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Registro de poliploidia en la almeja dulceacuícola Musculium Argentinum (D'ORBIGNY 1835) (SPHAERIIDAE, VENEROIDA)
La poliploidía es un carácter inusual en moluscos bivalvos. Sin embargo, datos citogenéticos documentados para especies de la subfamilia Sphaeriinae (familia Sphaeriidae) del hemisferio norte muestran números cromosómicos que varían desde 36 hasta ca. 247. La almeja dulceacuícola Musculium argentinum (D'Orbigny 1835) presenta un número cromosómico 2n = ca. 130, lo cual muestra que la poliploidía también estaría presente en esféridos sudamericanos. Estos antecedentes citogenéticos sugieren que Sphaeriinae podría constituir un complejo poliploide maduro.
Gonadal organization and gametogenesis in musculium argentinum (Veneroida: Sphaeriidae) from a population in Southern Chile
The gonadal organization and cytological characteristics of gametogenesis in a population of the freshwater clam Musculium argentinum (d'Orbigny, 1835) are described. Sections of the rather small gonad demonstrate the existence of hermaphroditic specimens, and is composed of hermaphrodite follicles among the intestine coils in the posterior dorsal region of the body. Follicles contain male and female germ cells at different stages of maturation, which can be recognized by their shape, size, and nuclear features. Male germ cells are organized in cysts, and spermatocytes do carry out meiosis. Within follicles, male and female germ cells occupy different regions. Gonad activity throughout the year is coincident with the life cycle pattern of the M. argentinum population studied previously.