invertebrate trace fossils from the southern part of the Germanic Basin and studies of related material T1 - Revision und Beschreibung der Keuper (mittleers Ladinium bis Rhaetium) Invertebratenspurenfossilien des südlichen Germanischen Beckens und Studien verwandten Materials N2 - The invertebrate trace fossils from the Keuper (Upper Triassic) of the southern part of the Germanic Basin are revised. The Keuper sediments of the Germanic Basin are predominantly composed of rocks representing various nonmarine environments dominated by red-bed facies. The Würzburg Formation, the Stuttgart Formation, and the Hassberge Formation, all representing deposits of extended river systems, contain the richest ichnofauna. Trace fossil abundance is generally low and their occurrence is scattered. The studied material can be assigned to 28 ichnogenera, 38 ichnospecies, and 6 vernacular forms. Among the described trace fossils are one new ichnogenus and three new ichnospecies. Apart from the revision of the invertebrate trace fossils from the Keuper numerous related ichnotaxa from various localities and ages have been studied and revised. In the course of these studies several ichnotaxa are synonymised, lowered in rank, and new ichnogenera, subichnogenera, and ichnospecies are suggested. In addition, general guidelines for naming, and methodologies for studying invertebrate trace fossils are presented. The palaeoecology of three ichnocoenoses, one from the Würzburg Formation and two from the Hassberge Formation in Lower Franconia are briefly discussed. N2 - Die Invertebratenspuren aus dem Keuper (Obere Trias) des südlichen Germanischen Beckens werden revidiert. Die Sedimente des Germanischen Keupers bestehen zum überwiegenden Teil aus verschiedenen nichtmarinen Rotsedimenten. Die Würzburg Formation, die Stuttgart Formation und the Hassberge Formation werden als Ablagerungen ausgedehnter Flusssysteme interpretiert und enthalten die reichhaltigsten Spurenfaunen. Die Häufigkeit von Spurenfossilien ist generell niedrig und ihre Verbreitung ist punktuell. Das untersuchte Material kann 28 Ichnogattungen und 38 Ichnoarten zugewiesen werden. Sechs Spurenfossiltypen konnten taxonomisch nicht zugewiesen werden. Unter den beschriebenen Formen sind eine neue Ichnogattung und drei neue Ichospezies. Neben der Revision der Keuperspuren wurden zahlreiche verwandte Spurentaxa verschiedener räumlicher und zeitlicher Herkunft detailiert revidiert. Im Zuge dieser Revision wurden einige Taxa synonymisiert oder in ihrem taxonomischen Rang erniedrigt sowie neue Ichnotaxa vorgeschlagen. Darüber hinaus werden Leitlinien zur Nomenklatur von Spurenfossilien sowie generelle Verfahrensweisen zum Studium von Invertebratenspurenfossilien vorgestellt. Die Palökolgie dreier Ichnozönosen aus Unterfranken, eine aus der Würzburg Formation und zwei aus der Hassberge Formation werden kurz diskutiert. KW - Haßberge-Gebiet KW - Wirbellose KW - Spurenfossil KW - Obertrias KW - Obere Trias KW - Germanisches Becken KW - nichtmarine Ablagerungen KW - Ichnotaxonomie KW - Nomenklatur KW - Upper Triassic KW - Germanic Basin KW - nonmarine deposits KW - ichnotaxonomy KW - nomenclature Y1 - 2005 U6 - http://nbn-resolving.de/urn/resolver.pl?urn:nbn:de:bvb:20-opus-12288 ER -