Publications

  Books

1. Cioffi MB: Molecular Cytogenetics of Fishes. 1. ed. Basel: Karger, 2013. v. 1. 168p 

2. Trifonov VA, Cioffi MB, Liehr T. Evolution of Eukaryote Genome Complexity. 1. ed. Basel: Karger, 2021. v. 1. 104p 

 

Book Chapters 

 7. Perez MF, Toma GA, Souza FHS, Ferreira PN, Rab P, Cioffi MB: Integrating genomic and cytogenetic data to study the evolutionary history of arapaimas and arowanas in the Neotropics. In: Pedro M Galetti Jr. (Ed), pp 523-537 (2023) 

6. Kretschmer R, Santos MS, Furo IO, Oliveira EHC, Cioffi MB: Fish in birds. In: Thomas Liehr (Ed). Cytogenetics and Molecular Cytogenetics. 1ed. CRC Press, (2022)

5. Sassi FMC, Toma GA, Cioffi MB: Fluorescence in situ hybridization in fish chromosomes. In: Thomas Liehr (Ed). Cytogenetics and Molecular Cytogenetics. 1ed. CRC Press (2022)

4. Yano CF, Bertollo LAC, Cioffi MB: Fish-FISH: Molecular Cytogenetics in Fish Species. In: Thomas Liehr (Ed). Fluorescence in situ Hybridization (FISH)- Application Guide. 2ed.Berlin: Springer, 2017, pp 429-444.

3. Bertollo LAC, Cioffi MB, Moreira Filho O: Direct chromosome preparations from Freshwater teleost fishes. In: Catherine Ozouf-Costaz, Eva Pisano, Fausto Foresti, and Lurdes Foresti de Almeida Toledo (Eds). Fish techniques, Ray-Fin Fishes and Chondrichthyans, CRC Press, 2015, pp 21-26

2. Cioffi MB, Molina WF, Artoni RF, Bertollo LAC: Chromosomes as tools for discovering biodiversity. The case of Erythrinidae fish family. In: Edited by: Padma Tirunilai. (Org.). Recent Trends in Cytogenetic Studies - Methodologies and Applications. 1 ed. Rijeka: InTech, 2012, p. 125-146.

1. Cioffi MB, Bertollo LAC. Chromosomal distribution and evolution of repetitive DNAs in fish. In: Manuel A. Garrido-Ramos (Eds). Genome Dynamics, v. 7: Karger, 2012, pp 197–221.

 

Special Issues

3. Cioffi MB; Trifonov V; Liehr T: Special Issue: "Evolution of Genome Complexity" - Cytogenetic and Genome Research, 2021 

2. Cioffi MB; Ezaz T, Srikulnath K: Special Issue "Functional Evolution of Sex Chromosomes" - Genes, 2020  

1. Cioffi MB: Special Issue "Molecular Cytogenetics of Fishes" - Cytogenetic and Genome Research, 2013  

 

Peer-Reviewed Scientific Articles

2024

201. Sassi FMC, Cioffi MB, Moreira-Filho O. A state-of-art review of Loricariidae (Ostariophysi: Siluriformes) cytogenetics. Neotropical  Ichthyology (2024). 

200. Santos RZ, Goes CAG, Stornioli JHF, Sassi FMC, Moraes RLR, Dergam, Porto-Foresti F, Cioffi MB, Utsunomia R. Comparative satellite DNA mapping in species of the genus Prochilodus (Teleostei, Characiformes) and its evolutionary implications.  Genome (2024).

199. Souza GM, Kretschmer R, Toma GA, Oliveira AM, Deon GA, Setti PG, Santos RZ, Goes CAG, Garnero AV, Gunski RJ, Oliveira EHC, Porto-Foresti F, Liehr T, Utsunomia R, Cioffi MB. Satellitome analysis on the pale-breasted thrush Turdus leucomelas (Passeriformes; Turdidae) uncovers the putative co-evolution of sex chromosomes and satellite DNAs. Scientific Reports 14, 20656 (2024).

198. Tursellino MN, Oliveira C, Cioffi MB, Sassi FMC, Rizzi FP, Benavides SVN, Berrones AJC, Romero JFR, Deon GA, Kuranaka M, Valdiviezo-Rivera JS, Olmedo JCC, Rossi AR. Integrative morphological, cytogenetic and molecular characterization of the Andean climbing catfish Astroblepus mindoensis (Regan, 1916) (Siluriformes: Astroblepidae). Journal of Fish Biology (2024)

197. Toma GA, Sember A, Goes CAG, Kretschmer R, Porto-Foresti FLi, Bertollo LAC, Liehr T, Utsunomia R Cioffi MB. Satellite DNAs and the evolution of the multiple X1X2Y sex chromosomes in the wolf fish Hoplias malabaricus (Teleostei; Characiformes). Scientific Reports 14, 20402 (2024).

196. Souza FHS, Perez MF, Ferreira PHN, Bertollo LAC, Ezaz T, Charlesworth D & Cioffi MB. Multiple karyotype differences between populations of the Hoplias malabaricus (Teleostei; Characiformes), a species complex in the grey area of the speciation process. Heredity (2024). Heredity 133, 216–226 (2024). 

195. Buasriyot P, Sassi FMC, Donbundit N, Supiwong W, Kaewsri S, Jumrusthanasan S, Suwannapoom C, Pinthong K, Tanomtong A, Yanukun K, Tantisuwichwong N, Muanglen N, Liehr T, Cioffi MB. Comparative karyotypic study of fifteen cyprinids (Cyprinidae, Cyprininae) species. An Insight into the Chromosomal Evolution of the tribe Systomini. PLoS ONE 19(7): e0305828 (2024)

194. Souza JFS, Guimarães EMC, Figliuolo VSP, Soares SC, Cioffi MB, Sassi FMC, Feldberg E. Chromosomal mapping of repetitive DNA and retroelement sequences and its implications for the chromosomal evolution process in Ctenoluciidae (Characiformes). BMC Ecology and Evolution 24,72 (2024).

193. Deon GA, dos Santos RZ, Sassi FMC, Moreira-Filho O, Vicari MR, Porto-Foresti F, Utsunomia R, Cioffi MB. The role of satellite DNAs in the chromosomal rearrangements and the evolution of the rare XY1Y2 sex system in Harttia (Siluriformes: Loricariidae). Journal of Heredity 115(5):541-551 (2024).

192. Santos GS, Costa GWWF, Cioffi MB, Bertollo LAC, Amorim KDJ, Soares RX, Molina WF. Cytogenetic profiles of two circumglobal snake mackerel species (Scombriformes: Gempylidae) from deep waters of the São Pedro and São Paulo Archipelago. Neotropical Ichthyology  22(2):e220087 (2024).

191. Saraiva DM, Souza MS, Tura V, Rosso VO, Zefa E, Garnero AV, Gunski R J, Sassi FMC, Cioffi MB, Kretschmer R. Comparative cytogenetics in Tyrannidae (Aves, Passeriformes): High genetic diversity despite conserved karyotype organization. Cytogenetic and Genome Research 164 (1): 43–51 (2024).

190. Setti PG, Deon GA, Santos RZ, Goes CAG, Garnero AV, Gunski RJ, Oliveira EHCO, Porto-Foresti F, Freitas TTO, Silva FAO, Liehr T, Utsunomia R, Kretschmer R, Cioffi, MB. Evolution of bird sex chromosomes. A cytogenomic approach in Palaeognathae species. BMC Ecology and Evolution 24:51 (2024).

189. Molina WF, Amorim, KDJ, Silva, SAS., Cioffi, MB, Bertollo, LAC, Soares, RX, Motta-Neto, CC, Costa, GWWF.  Karyotype evolutionary diversification in marine fishes. First classical and molecular cytogenetic data on four Atlantic species. New Zealand Journal of Marine and Freshwater Research (2024) doi: 10.1080/00288330.2024.2328138.

188. Khensuwan S, Sassi FMC, Moraes RLR, Rab P, Liehr T, Supiwong W, Seetapan K, Tanomtong A, Tantisuwichwong N, Arunsang S, Buasriyot P, Tongnunui S, Cioffi, MB. Chromosomes of Asian cyprinid fishes: Novel insight into the chromosomal evolution of Labeoninae (Teleostei, Cyprinidae). PLoS One 19:e0292689 (2024). 

187. Kretschmer R,  Sousa MS, Gunski RJ, Garnero AV, Freitas TRO, Zefa E, Toma GA, Cioffi MB, Oliveira EHC, O´Connor RE, Griffin D. Understanding the Chromosomal Evolution in Cuckoos (Aves, Cuculiformes): A Journey Through Unusual Rearrangements. Genome 67(6): 168-177 (2024)

186. Sales-Oliveira VC, Santos RZ, Goes CAG, Calegari RM, Garrido-Ramos MA, Altmanova M, Liehr T, Ezaz T, Porto-Foresti F, Utsunomia R, Cioffi MB. Evolution of ancient satellite DNAs in extant alligators and caimans (Crocodylia, Reptilia). BMC Biology 22:47 (2024)

185. Kretschmer R, Toma GA, Deon GA, Santos N, Santos RZ, Utsunomia R, Porto-Foresti F, Gunski RJ, Garnero AV, Liehr T, Oliveira EHC, Freitas TRO, Cioffi MB. Satellitome Analysis in the Southern Lapwing (Vanellus chilensis) Genome: Implications for SatDNA Evolution in Charadriiform Birds. Genes 15:258 (2024)

184. Amorin KDJ, Costa, GWWF, Motta-Neto CC, Soares RX, Borges AT, Benetti DD, Cioffi MB, Bertollo LAC, Tanomtong A, Molina WF. Karyotypic changes and diversification time in Epinephelidae groupers (Perciformes). Implications on reproductive isolation. Anais da Academia Brasileira de Ciências 96(1): e20221011 (2024)

183. Molina WF, Khensuwan S, Moraes RLR, Sassi FMC, Costa GWWF, Miguel DZ, Spiwong W, Jantarat S, Phintong K, Seetapan K, Ditcharoen S, Tanomtong A, Liehr T, Cioffi MB. Karyotypic stasis and its implications for extensive hybridization events in corallivores species of butterflyfishes (Chaetodontidae). Heliyon 10(6): e27435 (2024).

182. Oliveira AM, Souza GM, Toma GA, Santos N, Santos RZ, Goes CAG, Deon GA, Setti PG, Porto-Foresti F, Utsunomia R, Gunski RJ, Garnero AV, Oliveira EHC, Kretschmer R, Cioffi MB. Satellite DNAs, heterochromatin, and sex chromosomes of the wattled jacana (Charadriiformes; Jacanidae): a species with highly rearranged karyotype. Genome 67(4): 109-118 (2024).


2023

181. Rahi L, Mather PB, Cioffi MB, Ezaz T, Hurwood DA. Genomic Basis of Freshwater Adaptation in the Palaemonid Prawn Genus Macrobrachium: Convergent Evolution Following Multiple Independent Colonization Events. Journal of Molecular Evolution 91, 976-989 (2023).

180. Sassi FMC, Sember A, Deon GA, Padutsch N, Oyakawa OT, Liehr T, Vicari MR, Bertollo LAC, Moreira-Filho O, Cioffi MB, Homeology of sex chromosomes in Amazonian Harttia armored catfishes supports the X-fission hypothesis for the X1X2Y sex chromosome system origin. Scientific Reports 13:15756 (2023) 

179. Santos EW, Cioffi MB, Costa GWWF, Amorim KDJ, Sales-Oliveira VC, Bertollo LAC, Molina WF.  The diploid number decreases in cardinalfishes (Apogonidae, Kurtiformes): chromosomal rearrangements and related biological features. The Nucleous (2023) 

178. Moraes RLR, Sassi FMC, Vidal JAD, Goes CAG, Santos RZ, Stornioli JHF, Porto-Foresti F, Liehr T, Utsunomia R, Cioffi MB, Chromosomal Rearrangements and Satellite DNAs: Extensive Chromosome Reshuffling and the Evolution of Neo-Sex Chromosomes in the Genus Pyrrhulina (Teleostei; Characiformes). International Journal of Molecular Sciences 24(17), 13654 (2023)

177. Tursellino MN, Cioffi MB, Sassi FMC, Deon GA, Oliveira C, Kuranaka M, Valdiviezo-Rivera J, González VH, Rossi AR. Integrating Genomic and Chromosomal Perspectives: a cytogenetic study of Transancistrus santarosensis (Loricariidae: Hypostominae) with the characterization of a ZZ/ZW Sex Chromosome System. Genes 14(9), 1662 (2023).

176. de Oliveira MPB, Kretschmer R, Deon GA, Toma GA, Ezaz T, Goes CAG, Porto-Foresti F, Liehr T, Utsunomia R, Cioffi MBC. Following the Pathway of W Chromosome Differentiation in Triportheus (Teleostei: Characiformes). Biology. 12(8):1114 (2023)

175. Sassi FMC, Deon GA, Sember A, Liehr T, Oyakawa OT, Moreira-Filho O, Bertollo LAC; Vicari MR, Cioffi MB. Turnover of multiple sex chromosomes in Harttia catfish (Siluriformes, Loricariidae): a glimpse from whole chromosome painting. Frontiers in Genetics  14:1226222 (2023)

174. Sales-Oliveira V, Altmanova M, Gvozdik V, Kretschmer R, Ezaz T, Liehr T, Padutsch N, Badjedjea G, Utsunomia R, Cioffi MB: Cross-species chromosome painting and repetitive DNA mapping illuminate the karyotype evolution in true crocodiles (Crocodylidae). Chromosoma 132, 289-303 (2023) 

173. Setti PG, Borra RC, Sassi FMC, Cioffi MB, Fukishima HCS. Zebrafish (Danio rerio) gynogenetic production by heat shock: comparison between mitotic and meiotic treatment. Zebrafish 20(5):181-188(2023)

172. Toma GA, dos Santos N, dos Santos R, Rab P, Kretschmer R, Ezaz T, Bertollo LAC, Liehr T, Porto-Foresti F, Hatanaka T, Tanomtong A, Utsunomia R, Cioffi MB. Cytogenetics Meets Genomics: Cytotaxonomy and Genomic Relationships among Color Variants of the Asian Arowana Scleropages formosus. International Journal of Molecular Sciences 24(10):9005 (2023)

171. Vidal JAD, Sassi FdMC, de Moraes RLR, Artoni RF, Liehr T, Cioffi MB, de Almeida MC. Giant Sex Chromosomes in Omophoita Species (Coleoptera, Chrysomelidae): Structural and Evolutionary Relationships Revealed by Zoo-FISH and Comparative Genomic Hybridization (CGH). Insects. 2023; 14(5):440.

170. Khensuwan S & Sassi FMC, Moraes RLC, Moraes RLR, Jantarat S, Seetapan K, Phintong K, Thongnetr W, Kaewsri S, Jumrusthanasan S, Supiwong W, Rab P, Tanomtong A, Liehr T, Cioffi MB. Chromosomes of Asian Cyprinid Fishes: Genomic Differences in Conserved Karyotypes of ´Poropuntiinae´ (Teleostei, Cyprinidae). Animals 13(8), 1415 (2023) 

169. Mingkwan B, Sassi FMC, Muanglenm N, Pinmongkhonkul S, Pinthong K, Tongnunui S, Yeesin P, Tanomtong A, Liehr T,  Cioffi MB, Supiwong W . Evolutionary tracks of chromosomal diversification in Trichopsis (Anabantiformes, Osphronemidae) fishes: New insights from a molecular cytogenetic perspective. Biodiversitas (24): 1551-1559 (2023). 

168.Tura V, Kretschmer R, Sassi FMC, Moares RLR, Barcellos SA, Rosso VO, Sousa MS, Cioffi MB, Gunski RJ, Garneiro A. Chromosomal evolution of Suboscines: Karyotype diversity and evolutionary trends in Ovenbirds (Passeriformes, Furnariidae). Cytogenetic and Genome Research  162(11-12):644-656 (2023).

167. Tursellino MN, Oliveira C, Cioffi MB, Sassi FMC, Valdiviezo J, Paim FG, Batista LS, Rossi AR. Occurrence of sex chromosomes in fish of the genus Ancistrus with a new description of multiple sex chromosomes in the Ecuadorian endemic Ancistrus clementinae (Loricariidae). Genes, 14(2), 306 (2023).

166. Moraes RLR, Sassi FMC, Marinho MMF, Rab P, Porto JIR, Feldberg E, Cioffi MB. Small body, large chromosomes: centric fusions shaped the karyotype of the Amazonian miniature fish Nannostomus anduzei (Characiformes, Lebiasinidae). Genes 14(1), 192 (2023).

165. Marajó L, Viana PF, Ferreira AMV, Py-Daniel LHR, Cioffi MB, Sember A, Feldberg E. Chromosomal rearrangements and the first indication of an ♀X1X1X2X2/♂X1X2Y sex chromosome system in Rineloricaria fishes (Teleostei: Siluriformes). Journal of Fish Biology 102:443–454 (2023)


2022

164. Oliveira TD, Bertocchi NA, Kretschmer R, Oliveira EHC, Cioffi MB, Liehr T, Freitas TRO: Genomic organization of microsatellites and LINE-1-like retrotransposons: evolutionary implications for Ctenomys minutus (Rodentia: Ctenomyidae) cytotypes. Animals 12(16), 2091 (2022)

163. Ferreira PHN, Souza FHS, Moraes RLR, Perez MF, Sassi FMC, Viana PF, Feldberg E, Ezaz T, Liehr T, Bertollo LAC, Cioffi MB: The genetic differentiation of Pyrrhulina (Teleostei, Characiformes) species is likely influenced by both geographical distribution and chromosomal rearrangements. Frontiers in Genetics 869073 (2022)

162. Deon GA, Glugoski L, Hatanaka T, Sassi FMC, Nogaroto V, Bertollo LAC, Liehr T, Al-Rikabi A, Moreira-Filho O, Cioffi MB, Vicari MR. Evolutionary breakpoints regions and chromosomal remodeling in Harttia  (Siluriformes: Loricariidae) species diversification. Genetics and Molecular Biology 45 (2) (2022)

161. Deon GA, Glugoski L, Sassi FMC, Hatanaka T, Nogaroto V, Bertollo LAC, Liehr T, Al-Rikabi A, Moreira-Filho O, Cioffi MB, Vicari MR. Chromosomal rearrangements and origin of the multiple XX/XY1Y2 sex chromosome system in Harttia species (Siluriformes: Loricariidae). Frontiers in Genetics 13:877522 (2022)

160. Souza FHS, Sassi FMC, Ferreira PHN, Bertollo LAC, Ezaz T, Liehr T, Perez MF, Cioffi MB. Integrating cytogenetics and population genomics: Allopatry and neo-sex chromosomes shaped the genetic divergence in the Erythrinus erythrinus species complex (Teleostei, Characiformes). Biology 11(2): 315 (2022)

159. Kretschmer R & Goes CAG, Bertollo LAC, Ezaz T, Porto-Foresti F, Toma GA, Utsunomia & Cioffi MB. Satellitome analysis illuminates the evolution of ZW sex chromosomes of Triportheidae fishes (Teleostei: Characiformes). Chromosoma 131, 29–45 (2022)

158. Leite PPM, Sassi FMC, Marinho MMF, Nirchio M, Moraes RLR, Toma GA, Bertollo LAC, Cioffi MB: "Tracking the evolutionary pathways among Brazilian Lebiasina species (Teleostei: Lebiasinidae): a chromosomal and genomic comparative investigation". Neotropical Ichthyology 20(1): e210153 (2022).

157. Sousa RPC, Vasconcelos CP, Rosario NF, Oliveira-Filho AB, Oliveira EHC, Cioffi MB, Vallinoto M, Silva-Oliveira GC. Evolutionary dynamics of two classes of repetitive DNA in the genomes of two species of Elopiformes (Teleostei, Elopomorpha). Zebrafish 19(1) 24-31 (2022).


2021

156. Fernandes MA, Cioffi MB, Bertollo LAC, Costa GWWF, Motta-Neto CC, Borges AT, Soares RX, Souza AS, Pinthong K, Supiwong W, Tanomtong A, Molina WF. Evolutionary Tracks of Chromosomal Diversification in Surgeonfishes (Acanthuridae: Acanthurus) along the World's Biogeographic Domains. Frontiers in Genetics 12:760244. doi: 10.3389/fgene.2021.760244 (2021).

155. Soares RX, Motta-Neto CC, Costa GWWF, Cioffi MB, Bertollo LAC, Borges AM, Molina WF. Conservative cytogenetic patterns in Carangidae fishes in connection to their distribution range. Comparative Cytogenetics 15(4): 429–445 (2021)

154. Yano CF & Sember A, Kretschmer R, Bertollo LAC, Ezaz T, Hatanaka T, Liehr T, Rab P, Al-Rikabi A, Viana PF, Feldberg E, Oliveira EA, Toma GA, Cioffi MB.  Against the mainstream: Exceptional evolutionary stability of ZW sex chromosomes across the fish families Triportheidae and Gasteropelecidae (Teleostei: Characiformes). Chromosome Research 29(3-4):391-416 (2021)

153. Moraes RLR, Sassi FCM, Bertollo LAC, Koh MM, Viana PF, Feldberg E, Oliveira VCS, Deon GA, Al-Rikabi ABH, Liehr T, Cioffi MB. Tracking the evolutionary trends among small-sized fishes of the genus Pyrrhulina (Characiformes, Lebiasinidae): New insights from a molecular cytogenetic perspective. Frontiers in Genetics 6;12:769984 (2021)

152. Amorim KDJ, Costa GWWF, Cioffi MB, Tanomtong A, Bertollo LAC, Molina WF. A new view on the scenario of karyotypic stasis in Epinephelidae fish: Cytogenetic, historical, and biogeographic approaches. Genetics and Molecular Biology 44 (4) (2021).

151. Sassi FMC, Moreira-Filho O, Deon GA, Sember A, Bertollo LAC, Liehr T, Oliveira VCS, Viana PF, Feldberg E, Vicari MR, Cioffi MB. Adding new pieces to the puzzle of karyotype evolution in Harttia (Siluriformes, Loricariidae): Investigation of Amazonian species. Biology 10(9), 922 (2021)

150. Oliveira, VCS, Altmanova M, Viana PF, Ezaz T, Bertollo LAC, Rab P, Liehr T, Al-Rikabi A, Feldberg E, Hatanaka T, Scholz S, Meurer A, Cioffi MB. Revisiting the karyotypes of alligators and caimans (Crocodylia, Alligatoridae) after a half-century delay: Bridging the gap in chromosomal evolution of reptiles. Cells 10, 1397 (2021)

149. Kretschmer R, Rodrigues BS, ,Barcellos SA, Costa AL, Cioffi MB, Garnero AV, Gunski RJ, Oliveira EHC, Griffin DR. Karyotype evolution and genomic organization of repetitive DNAs in the Saffron finch, Sicalis flaveola (Passeriformes, Aves). Animals 11(5), 1456 (2021)

148. Soares RX, Costa GWWF, Cioffi MB, Bertollo LAC, Motta-Neto CC, Molina WF. Molecular cytogenetics insights in two pelagic big-game fishes, the tarpon, Megalops atlanticus (Elopiformes, Megalopidae), and the Atlantic sailfish, Istiophorus albicans (Istiophoriformes, Istiophoridae). Neotropical Ichthyology 19:02 (2021)

147.  Ditcharoen S, Khensuwan S, Seetpan K, Soonthronvipat P, Suwannapoom C, Pinthong K, Tongnunui S,  Cioffi MB,  Liehr T,  Tanomtong A, Supiwong W. First classical and molecular cytogenetic analyses of Sperata acicularis (Siluriformes, Bagridae). Taiwania 66(2):203-213 (2021)

146.  Yeesin P, Buasriyot P, Ditcharoen S, Chaiyasan P, Suwannapoom C, Juntaree S, Jantarat S, Talumphai S, Cioffi MB,  Liehr T,  Tanomtong A, Supiwong W. Comparative study of four Mystus species (Bagridae, Siluriformes) from Thailand: insights into their karyotypic diversity. Comparative Cytogenetics 15(2):119-136 (2021)

145.  Miura I, Shams F, Si-Min L, Cioffi MB,  Liehr T,  Al‐Rikabi A, Kuwana C, Srikulnath K, Higaki Y,  Ezaz T. Evolution of a multiple sex-chromosome system by three-sided translocations among potential sex-chromosomes in the Taiwanese frogOdorrana swinhoana. Cells 10;3 (2021) 

144. Silva DS, Silva Filho HF, Cioffi MB, Oliveira EHC, Gomes AJB. Comparative cytogenetics in four Leptodactylus species (Amphibia, Anura, Leptodactylidae): Evidence of inner chromosomal diversification in highly conserved karyotypes. Cytogenetic and Genome Research 161(1-2), 52-62 (2021) 

143. Sousa J, Guimaraes E, Figliulo V, Cioffi MB, Bertollo LAC, Feldberg E. Chromosomal Analysis of Ctenolucius hujeta Valenciennes, 1850 (Characiformes). A new piece in the chromosomal evolution of the Ctenoluciidae. Cytogenetic and Genome Research 161(3-4), 195-202 (2021) 

142. Ferreira AMV, Viana PF, Zuanon J, Ezaz T, Cioffi MB, Takagui FH, Feldberg E. Cytogenetic analysis of Panaqolus tankei Cramer & Sousa, 2016 (Siluriformes, Loricariidae) an ornamental fish endemic from Xingu river, Brazil. Cytogenetic and Genome Research  161 (3-4) 187-194 (2021) 

141. Molina WF, Cioffi MB, Borges AT, Costa GWWF, Bertollo LAC. The unusual high number of chromosomes signals rare multiple fission events in the Polynemidae (Carangaria, Teleostei). Genetics and Molecular Research 20 (1): gmr18701 (2021)

140. Sassi FMC, Perez MF, Oliveira VCS, Deon GA, Souza FHS, Ferreira PH, Oliveira EA, Hatanaka T, Liehr T, Bertollo LAC, Cioffi MB. High genetic diversity despite conserved karyotype organization in the giant trahiras from genus Hoplias (Characiformes, Erythrinidae). Genes  12(2), 252 (2021).

139. Spanberg V, Liehr T, Al-Rikabi A, Cioffi MB. Meiotic synapsis of homologous chromosomes and mismatch repair protein detection in the parthenogenetic rock lizard Darevskia unisexualis. Molecular Reproduction and Development  88(2):119-127.(2021) 

138. Sember A, Nguyen P, Perez MF, Altmanová M, Rab P, Cioffi MB. Multiple sex chromosomes in teleost fishes from a cytogenetic perspective: state of the art and future challenges. Philosophical Transactions B 376 (1833), 20200098 (2021).

137. Chaiyasan P, Mingwan B, Jantarat S, Suwannapoom C, Cioffi MB, Liehr T, Talumphai S, Tanomtong A, Supiwong W. Classical and molecular cytogenetics of Belontia hasselti (Perciformes: Osphronemidae): Insights into the ZZ/ZW sex chromosome system. Biodiversitas Journal of Biological Diversity 22:546-554 (2021)

136. Masache MC, Nirchio M, Paim FG, Cioffi MB, Moreira Filho O, Barriga R, Oliveira C, Rossi AR. Chromosome analysis in Saccodon wagneri (Characiformes) and insights into the karyotype evolution of Parodontidae. Neotropical Ichthyology  19(1):e200103 (2021).

135. Oliveira VCS, Viana PF, Gross MC, Feldberg E, Silveira R, Cioffi MB, Bertollo LAC, Schneider CH. Looking for genetic effects of polluted anthropized environments on Caiman crocodiles (Reptilia, Crocodylia). A comparative genotoxic and chromosomal analysis. Ecotoxicology and Environmental Safety 209:111835 (2021)

134. Kretschmer R, Gunski RJ, Garnero AV, Freitas TRO, Toma GA, Cioffi MB, Oliveira EHC, O´Connor RE, Griffin D K. Chromosomal analysis in Crotophaga ani (Aves, Cuculiformes) reveals extensive genomic reorganization of and an unusual Z-autosome Robertsonian translocation. Cells 10, 4(2021).

133. Silva SAS, Lima-Filho PA, Motta-Neto CC, Costa GWWF, Cioffi MB, Bertollo LAC, Molina WF. High chromosomal evolutionary dynamics in sleeper gobies (Elotridae) and notes on disruptive biological factors in Gobiiformes karyotypes (Osteichthyes, Teleostei). Marine Life Science &Technology 3(3) 293-302 (2021) 


2020

132. Souza MS, Kretschmer R, Barcellos SA, Costa AL, Cioffi MB, Oliveira EHC, Valle Garnero A, Gunski RJ. Repeat Sequence Mapping Shows Different W Chromosome Evolutionary Pathways in Two Caprimulgiformes Families . Birds 1, 19–34 (2020).

131. Deon GA, Glugoski L, Vicari MR, Nogaroto V, Sassi FCM, Cioffi MB, Liehr T, Bertollo LAC, Moreira-Filho O. Highly rearranged karyotypes and multiple sex chromosome systems in armored catfishes from the genus Harttia (Teleostei, Siluriformes). Genes 11 (11) (2020) 

130. Spangenberg V, Kolomiets O, Stepanyan I, Galoyan E, Cioffi MB, Martynova E, Martirosyan I, Grishaeva T, Danielyan F, Al-Rikabi A, Liehr T, Arakelyan M. Evolution of the parthenogenetic rock lizard hybrid karyotype: Robertsonian translocation between two maternal chromosomes in Darevskia rostombekowi. Chromosoma  129: 275-283 (2020).

129. Viana PF, Ezaz T, Cioffi MB, Liehr T, Al-Rikabi AH, Tavares-Pinheiro R, Bertollo LAC, Feldberg E. Revisiting the karyotype evolution of Neotropical boid snakes: A puzzle mediated by chromosomal fissions. Cells 9(10), 2268 (2020).

128.  Sassi FCM, Deon G, Moreira-Filho O, Vicari MR, Bertollo LAC, Liehr T, Oliveira EA, Cioffi MB. Multiple sex chromosomes and evolutionary relationships in Amazonian catfishes: The outstanding model of the genus Harttia (Siluriformes: Loricariidae). Genes 11(10), 1179 (2020). 

127.  Saenjundaeng P, Supiwong W, Sassi MC, Bertollo LAC, Rab P, Kretchmer R, Tanomtong A, Suwannapoom C, Reungsing M,  Cioffi MB. Chromosomes of Asian cyprinid fishes: Variable karyotype patterns and evolutionary trends in the genus Osteochilus (Cyprinidae, Labeoninae, “Osteochilini”). Genetics and Molecular Biology 43( 4 ): e20200195 (2020).

126. Xu D, Yoshino T, Cioffi MB, Yoshikawa H, Ino Y, Yazawa R, Lacerda SMSN, Takeuchi Y. Production of donor-derived eggs after ovarian germ-cell transplantation into the gonads of adult, germ cell-less, triploid hybrid fish. Biology of Reproduction  1;103(6):1289-1299 (2020)

125. Viana PF, Feldberg E, Cioffi MB, Carvalho VT, Menezes S, Vogt RC, Liehr T, Ezaz T. The Amazonian red side-necked turtle Rhinemys rufipes (Spix, 1824) (Testudines, Chelidae) has a GSD sex-determining mechanism with an ancient XY sex microchromosome system. Cells 9(9), 2088 (2020). 

124. Ditcharoen S & Sassi FMC, Bertollo LAC, Molina WF, Liehr T, Saenjundaeng P,  Tanomtong A, Supiwong W, Suwannapoom C, Cioffi MB. Comparative chromosomal mapping of microsatellite repeats reveals divergent patterns of accumulation in 12 Siluridae (Teleostei: Siluriformes) species. Genetics and Molecular Biology 43(4), e20200091(2020).

123. Oliveira EA, Sassi FMC, Perez MF, Bertollo LAC, Rab P, Ezaz T, Hatanaka T, Viana PF, Feldberg E, Oliveira HC, Cioffi MB. Comparative cytogenetic survey of the giant bonytongue Arapaima fish (Osteoglossiformes), across different Amazonian and Tocantins/Araguaia River basins. Neotropical Ichthyology 18(4) e20055 (2020).

122. Ferreira M, Jesus IS, Viana PF, Garcia C, Matoso DA, Cioffi MB, Bertollo LAC, Feldberg E. Chromosomal evolution in Aspredinidae (Teleostei, Siluriformes): Insights on intra- and interspecific relationships with related groups. Cytogenetic and Genome Research 160(9) 539-553 (2020) 

121. Viana PF, Ezaz T, Cioffi MB, Liehr T, Al-Rikabi A, Goll L, Rocha A, Feldberg E. Landscape of snake’ sex chromosomes evolution spanning 85 MYR reveals the ancestry of sequences despite distinct evolutionary trajectories. Scientific Reports 10:12499 (2020) 

120. Kretschmer R, Furo IO, Cioffi MB, Gunski RJ, Garnero AV, O’Brien PCM, Ferguson-Smith MA, Freitas TRO, Corrêa de Oliveira EHC. Extensive chromosomal fissions and repetitive DNA accumulation shaped the atypical karyotypes of two Ramphastidae (Aves: Piciformes) species. Biological Journal of the Linnean Society 130(4); 839-849 (2020)

119. Oliveira EA*, Perez MF*, Bertollo LAC, Gestich CC, Ráb P, Ezaz T, Souza FHS, Viana P, Feldberg E, Oliveira EHC, Cioffi MB. Historical demography and climate-driven distributional changes in a widespread Neotropical freshwater species with high economic importance. Ecography  43:1-4 (2020).

 118. Cioffi MB*, Spangenberg V*, Arakelyan M*, Liehr T, Al-Rikabi A, Martynova E, Danielyan F, Stepanyan I, Galoyan E, Kolomiets O. Cytogenetic mechanisms of unisexuality in rock lizards. Scientific Reports 10: 8697 (2020)

117. Ibagon N, Maldonado-Ocampo JA, Cioffi MB, Dergam JA. Chromosomal diversity of Hoplias malabaricus (Characiformes, Erythrinidae) along the Magdalena River (Colombia – Northern South America) and its significance for the Neotropical Region. Zebrafish 17: 211-219 (2020)

116. Sember A, Pelikánová S, Cioffi MB, Šlechtová V, Hatanaka T, Do Doan H, Knytl M, Ráb P. Taxonomic Diversity Not Associated with Gross Karyotype Differentiation: The Case of Bighead Carps, Genus Hypophthalmichthys (Teleostei, Cypriniformes, Xenocyprididae). Genes 11(5), 479 (2020)

115. Molina WF, Costa GWWF, Cunha IMC, Bertollo LAC, Ezaz T, Liehr T, Cioffi MB. Molecular Cytogenetic Analysis in Freshwater Prawns of the Genus Macrobrachium (Crustacea: Decapoda: Palaemonidae).  International Journal of Molecular Sciences 21, 2599 (2020)

114. Sassi FMC,  Hatanaka T, Moraes RLR, Toma GA, Oliveira EA, Liehr T, Rab P, Bertollo LAC,  Viana PF, Feldberg E, Nirchio MT, Marinho MMF, Souza JFS, Cioffi MB. An insight into the chromosomal evolution of Lebiasinidae (Teleostei, Characiformes). Genes 11, 365 (2020)

113. Yano CF, Merlo MA, Portela-Bens S, Cioffi MB, Bertollo LAC, Santos-Junior C, Rebordinos L. Evolutionary dynamics of multigene families in Triportheus (Characiformes, Triportheidae): A transposon-mediated mechanism. Frontiers in Marine Science 7:6 (2020)

112. Sember A, Oliveira EA, Rab P, Bertollo LAC, Freitas NL, Viana PF, Yano CF,  Hatanaka T, Marinho MMF, Moraes RL, Feldberg E, Cioffi MB. Centric fusions behind the karyotype evolution of Neotropical Nannostomus pencilfishes (Characiforme, Lebiasinidae): First insights from a molecular cytogenetic perspective. Genes 11,91 (2020)

2019

 111. Toma GA, Moraes RLR, Sassi FMC, Bertollo LAC, Oliveira EA, Rab P, Sember A, Liehr T, Hatanaka T, Viana PF, Marinho MMF, Feldberg E, Cioffi MB. Cytogenetics of the small-sized fish, Copeina guttata (Characiformes, Lebiasinidae): Novel insights into the karyotype differentiation of the family. Plos ONE 14(12): e0226746.

110. Gokhman VE, Cioffi MB, König C, Pollmann M, Gantert C, Krogmann L, Steidle JLM, Kosyakova N, Liehr T, Al-Rikabi ABH. Microdissection and whole chromosome painting confirm karyotype transformations in cryptic species of the Lariophagus distinguendus (Förster, 1841) complex (Hymenoptera: Pteromalidae).  Plos ONE 14;14(11):e0225257 (2019).

109. Motta Neto CC, Cioffi MB, Costa GWWF,  Amorim KDJ, Bertollo LAC, Artoni RF, Molina WF. Overview on Karyotype Stasis in Atlantic Grunts (Eupercaria, Haemulidae) and the Evolutionary Extensions for other Marine Fish Groups. Frontiers in Marine Science 6:628 (2019)  

108. Al-Rikabi  ABH, Cioffi MB, Liehr T. Chromosome microdissection on semi-archived material. Cytometry: Part A  95A: 1285–1288 (2019)

107. Souza FHS & Perez MF, Bertollo LAC, Oliveira EA, Lavoué S,  Gestich C, Ráb P,  Ezaz T,  Liehr T, Viana P,  Feldberg E, Cioffi MB. Interspecific genetic differences and historical demography in South American arowanas (Osteoglossiformes, Osteoglossidae, Osteoglossum). Genes 10(9). pii: E693 (2019)

106. Souza AS, Dias-Junior EA, Perez MF, Cioffi MB, Bertollo LAC, Garcia-Machado E, Vallinoto MNS, Galetti Jr PM, Molina WF. Phylogeography and historical demography of two sympatric Atlantic snappers: Lutjanus analis and L. jocu. Frontiers in Marine Science 6:545 (2019)

105. Cioffi MB, Ráb P,  Ezaz T,  Bertollo LAC, Lavoué S,  Souza FHS, Majtánová Z, Liehr T, Al-Rikabi ABH, Yano CF, Viana P, Feldberg E, Unmack P, Hatanaka T,  Tanomtong A, Perez MF. Deciphering the evolutionary history of Arowana fishes (Teleostei, Osteoglossiformes, Osteoglossidae): insight from comparative cytogenomics. International Journal of Molecular Sciences 20, 4296 (2019)

104. da Costa GWWF, Cioffi MB, Liehr T, Feldberg E, Bertollo LAC, Molina WF. Extensive chromosomal reorganization in Apistogramma fishes (Cichlidae, Cichlinae) fits the complex evolutionary diversification of the genus. International Journal of Molecular Sciences  20(17): E4077 (2019)

103. Deakin J, Potter S,  O'Neill R, Ruiz-Herrera A, Cioffi MB, Eldridge M, Fukui K, Graves JM,  Griffin D, Grutzner F, Kratochvíl L, Miura I, Rovatsos M, Srikulnath K, Wapstra E, Ezaz T. Chromosomics: bridging the gap between genomes and chromosomes. Genes 10, 627 (2019).

102. Xu D,  Sember A, Zhu Q,  Oliveira EA , Liehr T, Al-Rikabi  ABH,  Xiao Z, Song H, Cioffi MB. Deciphering the Origin and Evolution of the X1X2Y System in Two Closely-Related Oplegnathus Species (Oplegnathidae and Centrarchiformes). International Journal of Molecular Sciences 20, 3571 (2019).

101. Ditcharoen S, Bertollo LAC, Rab P, Hnátková E,  Molina WF,  Liehr T,  Tanomtong A, Triantaphyllidis C, Ozouf-Costaz C, Tongnunui S, Pengseng P, Supiwong W, Aroutiounian R,  Cioffi MB. Genomic Organization of Repetitive DNA Elements and Extensive Karyotype Diversity of Silurid Catfishes (Teleostei: Siluriformes): A Comparative Cytogenetic Approach. International Journal of Molecular Sciences  20, 3545. (2019).

100. Moraes RLR, Sember A, Bertollo LAC, Oliveira EA, Rab P, Hatanaka T, Marinho MMF, Liehr T, Al-Rikabi ABH, Feldberg E, Viana PF, Cioffi MB. Comparative cytogenetics and neo-Y formation in small-sized fish species of the genus Pyrrhulina (Characiformes, Lebiasinidae). Frontiers in Genetics 10:678 (2019)

99. Sassi FMC, Oliveira EA, Bertollo LAC, Nirchio M, Hatanaka T, Marinho MMF, Moreira-Filho O, Aroutiounian R, Liehr T, Al-Rikabi ABH, Cioffi MB. Chromosomal evolution and evolutionary relationships of Lebiasina species (Characiformes, Lebiasinidae). International Journal of Molecular Sciences 16;20(12) (2019)

98. Gunski R, Kretschmer R, de Souza M, Furo I, Barcellos S, Costa A, Cioffi MB, de Oliveira E, Garnero A. Evolution of bird sex chromosomes narrated by repetitive sequences: Unusual W-chromosome enlargement in Gallinula melanops (Aves: Gruiformes: Rallidae). Cytogenetic and Genome Research 158:152-159 (2019).

97. Barcellos S, Kretschmer R, de Souza M, Costa A, Marafiga Degrandi T,  da Silva dos Santos M, de Oliveira E, Cioffi MB, Gunski R, Garneiro A. Karyotype evolution and distinct evolutionary history of the W chromosomes in swallows (Aves, Passeriformes). Cytogenetic and Genome Research  158(2):98-105 (2019).

96. Borges AT,  Cioffi MB,  Bertollo LAC, Soares RX, Costa GWWF, Molina WF. Paracentric inversions differentiate conservative karyotype pattern in two Centropomus species (Carangia, Centropomidae). Cytogenetics and Genome Research 157:239-248 (2019) 

95. Viana PF, Cioffi MB, Almeida BJ, Ezaz T, Feldberg E. Evolutionary insights of the ZW sex chromosomes in snakes: A new chapter added by the Amazonian Puffing snakes of the genus Spilotes. Genes 10, 288 (2019)

94. Oliveira EA, Bertollo LAC, Rab P, Ezaz T, Yano CF, Hatanaka T, Jegede O, Tanomtong A, Liehr T, Sember A, Maruyama SR, Feldberg E, Vianna P, Cioffi MB. Cytogenetics, genomics, and historical biogeography of the South American and African Arapaimidae fish family (Teleostei, Osteoglossiformes). Plos One  14(3): e0214225 (2019)

93. Supiwong W; Pinthong K; Seetapan K; Pasakorn Sanjundaeng P; Bertollo LAC; Oliveira EA; Yano CF; Liehr T; Phimphan S; Tanomtong A; Cioffi MB. Karyotype diversity and evolutionary trends in the Asian swamp eel Monopterus albus (Synbranchiformes, Synbranchidae). A case of chromosomal speciation?. BMC Evolutionary Biology 19:73 (2019)

92. Barby FF, Bertollo LAC, Oliveira EA, Yano CF, Hatanaka T, Rab P,Sember A, Ezaz T, Artoni RF, Liehr T, Al-Rikabi AB, Trifonov VA, Oliveira EHC, Molina WF, Jegede OI, Tanomtong A, Cioffi MB. Emerging patterns of genome organization in Notopteridae species (Teleostei, Osteoglossiformes) as revealed by Zoo-FISH and Comparative Genomic Hybridization (CGH). Scientific Reports 9, 1112 (2019) 


2018

91. Cioffi MB, Moreira-Filho O, Rab P, Sember A, Molina WF, Bertollo LAC. Conventional cytogenetic approaches - useful and indispensable tools in discovering fish biodiversity. Current Genetic Medicine Reports 6:176-186 (2018)

 90.  Sousa R, Oliveira-Filho AB,  Vallinoto M, Cioffi MB, Molina WF, Oliveira E, Silva-Oliveira G. Cytogenetics description in Batrachoides surinamensis, (Batrachoididae: Batrachoidiformes): What does the estuary have to say? Estuarine, Coastal and Shelf Science 213:253-259 (2018)  

89. Saenjundaeng P,  Cioffi MB,  Oliveira EA, Tanomtong A,  Supiwong W,  Phimphan S, Collares-Pereira MJ, Sember A, Bertollo LAC, Liehr T, Yano CF, Hatanaka T, Rab P. Chromosomes of Asian cyprinid fishes: Cytogenetic analysis of two representatives of small paleotetraploid tribe Probarbini. Molecular Cytogenetics 11:51 (2018) 

88. Hatanaka T, Olivera EA, Rab P, Yano CF, Bertollo LAC, Ezaz T, Jegede OI, Liehr T, Olaleye VF, Cioffi MB. First Chromosomal Analysis in Gymnarchus niloticus (Gymnarchidae, Osteoglossiformes): Insights into the Karyotype Evolution of this ancient fish order. Biological Journal of the Linnean Society 125:83-92 (2018)

87. Barby FF, Rab P, Lavoue S, Ezaz T, Bertollo LAC, Kilian A, Maruyama SR, Oliveira EA, Artoni RF, Santos MH, Jegede OI, Hatanaka T, Tanomtong A, Liehr T, Cioffi MB. From Chromosomes to Genome: Insights into the Evolutionary Relationships and Biogeography of Old World Knifefishes (Notopteridae; Osteoglossiformes). Genes  9, 306 (2018) 

86. Motta-Neto CC, Marques A, Costa GWWF, Cioffi MB, Bertollo LAC, Soares RX, Scortecii KC, Artoni RF, Molina WF. Differential hypomethylation of the repetitive Tol2/ Alu-rich sequences in the genome of Bodianus species (Labriformes, Labridae). Comparative Cytogenetics 12(2): 145–162 (2018) 

85. Santos JM, Diniz D, Rodrigues TAS, Cioffi MB, Waldschmidt AM. Heterochromatin distribution and chromosomal mapping of microsatellite repeats in the genome of Frieseomelita stngless bees (Hymenoptera: Apidae: Meliponini). Florida Entomologist 101(1):33-39 (2018)

84. Sember A, Bertollo LAC, Rab P, Yano CF, Hatanaka T, Oliveira EA, Cioffi MB. Sex chromosome evolution and genomic divergence in the fish Hoplias malabaricus (Characiformes, Erythrinidae). Frontiers in Genetics 9:71 (2018)

83. Freitas NL, Al-Rikabi ABH, Bertollo LAC, Ezaz T, Yano CF, Oliveira EA, Hatanaka T, Cioffi MB. Early stages of XY sex chromosomes differentiation in the fish Hoplias malabaricus (Characiformes, Erythrinidae) revealed by DNA repeats accumulation. Current Genomics 19, 216-226 (2018)

82. Getlekha N, Cioffi MB, Maneechot N, Bertollo LAC, Supiwong W, Alongklod T, Molina WF. Contrasting evolutionary paths among Indo-Pacific Pomacentrus species promoted by extensive pericentric inversions and genome organization of repetitive sequences. Zebrafish 15(1):45-54 (2018) 

81.Oliveira EA & Sember A, Bertollo LAC, Yano CF, Ezaz T, Moreira-Filho O, Hatanaka T, Trifonov V, Liehr T, Al-Rikabi ABH, Rab P, Pains H, Cioffi MB. Tracking the evolutionary pathway of sex chromosomes among fishes: characterizing the unique XX/XY1Y2 system in Hoplias malabaricus (Teleostei, Characiformes). Chromosoma 127, 115–128. (2018) 

80.  Kretschmer R, Oliveira TD, Furo IO, Silva FAO, Gunski RJ, Garnero AV, Cioffi MB, Oliveira EHC, Freitas TRO. Repetitive DNAs and shrink genomes: Chromosomal analysis in nine Columbidae species (Aves, Columbiformes). Genetics and Molecular Biology 41(1):98-10 (2018)


2017

79. Carvalho PC, Oliveira EA, Bertollo LAC, Yano CF, Oliveira C, Decru E, Jegede OI, Hatanaka T, Liehr T, Al-Rikabi ABH, Cioffi MB. First chromosomal analysis in Hepsetidae (Actinopterygii, Characiformes): Insights into the relationship between African and Neotropical fish groups. Frontiers in Genetics 8:203 (2017)

78. Xu D, Molina WF, Yano CF, Zhang Y, Oliveria EA, Lou B, Cioffi MB. Comparative cytogenetics in three Sciaenid species (Teleostei, Perciformes): Evidence of interspecific chromosomal diversification. Molecular Cytogenetics 10: 37 (2017) 

77. Oliveira TD, Kretschmer R, Bertocchi NA, Degrandi TM, Oliveira EHC, Cioffi, MB, Garnero AV, Gunski RJ. Genomic organization of repetitive DNA in Woodpeckers (Aves, Piciformes): Implications for karyotype and ZW sex chromosome differentiation. PLoS ONE 12(1): e0169987 (2017)

76. Soares RX, Cioffi MB, Bertollo LAC, Borges AT, Costa GWWF, Molina WF. Chromosomal evolution in large pelagic oceanic apex predators, the barracudas (Sphyraenidae, Percomorpha). Genetics and Molecular Research 20:16(2) (2017)

75. Amorim KDJ, Cioffi MB, Bertollo LAC, Soares RX, Calado LL, Borges AT, Costa GWWF, Molina WF. Interregional cytogenetic comparisons in Halichoeres and Thalassoma wrasses (Labridae) of coastal and insular regions of the southwestern Atlantic. Genetics and Molecular Research 10;16(2) (2017)

74. Moraes RLR, Bertollo LAC, Marinho MMF, Yano CF, Hatanaka T, Barby FF, Troy WP, Cioffi MB. Evolutionary relationships and cytotaxonomy considerations in the genus Pyrrhulina (Characiformes,Lebiasinidae). Zebrafish 14(6):536-546 (2017)

73. Souza JS, Viana P, Bertollo LAC, Cioffi MB, Feldberg, E. Evolutionary relationships among Boulengerella (Ctenoluciidae, Characiformes). Genomic organization of repetitive DNAs and highly conserved karyotypes. Cytogenetic and Genome Research 152:194-203 (2017)

72. Viana P, Ezaz T, Marajo L, Ferreira M, Zuanon J, Cioffi MB, Bertollo LAC, Gross M, Feldberg E. Genomic organization of repetitive DNAs and the differentiation of an XX/XY sex chromosome system in the Amazonian pufferfish, Colomesus asellus (Tetraodontiformes). Cytogenetic and Genome Research  153(2):96-104 (2017)

71. Bertollo LAC, Cioffi MB, Galetti Jr. PM, Moreira-Filho O. Contributions to the cytogenetics of the Neotropical fish fauna. Comparative Cytogenetics 11(4): 665–690. (2017)

70. Ferreira M, Garcia C, Matoso DA, Jesus IS, Cioffi MB, Bertollo LAC, Zuanon J, Feldberg E. The Bunocephalus coracoideus species complex (Siluriformes, Aspredinidae). Signs of a speciation process through chromosomal, genetic and ecological diversity. Frontiers in Genetics 8:120 (2017)

69. Supiwong W, Jiwyam W, Sreeputhorn K, Maneechot N, Bertollo LAC, Cioffi MB, Getlekha N, Tanomtong A. First report on classical and molecular cytogenetics of archerfish, Toxotes chatareus (Perciformes: Toxotidae). Nucleus  60(3):349-359 (2017)

68. Cioffi MB & Yano CF, Sember A, Bertollo LAC. Chromosomal evolution in lower vertebrates: sex chromosomes in Neotropical fishes. Genes Oct 5;8(10). pii: E258 (2017)

67. Furo IO,Kretschmer R, Santos MS, Carvalho CAL, Gunski RJ, O'Brien PC, Ferguson-Smith MA, Cioffi, MB, Oliveira EHC. Chromosomal Mapping of Repetitive DNAs in Myiopsitta monachus and Amazona aestiva (Psittaciformes, Psittacidae), with emphasis on the sex chromosomes. Cytogenetic and Genome Research 151(3):151-160 (2017)

66. Yano CF, Bertollo LAC, Rebordinos L, Merlo MA, Liehr T, Portela-Bens S, Cioffi MB. Evolutionary dynamics of rDNAs and U2 snDNAs in Triportheus (Characiformes, Triportheidae): high variability and particular syntenic organization. Zebrafish 14(2):146-154 (2017)

65. Yano CF Bertollo LAC, Ezaz T, Trifonov V, Sember A, T Liehr, Cioffi MB. Highly conserved Z and W chromosomes diverged molecularly in the fish genus Triportheus (Characiformes, Triportheidae). Heredity 118(3):276-283 (2017) 


 2016

64. Maneechot N, Yano CF, Bertollo LAC, Getlekha N, Molina WF, Ditcharoen S, Tengjaroenkul B, Supiwong W, Tanomtong A, Cioffi MB. Genomic organization of repetitive DNAs highlights chromosomal evolution in the genus Clarias (Clariidae, Siluriformes). Molecular Cytogenetics 9:4 (2016)

63. Weise A, Bhatt S, Piaszinski K, Kosyakova N, Fan X, Altendorf-Hofmann A, Tanomtong A, Chaveerach A, Cioffi MB, Oliveira E, Walther J, Liehr T, Chaudhuri J. Chromosomes in a genome-wise order: evidence for metaphase architecture. Molecular Cytogenetics 9:36 (2016)

62. Yano CF, Bertollo LAC, Liehr T, Troy WP, Cioffi MB. W chromosome dynamics in Triportheus species (Characiformes, Triportheidae) - an ongoing process narrated by repetitive sequences. Journal of Heredity 107 (4): 342-348 (2016)

61. Schmid M, Steinlein C, Yano CF, Cioffi MB. Hypermethylated Chromosome Regions in 10 Fish Species with Heteromorphic Sex Chromosomes. Cytogenetic and Genome Research 147: 169-178 (2016)

60. Costa GWWF, Cioffi MB, Bertollo LAC, Molina WF. The Evolutionary Dynamics of Ribosomal Genes, Histone H3, and Transposable Rex Elements in the Genome of Atlantic Snappers. Journal of Heredity 107 (2): 173-180 (2016).

59. Getlekha N, Molina WF, Cioffi MB, Yano CF, Maneechot N, Bertollo LAC, Supiwong W, Tanomtong A. Repetitive DNAs highlight the role of chromosomal fusions in the karyotype evolution of Dascyllus species (Pomacentridae, Perciformes). Genetica 144: 203-211 (2016)

58. Barreto SB, Cioffi MB, Medrado AS, Silva AT, Affonso PRAM, Diniz D. Allopatric chromosomal variation in Nematocharax venustus Weitzman, Menezes & Britski, 1986 (Actinopterygii: Characiformes) based on mapping of repetitive sequences. Neotropical Ichthyology 14(2): e150141 (2016)

57. Getlekha N, Cioffi MB, Yano CF, Maneechot N, Bertollo LAC, Supiwong W, Alongklod T, Molina WF. Chromosome mapping of Repetitive DNAs in sergeant major fishes (Abudefdufinae, Pomacentridae). A general view on the chromosomal and genetic conservatism in the group. Genetica 144:567-576 (2016)

56. Amorim KDJ, Cioffi MB, Bertollo LAC, Soares, RX, Souza AS, Costa GWWF, Molina WF. Co-located 18S/5S rDNA arrays: an ancient and unusual chromosomal trait in Julidini species (Labridae, Perciformes). Comparative Cytogenetics 10:555-570 (2016)

55. Rab P, Yano CF, Lavoué S, Jegede O., Bertollo LAC, Ezaz T, Majtanova S, Oliveira EA, Cioffi MB. Karyotype and repetitive DNAs mapping in the African butterfly fish Pantodon buchholzi, the sole species of the family Pantodontidae. Cytogenetic and Genome Research 149(4):312-320 (2016)

 

2015

54. Barros L, Santos U, Cioffi MB, Dergam JA. Evolutionary divergence among Oligosarcus species (Ostariophysi, Characidae) from the São Francisco and Doce river basins: Oligosarcus solitaries Menezes, 1987 shows the highest rates of chromosomal evolution in the Neotropical Region. Zebrafish 12(1): 102-110 (2015)

53. Fernandes MA, Affonso PRAM, Cioffi MB, Bertollo LAC, Costa GWWF, Molina WF. Atlantic surgeonfishes bear only minor microstructural changes in highly derived karyotypes. Zoolozicher Anzeiger 254: 62-66 (2015)

52. Costa GWWF, Cioffi MB, Bertollo LAC, Molina WF. Structurally Complex Organization of Repetitive DNAs in the Genome of Cobia (Rachycentron canadum). Zebrafish. Jun;12(3):215-20 (2015)

51. Lima-Filho PA; Amorim KDL; Cioffi MB; Bertollo LAC; Molina WF. Chromosomal Mapping of Repetitive DNAs in Gobionellus oceanicus and G. stomatus (Gobiidae; Perciformes): A Shared XX/XY System and an Unusual Distribution of 5S rDNA Sites on the Y Chromosome. Cytogenetic and Genome Research 144:333-340 (2015)

50. Cioffi MB, Bertollo LAC, Villa MA, Oliveira EA, Tanomtong A, Yano CF, Supiwong W, Chaveerach A. Genomic Organization of Repetitive DNA Elements and its Implications for the Chromosomal Evolution of Channid Fishes (Actinopterygii, Perciformes). PLOS ONE. Jun 12;10(6):e0130199

49. Oliveira EA, Bertollo LAC, Yano CF, Cioffi MB. Comparative cytogenetics in the genus Hoplias (Characiformes, Erythrinidae) highlights contrasting karyotype evolution among congeneric species. Molecular Cytogenetics 8:56 (2015)

48. Fan X, Supiwong W, Weise A, Mrasek K, Kosyakova N, Tanomtong A, Pinthong K, Trifonovo VA, Cioffi MB, Grothmann P, Liehr T, Oliveira EHC. Comprehensive characterization of evolutionary conserved breakpoints in four New World Monkey karyotypes compared to Chlorocebus aethiops and Homo sapiens. Heliyon e00042 (2015)

 

2014

47. Jacobina UP, Rocha LA, Martinez PA, Cioffi MB, Garcia Jr. L, Bertollo AC, Molina WF. Morphological and karyotypic differentiation in Caranx lugubris (Perciformes: Carangidae) in the St. Peter and St. Paul Archipelago, mid-Atlantic Ridge. Morphological and karyotypic differentiation of a circumtropical. Helgoland Marine Research. 68: 17-25 (2014)

46. Jacobina UP, Bertollo LAC, Cioffi MB, Molina WF. Physical mapping of 18S and 5S genes in pelagic species of the genera Caranx and Carangoides (Carangidae). Genetics and Molecular Research 13 (4): 9628-9635 (2014)

45. Supiwong W; Liehr T; Cioffi MB.; Chaveerach A.; Kosyakova N; Fan X; Tanee T; Tanomtong, A. Comparative cytogenetic mapping of rRNA genes among naked catfishes: Implications for genomic evolution in the Bagridae family. Genetics and Molecular Research 13:9533-9542 (2014)

44. Lima-Filho PA, Bertollo LAC, Cioffi MB, Costa GWWF, Molina WF. Karyotype divergence and spreading of 5S rDNA sequences between genomes of two species: darter and emerald gobies (Ctenogobius, Gobiidae). Cytogenetic and Genome Research 142: 197-203 (2014)

43. Yano CF, Poltronieri J, Bertollo LAC, Artoni RF, Liehr T, Cioffi MB. Chromosomal Mapping of Repetitive DNAs in Triportheus trifurcatus (Characidae, Characiformes): Insights into the Differentiation of the Z and W chromosomes. PLoS ONE 9(3): e90946 (2014)

42. Calado LL, Bertollo LAC, Cioffi MB, Jacobina UP, Costa GWWF, Molina WF. Evolutionary dynamics of rDNA genes in the chromosomes of the Eucinostomus fishes: cytotaxonomic and karyoevolutive implications. Genetics and Molecular Research. 13 (4): 9951-9959 (2014)

41. Supiwong W; Liehr T; Cioffi MB.; Chaveerach A.; Kosuakova N; Pinthong K; Tanee T; Tanomtong, A. Chromosomal evolution in naked catfishes (Bagridae, Siluriformes): A Comparative chromosome mapping study. Zoolozicher Anzeiger 253:316–320 (2014)

40. Soares, RX, Bertollo LAC, Cioffi MB, Costa GWWF, Molina WF. Chromosomal distribution of two multigene families and the unusual occurrence of an X1X1X2X2/X1X2Y sex chromosome system in the marine dolphinfish (Perciformes, Coryphaenidae). Genetics and Molecular Research 13 (2): 2470-2479 (2014)

39. Yano CF, Bertollo LAC, Molina WF, Liehr T, Cioffi MB. Genomic organization of repetitive DNAs and its implications for male karyotype and the neo-Y chromosome differentiation in Erythrinus erythrinus (Characiformes, Erythrinidae). Comparative Cytogenetics 8 (2): 139-151 (2014)

38. Costa GWWF, Cioffi MB, Bertollo LAC, Molina WF. Unusual dispersion of histone repeats on the whole chromosomal complement and their colocalization with ribosomal genes in Rachycentron canadum (Rachycentridae, Perciformes). Cytogenetic and Genome Research. 144:62-67 (2014)

37. Martins NF, Cioffi MB, Troy WP, Martinez J, Moreira-Filho O, Bertollo LAC. Differentiation and evolutionary relationships in Erythrinus erythrinus (Characiformes, Erythrinidae): occurrence and distribution of B chromosomes. Genetics and Molecular Research 13 (3):7094-7101 (2014).

36. Spittel H, Kubek F, Kreskowski K, Ziegler M, Klein E, Hamid A.B, Kosyakova N. · Radhakrishnan G, Junge A, Kozlowski P, Schulze B, Martin T, Huhle D, Mehnert K, Rodríguez L, Ergun M.A. Sarri C, Militaru M, Stipoljev F, Tittelbach H, Vasheghani F, de Bello Cioffi M, Hussein S.S, Fan X, Volleth M, Liehr T. Mitotic Stability of Small Supernumerary Marker Chromosomes: A Study Based on 93 Immortalized Cell Lines. Cytogenetic and Genome Research. 142: 151-160 (2014)

35. Poltronieri P, Marquioni V, Bertollo LAC, Keynovský E, Molina WF, Liehr T, Cioffi MB. Comparative chromosomal mapping of microsatellites in Leporinus species (Characiformes, Anostomidae): Unequal accumulation on the W chromosomes. Cytogenetic and Genome Research 142:40-50 (2014).

34. Rodriguez L, Bhatt SS, García-Castro M, Plasencia A, Fernandez-Toral J, Abarca E, Cioffi MB, Lieh T. A unique case of a discontinuous duplication 3q26.1-3q28 resulting from a segregation error of a maternal complex chromosomal rearrangement involving insertion and an inversion. Gene 535: 165–169 (2014)

 

2013

33. Martins NF, Bertollo LAC, Troz WP, Feldberg E, Valentin FCS, Cioffi MB. Differentiation and evolutionary relationships in Erythrinus erythrinus (Characiformes, Erythrinidae). Comparative chromosome mapping of repetitive sequences. Reviews in Fish Biology and Fisheries. 23:261-269 (2013)

32. Jacobina UP, Vicari MR, Martinez PA, Cioffi MB, Bertollo LAC, Molina WF. Atlantic moonfishes: Independent pathways of karyotypic and morphological differentiation. Helgoland Marine Research 67:499–506 (2013)

31. Cioffi MB, Liehr T, Trifonov V, Molina WF, Bertollo LAC. Independent sex chromosome evolution in lower vertebrates: A molecular cytogenetic overview in the Erythrinidae fish family. Cytogenetic and Genome Research. 141: 186-194 (2013)

30. Molina WF, Costa GWWF, Soares RX, Mello-Affonso PRA, Cioffi MB, Araujo WC, Bertollo LAC. Extensive chromosome conservatism in Atlantic butterflyfishes, genus Chaetodon Linnaeus, 1758: Implications for the high hybridization success. Zoologischer Anzeiger 253: 137– 142 (2013)

29. Supiwong W; Liehr T; Cioffi MB.; Chaveerach A.; Kosuakova N; Pinthong K; Tanee T; Tanomtong, A. Karyotype description and cytogenetic mapping of 9 classes of repetitive DNAs on the naked catfish Mystus bocourti (Siluriformes, Bagridae). Molecular Cytogenetics 6:51 (2013)

28. Costa GWWF, Cioffi MB, Bertollo LAC, Molina WF. Transposable Elements in Fish Chromosomes. A Study in the Marine Cobia Species. Cytogenetic and Genome Research 141(2-3):126-32 (2013)

27. Kosyakova N, Grigorian A, Liehr T, Manvelyan M, Simonyan I, Mkrtchyan H, Aroutiounian R, Polityko AD, Kulpanovich AI, Egorova T, Jaroshevich E, Frolova A, Shorokh N, Naumchik IV, Volleth M, Schreyer I, Nelle H, Stumm M, Wegner RD, Reising-Ackermann G, Merkas M, Brecevic L, Martin T, Rodríguez L, Bhatt S, Ziegler M, Kreskowski K, Weise A, Sazci A, Vorsanova S, Cioffi MB, Ergul E. Heteromorphic variants of chromosome 9. Molecular Cytogenetics 6:14 (2013)

26. Dongdong X, Bao L, Bertollo LAC, Cioffi MB. Chromosomal mapping of microsatellite repeats in the rock bream fish Oplegnathus fasciatus, with an emphasis of their distribution in the neo-Y chromosome. Molecular Cytogenetics 6:12 (2013)

25. Marquioni V, Bertollo LAC, Diniz D, Cioffi MB. Comparative chromosomal mapping in Triportheus fish species. Analysis of synteny between ribosomal genes. Micron 45:129-135 (2013)

24. Fan X, Pinthong K, Mkrtchyan H, Siripiyasing P, Kosyakova N, Supiwong W, Tanomtong A, Chaveerach A, Liehr T, Cioffi MB, Weise A. First detailed reconstruction of the karyotype of Trachypithecus cristatus. Molecular Cytogenetics 6:58 (2013)

 

2012

23. Molina WF, Motta-Neto CC, Sena DC, Cioffi MB, Bertollo LAC. Karyoevolutionary aspects of Atlantic hogfishes (Labridae–Bodianinae), with evidence of an atypical decondensed argentophilic heterochromatin. Marine Genomics 6:25-31 (2012)

22. Cioffi MB, Moreira-Filho O, Almeida-Toledo LF, Bertollo LAC. The contrasting role of heterochromatin in the differentiation of sex chromosomes. An overview from Neotropical fish. Journal of Fish Biology 80: 2125 – 2139 (2012)

21. Silva PC, Santos U, Travenzoli NM, Zanuncio JC, Cioffi MB, Dergam JA. The Unique Karyotype of Henochilus wheatlandii, a critically Endangered Fish Living in a Fast-Developing Region in Minas Gerais State, Brazil. PLoS ONE 7(7): e42278. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0042278

20. Lima-Filho PA, Cioffi MB, Bertollo LAC, Molina WF. Chromosomal and morphological divergences in Atlantic populations of the frillfin goby Bathygobius soporator (Gobiidae, Perciformes). Journal of Experimental Marine Biology and Ecology 434-43: 63–70 (2012)

19. Cioffi MB, Kejnovsky E, Marquioni V, Poltronieri J, Molina WF, Diniz D, Bertollo LAC. The key role of repeated DNAs in sex chromosome evolution in two fish species with ZW sex chromosome system. Molecular Cytogenetics 5:28 (2012)

18. Molina WF, da Costa, GWWF, Cioffi MB, Bertollo LAC. Chromosomal differentiation and speciation in sister-species of Grammatidae (Perciformes) from the Western Atlantic. Helgoland Marine Research 66:363–370 (2012). 

 

2011

17. Cioffi MB, Camacho JPM, Bertollo LAC. Repetitive DNAs and the differentiation of se chromosomes in Neotropical fishes. Cytogenetic and Genome Research 132:188-194 (2011)

16. Jacobina U, Cioffi MB, Souza, LGR, Calado LL, Tavares M, Manzella Jr J, Bertollo, LAC, Molina W. Chromosome mapping of repetitive sequences in Rachycentron canadum (Perciformes, Rachycentridae). Implications for karyotypic evolution and perspectives for biotechnological uses. Journal of Biomedicine and Biotechnology 2011: 1-8 (2011).

15. Cioffi MB, Kejnovsky E, Bertollo LAC. The chromosomal distribution of microsatellite repeats in the wolffish genome Hoplias malabaricus, focusing on the sex chromosomes. Cytogenetic and Genome Research 132:289-296 (2011)

14. Neto CCM, Cioffi MB, Bertollo LAC, Molina WF. Extensive chromosomal homologies and evidence of karyotypic stasis in Atlantic grunts of the genus Haemulon (Perciformes). Journal of Experimental Marine Biology and Ecology 401:75-79 (2011).

13. Cioffi MB, Molina WF, Moreira-Filho O, Bertollo LAC. Chromosomal distribution of repetitive DNA sequences highlights the independent differentiation of multiple sex chromosomes in two closely related fish species. Cytogenetic and Genome Research 134:295–302 (2011).

12. Cioffi MB, Sánchez A, Marchal JA, Kosyakova N, Liehr T, Trifonov V, Bertollo LAC. Cross-species chromosome painting tracks the independent origin of multiple sex chromosomes in two cofamiliar Erythrinidae fishes. BMC Evolutionary Biology 11:186 (2011).

11. Neto CCM, Cioffi MB, Bertollo LAC, Molina WF. Molecular cytogenetic analysis of Haemulidae fish (Perciformes): Evidence of evolutionary conservation. Journal of Experimental Marine Biology and Ecology 407: 97-100 (2011).

10. Cioffi MB, Sánchez A, Marchal JA, Kosyakova N, Liehr T, Trifonov V, Bertollo LAC. Whole chromosome painting reveals the independent origin of sex chromosomes in closely related forms of a fish species. Genetica 139: 1065-1072 (2011) 

 

2010

9. Vicari MR, Nogaroto V, Noleto RB, Cestari MM, Cioffi MB, Almeida MC, Moreira-Filho O, Bertollo LAC, Artoni RF. Satellite DNA in Neotropical fishes: Methods, applications, and perspectives. Journal of Fish Biology 76:1094:1116 (2010).

8. Cioffi MB, Martins C, Bertollo LAC. Chromosome spreading of associated transposable elements and ribosomal DNA in the fish Erythrinus erythrinus. Implications for genome change and karyoevolution in fish. BMC Evolutionary Biology (Online) 10:271 (2010)

7. Cioffi MB, Bertollo LAC. Initial steps in XY chromosome differentiation in Hoplias malabaricus and the origin of an X1X2Y sex chromosome system in this fish group. Heredity 105: 554–561 (2010).

6. Mota-Velasco, JC, Ferreira IA, Cioffi MB, Ocalewicz K, Campos-Ramos R, Shirak A, Lee BY, Martins C, Penman DJ. Characterization of the chromosome fusions in Oreochromis karongae. Chromosome Research 18:575-586 (2010)

5. Cioffi MB, Martins C, Rebordinos L, Vicari MR, Bertollo LAC. Differentiation of the XX/XY sex chromosome system in the fish Hoplias malabaricus: Unusual accumulation of repetitive sequences on the X chromosome. Sexual Development 4:176-185 (2010). 


2009

4. Cioffi MB, Martins C, Bertollo LAC. Comparative chromosome mapping of repetitive sequences. Implications for genomic evolution in the fish, Hoplias malabaricus. BMC Genetics (Online)10:34 (2009).

3. Cioffi MB, Martins C, Centofante L, Jacobina U, Bertollo LAC. Chromosomal variability among allopatric populations of Erythrinidae fish Hoplias malabaricus: mapping of three classes of repetitive DNAs. Cytogenetic and Genome Research 125:132-141 (2009)

2. Santos U, Volcker CM, Belei FA, Cioffi MB, Bertollo LAC, Paiva R, Dergam JA. Molecular and karyotypic phylogeography in the Neotropical Erythrinidae fish, Hoplias malabaricus (Bloch, 1794). Journal of Fish Biology 75: 2326–2343 (2009) 

 

2008

1. Diniz D, Laudicina A Cioffi MB, Bertollo LAC: Microdissection and whole chromosome painting. Improving the chromosome analysis in Triportheus (Teleostei, Characiformes). Cytogenetic and Genome Research 122: 163-168 (2008).