Arthropoda Cytogenetics
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Marielle Cristina Schneider |
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Graduated in Biology (2001) | |
PhD. in Cellular and Molecular Biology (2006) | |
Posdoctorate in Cellular and Molecular Biology (2009) | |
Students (MSc.,PhD.) | |
Tatiana Gimenez Pinheiro | |
Viviane Fagundes de Mattos | |
Students | |
Marielle Chiaradia | |
Rafael Lucena Lomazi | |
Research Interests |
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Arachnida, Coleoptera and Orthoptera cytogenetics, meiosis, synaptonemal complex, molecular cytogenetic, sex chromosome evolution, immunocytogenetic, holocentric chromosomes |
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Current Research Projects | |
- Meiosis in scorpions (Arachnida): model to understand the evolution in species with achiasmate chromosomes. |
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Recent Publications | |
Papers - Stavale LM; Schneider MC; Brescovit AD; Cella DM. Chromosomal characteristics and karyotype evolution of Oxyopidae spiders (Araneae, Entelegynae). Genetics and Molecular Research, 10: 752-763, 2011. - Schneider MC; Cella DM. Karyotype conservation in 2 populations of the parthenogenetic scorpion Tityus serrulatus (Buthidae): rDNA and its associated heterochromatin are concentrated on only one chromosome. Journal of Heredity, 101: 491-496, 2010. - Schneider MC; Zacaro AA; Ferreira A; Cella DM. Karyotype plasticity in crickets: numerical, morphological, and nucleolar organizer region distribution pattern of Anurogryllus sp. Journal of Insect Science, 10: 87, 2010. - Stavale LM; Schneider MC; Araújo D; Brescovit AD; Cella DM. Chromosomes of Theridiidae spiders (Entelegynae): interspecific karyotype diversity in Argyrodes and diploid number intraspecific variability in Nesticodes rufipes. Genetics and Molecular Biology, 33: 1-6, 2010. - Schneider MC; Zacaro AA; Pinto-da-Rocha R; Candido DM; Cella DM. Complex meiotic configuration of the holocentric chromosomes: the intriguing case of the scorpion Tityus bahiensis. Chromosome Research, 17: 883-898, 2009. - Schneider MC; Zacaro AA; Pinto-da-Rocha R; Candido DM; Cella DM. A comparative cytogenetic analysis of two Bothriuridae species and overview of the chromosome data of Scorpiones. Journal of Heredity, 100: 545-555, 2009. - Gross MC; Feldberg E; Cella DM; Schneider MC; Schneider CH; Porto J; Martins C. Intriguing evidence of translocations in Discus fish (Symphysodon, Cichlidae) and a report of the largest meiotic chromosomal chain observed in vertebrates. Heredity, 102: 435-441, 2009. - Schneider MC; Zacaro AA; Oliveira RM; Gnaspini P; Cella DM. Conventional and ultrastructural analyses of the chromosomes of Discocyrtus pectinifemur (Opiliones, Laniatores, (Gonyleptidae). Journal of Zoological Systematics and Evolutionary Research, 47: 203-207, 2008. - Ramalho MO; Araújo D; Schneider MC; Brescovit AD; Cella DM. Mesabolivar brasiliensis (Moenkhaus 1898) and Mesabolivar cyaneotaeniatus (Keyserling 1891) (Araneomorphae, Pholcidae): close relationship reinforced by cytogenetic analyses. Journal of Arachnology, 36: 01-04, 2008. - Schneider MC; Rosa SP; Almeida MC; Costa C; Cella DM. Chromosomal similarities and differences among four Neotropical Elateridae (Conoderini and Pyrophorini) and other related species, with comments on the NORs pattern in Coleoptera. Journal of Zoological Systematics and Evolutionary Research, 45: 308-316, 2007. - Schneider MC; Rosa SP; Almeida MC; Costa C; Cella DM. Strategies of karyotype differentiation in Elateridae (Coleoptera, Polyphaga). Micron (Oxford), 38: 590-598, 2007. - Schneider MC; Carraro BP; Cella DM; Matiello RR; Artoni RF; Almeida MC. Astylus variegatus (Coleoptera, Melyridae): cytogenetic study of a population exposed to agrochemical products. Genetics and Molecular Biology, 30: 640-645, 2007. - Dias CM; Schneider MC; Rosa SP; Costa C; Cella DM. The first cytogenetic report of fireflies (Coleoptera, Lampyridae) from Brazilian fauna. Acta Zoologica (Stockholm), 88: 309-316, 2007. - Schneider MC; Almeida MC; Rosa SP; Costa C; Cella DM. Evolutionary chromosomal differentiation among four species of Conoderus Eschscholts, 1829 (Coleoptera, Elateridae, Agrypninae, Conoderini) detected by standard staining, C-banding, silver nitrate impregnation, and CMA3/DA/DAPI staining. Genetica (The Hague), 128: 333-346, 2006. - Schneider MC; Artoni RF; Almeida MC. Cytogenetic analysis of 3 populations of Diabrotica speciosa (Chrysomelidae, Galerucinae): constitutive heterochromatin and nucleolus organizer regions. Cytologia, 67: 281-287, 2002. - SCHNEIDER MC; CELLA DM. Citogenética de insetos de importância para entomologia forense: Coleoptera e Diptera. In: LEONARDO GOMES (Org.). Entomologia forense: novas tendências e tecnologias nas ciências criminais. 1a ed. Rio de Janeiro: Technical Books, 321-361, 2010. |
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Courses Taught | |
Cytogenetics |
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