Department of the Diversity and Evolution of Genomes

Laboratory of Animal Cytogenetics

Graphodatsky Alexander
Head of the Department
Head of the Laboratory

Staff: 
thomson_logo.gif scopus_logo.jpg Graphodatsky Alexander head DSc (Biology) grafatmcb [dot] nsc [dot] ru
thomson_logo.gif scopus_logo.jpg Perelman Polina leading research fellow PhD (Biology) perelmanpatmcb [dot] nsc [dot] ru
thomson_logo.gif scopus_logo.jpg Romanenko Svetlana senior research fellow PhD (Biology) rosaatmcb [dot] nsc [dot] ru
thomson_logo.gif scopus_logo.jpg Beklemisheva Violetta senior research fellow PhD (Biology) beklatmcb [dot] nsc [dot] ru
thomson_logo.gif scopus_logo.jpg Kulemzina Anastasia research fellow PhD (Biology) zakalatmcb [dot] nsc [dot] ru
thomson_logo.gif scopus_logo.jpg Lemskaya Natalia research fellow PhD (Biology) lemnatatmcb [dot] nsc [dot] ru
thomson_logo.gif scopus_logo.jpg Serdyukova Natalia research fellow   serdatmcb [dot] nsc [dot] ru
thomson_logo.gif scopus_logo.jpg Makunin Alexey junior research fellow PhD (Biology) alexatmcb [dot] nsc [dot] ru
thomson_logo.gif scopus_logo.jpg Druzhkova Anna junior research fellow   radaatmcb [dot] nsc [dot] ru
thomson_logo.gif scopus_logo.jpg Kichigin Ilya junior research fellow    
thomson_logo.gif scopus_logo.jpg Proskuryakova Anastasia junior research fellow   andrenaatmcb [dot] nsc [dot] ru
  scopus_logo.jpg Prokopov Dmitry junior research fellow   dprokopovatmcb [dot] nsc [dot] ru
  scopus_logo.jpg Kusliy Maria research assistant   kusliy [dot] mariaatmcb [dot] nsc [dot] ru
      Butakova Yulia engineer   butakovaatmcb [dot] nsc [dot] ru

Former research workers:

Gladkikh Olga

Research: 
  • Vertebrate chromosomes and genomes
  • Paleogenomics
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The staff of the Laboratory are among the contributors of a large international consortium for sequencing and genome analysis Genome10K
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The staff of the Laboratory are among the contributors of a large international consortium for sequencing and analysis of vertebrate genomes
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The staff of the Laboratory are among the contributors of a large international consortium for sequencing and analysis of bat genomes
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The staff of the Laboratory are among the contributors of a large international consortium for sequencing and analysis of avian genomes
Recent publications: 

  1. Lisachov AP, Makunin AI, Giovannotti M, Pereira JC, Druzhkova AS, Barucchi VC, Ferguson-Smith MA, Trifonov VA. Genetic content of the neo-sex chromosomes in Ctenonotus and Norops (Squamata, Dactyloidae) and degeneration of the Y chromosome as revealed by high-throughput sequencing of individual chromosomes. (doi: 10.1159/000497091) Cytogenet Genome Res 157(1-2): 115-122, 2019

  2. Bakloushinskaya I, Lyapunova EA, Saidov AS, Romanenko SA, O'Brien PCM, Serdyukova NA, Ferguson-Smith MA, Matveevsky S, Bogdanov AS. Rapid chromosomal evolution in enigmatic mammal with XX in both sexes, the Alay mole vole Ellobius alaicus Vorontsov et al., 1969 (Mammalia, Rodentia). (doi: 10.3897/CompCytogen.v13i2.34224) Comp Cytogenet 13(2): 147-177, 2019

  3. Richardson MF, Munyard K, Croft LJ, Allnutt TR, Jackling F, Alshanbari F, Jevit M, Wright GA, Cransberg R, Tibary A, Perelman P, Appleton B, Raudsepp T. Chromosome-level alpaca reference genome VicPac3.1 improves genomic insight into the biology of New World camelids. (doi: 10.3389/fgene.2019.00586) Front Genet 10: 586, 2019

  4. Elbers JP, Rogers MF, Perelman PL, Proskuryakova AA, Serdyukova NA, Johnson WE, Horin P, Corander J, Murphy D, Burger PA. Improving Illumina assemblies with Hi‐C and long reads: an example with the North African dromedary. (doi: 10.1111/1755-0998.13020) Mol Ecol Resour 19(4): 1015-1026, 2019

  5. Kosova AA, Kutuzov MM, Evdokimov AN, Ilina ES, Belousova EA, Romanenko SA, Trifonov VA, Khodyreva SN, Lavrik OI. Poly(ADP-ribosyl)ation and DNA repair synthesis in the extracts of naked mole rat, mouse, and human cells. (doi: 10.18632/aging.101959) Aging 11(9): 2852-2873, 2019

  6. Lisachov AP, Galkina SA, Saifitdinova AF, Romanenko SA, Andreyushkova DA, Trifonov VA, Borodin PM. Identification of sex chromosomes in Eremias velox (Lacertidae, Reptilia) using lampbrush chromosome analysis. (doi: 10.3897/CompCytogen.v13i2.34116) Comp Cytogenet 13(2): 17-28, 2019

  7. Farré M, Kim J, Proskuryakova AA, Zhang Y, Kulemzina AI, Li Q, Zhou Y, Xiong Y, Johnson JL, Perelman P, Johnson WE, Warren WC, Kukekova AV, Zhang G, O'Brien SJ, Ryder OA, Graphodatsky AS, Ma J, Lewin HA, Larkin DM. Evolution of gene regulation in ruminants differs between evolutionary breakpoint regions and homologous synteny blocks. (doi: 10.1101/gr.239863.118) Genome Res 29(4): 576-589, 2019

  8. Kichigin IG, Lisachov AP, Giovannotti M, Makunin AI, Kabilov MR, O’Brien PCM, Ferguson-Smith MF, Graphodatsky AS, Trifonov VA. First report on B chromosome content in a reptilian species: the case of Anolis carolinensis. (doi: 10.1007/s00438-018-1483-9) Mol Genet Genomics 294(1): 13-21, 2019 

  9. Pobedintseva MA, Makunin AI, Kichigin IG, Kulemzina AI, Serdyukova NA, Romanenko SA, Vorobieva NV, Interesova EA, Korentovich MA, Zaytsev VF, Mischenko AV, Zadelenov VA, Yurchenko AA, Sherbakov DYu, Graphodatsky AS, Trifonov VA. Population genetic structure and phylogeography of sterlet (Acipenser ruthenus, Acipenseridae) in the Ob and Yenisei river basins. (doi: 10.1080/24701394.2018.1467409) Mitochondrial DNA Part A 30(1): 156-164, 2019

  10. Lemskaya NA, Kulemzina AI, Beklemisheva VR,  Biltueva LS, Proskuryakova AA,  Hallenbeck JM, Perelman PP, Graphodatsky AS. A combined banding method that allows the reliable identification of chromosomes as well as differentiation of AT- and GC-rich heterochromatin.  (doi: 10.1007/s10577-018-9589-9) Chromosome Res 26(4): 307-315, 2018

  11. Romanenko S, Serdyukova N, Perelman P, Trifonov V, Golenishchev F, Bulatova N, Stanyon R, Graphodatsky A. Multiple intrasyntenic rearrangements and rapid speciation in voles. (doi: 10.1038/s41598-018-33300-6) Sci Reports 8: 14980, 2018

  12. Komissarov A, Vij S, Yurchenko A, Trifonov V, Thevasagayam N, Saju J, Sridatta PSR, Purushothaman K, Graphodatsky A, Orbán L, Kuznetsova I. B chromosomes of the Asian seabass (Lates calcarifer) contribute to genome variations at the level of individuals and populations. (doi: 10.3390/genes9100464) Genes 9(10): 464, 2018

  13. Pavlova SV, Biltueva LS, Romanenko SA, Lemskaya NA, Shchinov AV, Abramov AV, Rozhnov VV. First cytogenetic analysis of lesser gymnures (Mammalia, Galericidae, Hylomys) from Vietnam. (doi: 10.3897/CompCytogen.v12i3.27207) Comp Cytogen 12(3): 361-372, 2018

  14. Trifonov VA, Lisachov AP, Kichigin IG, Makunin AI, Pereira JC, Druzhkova AS, Ferguson-Smith MA, Giovannotti M. Evolutionary sex chromosome translocations in amniotes. (doi: 10.3897/CompCytogen.v12i3.27748) Comp Cytogen 12(3): 304-305, 2018

  15. Beklemisheva VR, Perelman PL, Lemskaya NA, Kulemzina AI, Proskuryakova AA, Burkanov VN, O'Brien SJ, Graphodatsky AS. Pinniped karyotype evolution substantiated by comparative chromo-some painting of 10 pinniped species (Pinnipedia, Carnivora). (doi: 10.3897/CompCytogen.v12i3.27748) Comp Cytogen 12(3): 306-307, 2018

  16. Proskuryakova AA, Kulemzina AI, Perelman PL, Makunin AI, Lemskaya NA, Beklemisheva VR, Larkin DM, Farre M, Kukekova AV, Ryder OA, O'Brien SJ, Graphodatsky AS. X chromosome evolution in Cetartiodactyla. (doi: 10.3897/CompCytogen.v12i3.27748) ​Comp Cytogen 12(3): 307-308, 2018 

  17. Kukekova AV,... Serdyukova NA,... Beklemischeva V,... Perelman PL, Graphodatsky AS,... Zhang G. Red fox genome assembly identifies genomic regions associated with tame and aggressive behaviours. (doi: 10.1038/s41559-018-0611-6) Nature Ecol Evol 2: 1479-1491, 2018 

  18. Makunin AI, Romanenko SA, Beklemisheva VR, Perelman PL, Druzhkova AS, Petrova KO, Prokopov DY, Chernyaeva EN, Johnson JL, Kukekova AV, Yang F, Ferguson-Smith MA, Graphodatsky AS, Trifonov VA. Sequencing of supernumerary chromosomes of red fox and raccoon dog confirms a non-random gene acquisition by B chromosomes. (doi: 10.3390/genes9080405) Genes 9(8): 405, 2018

  19. Makunin AI, Rajičić M, Karamysheva TV, Romanenko SA, Druzhkova AS, Blagojević J, Vujošević M, Rubtsov NB, Graphodatsky AS, Trifonov VA. Low-pass single-chromosome sequencing of human small supernumerary marker chromosomes (sSMCs) and Apodemus B chromosomes. (doi: 10.1007/s00412-018-0662-0) Chromosoma 127(3): 301–311, 2018

  20. Evdokimov A, Kutuzov M, Petruseva I, Lukjanchikova N, Kashina E, Kolova E, Zemerova T, Romanenko S, Perelman P, Prokopov D, Seluanov A, Gorbunova V, Graphodatsky A, Trifonov V, Khodyreva S, Lavrik O. Naked mole rat cells display more efficient excision repair than mouse cells. (doi: 10.18632/aging.101482) Aging (Albany NY) 10: 1454-1473, 2018

  21. Proskuryakova AA, Kulemzina AI, Perelman PL, Serdukova NA, Ryder OA, Graphodatsky AS. The case of X and Y localization of nucleolus organizer regions (NORs) in Tragulus javanicus (Cetartiodactyla, Mammalia). (doi: 10.3390/genes9060312) Genes 9(6): 312, 2018

  22. Guselnikov SV, Baranov KO, Najakshin AM, Mechetina LV, Chikaev NA, Makunin AI, Kulemzin SV, Andreyushkova DA, Stöck M, Wuertz S, Gessner J, Warren WC, Schartl M,  Trifonov VA, Taranin AV. Diversity of immunoglobulin light chain genes in non-teleost ray-finned fish uncovers IgL subdivision into five ancient isotypes. (doi: 10.3389/fimmu.2018.01079) Front Immunol 9: 1079, 2018

  23. Kolesnikova IS, Tulupov AA, Dolskiy AA, Lemskaya NA, Savelov AA, Petrovsky ED, Antonov AA, Maksimova YuV, Shorina AR, Sergeeva IG, Telepova AS, Graphodatsky AS, Yudkin DV. Overexpression of rRNA genes in a patient with intellectual disability and familial 13p+ chromosome. Bulletin of Siberian Medicine 17(1): 243-253, 2018

  24. Bikchurina TI, Tishakova KV, Kizilova EA, Romanenko SA, Serdyukova NA, Torgasheva AA, Borodin PM. Chromosome synapsis and recombination in male-sterile and female-fertile interspecies hybrids of the dwarf hamsters (Phodopus, Cricetidae). (doi:10.3390/genes9050227) Genes 9: 227, 2018

  25. Kolesnikova IS, Dolskiy AA, Lemskaya NA, Maksimova YuV, Shorina AR, Graphodatsky AS, Galanina EM, Yudkin DV. Alteration of rRNA gene copy number and expression in patients with intellectual disability and heteromorphic acrocentric chromosomes. (doi: 10.1016/j.ejmhg.2017.08.010) Egypt J Med Hum Genet 19(2): 129-134, 2018

  26. Teeling EC, Vernes SC, Dávalos LM, Ray DA, Gilbert MTP, Myers E, Bat1K Consortium [includes Graphodatsky AS]. Bat biology, genomes, and the Bat1K Project: to generate chromosome-level genomes for all living bat species. (doi: 10.1146/annurev-animal-022516-022811) Annu Rev Anim Biosci 6: 23-46, 2018

  27. Capozzi O, Stanyon R, Archidiacono N, Ishida T, Romanenko SA, Rocchi M. Rapid emergence of independent “chromosomal lineages” in silvered-leaf monkey triggered by Y/autosome translocation. (doi: 10.1038/s41598-018-21509-4) Sci Reports 8: 3250, 2018

  28. Perelman PL, Pichler R, Gaggl A, Larkin DM, Raudsepp T, Alshanbari F, Holl HM, Brooks SA, Burger PA, Periasamy K. Construction of two whole genome radiation hybrid panels for dromedary (Camelus dromedarius): 5000RAD and 15000RAD. (doi: 10.1038/s41598-018-20223-5) Sci Reports 8: 1982, 2018

  29. Moskalev AА, Kudryavtseva AV, Graphodatsky AS, Beklemisheva VR, Serdyukova NA, Krutovsky KV, Sharov VV, Kulakovskiy IV, Lando AS, Kasianov AS, Kuzmin DA, Putintseva YuA, Feranchuk SI, Shaposhnikov MV, Fraifeld VE, Toren D, Snezhkina AV, Sitnik VV. De novo assembling and primary analysis of genome and transcriptome of gray whale Eschrichtius robustus. (doi: 10.1186/s12862-017-1103-z) BMC Evol Biol 17 (Suppl 2): 258, 2017

  30. Telepova AS, Romanenko SA, Lemskaya NA, Maksimova YuV, Shorina AR, Yudkin DV. X-derived marker chromosome in patient with mosaic Turner syndrome and Dandy-Walker syndrome: a case report. (doi: 10.1186/s13039-017-0344-2) Mol Cytogenet 10: 43, 2017

  31. Andreyushkova DA, Makunin AI, Beklemisheva VR, Romanenko SA, Druzhkova AS, Biltueva LB, Serdyukova NA, Graphodatsky AS, Trifonov VA. Next generation sequencing of chromosome-specific libraries sheds light on genome evolution in paleotetraploid sterlet (Acipenser ruthenus). (doi: 10.3390/genes8110318) Genes 8(11): 318, 2017

  32. Biltueva LS, Prokopov DY, Makunin AI, Komissarov AS, Kudryavtseva AV, Lemskaya NA, Vorobieva NV, Serdyukova NA, Romanenko SA, Gladkikh OL, Graphodatsky AS, Trifonov VA. Genomic organization and physical mapping of tandemly arranged repetitive DNAs in sterlet (Acipenser ruthenus). (doi: 10.1159/000479472) Cytogenet Genome Res 152: 148-157, 2017

  33. Dymova MA, Zadorozhny AV, Mishukova OV, Khrapov EA, Druzhkova AS, Trifonov VA, Kichigin IG, Tishkin AA, Grushin SP, Filipenko ML. Mitochondrial DNA analysis of ancient sheep from Altai. (doi: 10.1111/age.12569) Anim Genet 48(5): 615-618, 2017

  34. Romanenko SA, Serdyukova NA, Perelman PL, Pavlova SV, Bulatova NS, Golenishchev FN, Stanyon R, Graphodatsky AS. Intrachromosomal rearrangements in rodents from the perspective of comparative region-specific painting. (doi: 10.3390/genes8090215) Genes 8(9): 215, 2017

  35. Proskuryakova AA, Kulemzina AI, Perelman PL, Makunin AI, Larkin DM, Farré M, Kukekova AV, Johnson JL, Lemskaya NA, Beklemisheva VR, Roelke-Parker ME, Bellizzi J, Ryder OA, O’Brien SJ, Graphodatsky AS. X chromosome evolution in Cetartiodactyla. (doi: 10.3390/genes8090216) Genes 8(9): 216, 2017

  36. Poplavskaya NS, Romanenko SA, Serdyukova NA, Trifonov VA, Yang F, Nie W, Wang J, Bannikova AA, Surov AV, Lebedev VS. Karyotype evolution and phylogenetic relationships of Cricetulus sokolovi Orlov et Malygin 1988 (Cricetidae, Rodentia) inferred from chromosomal painting and molecular data. (doi: 10.1159/000477521) Cytogenet Genome Res 152: 65-72, 2017

  37. Chiatante G, Capozzi O, Svartman M, Perelman P, Centrone L, Romanenko S, Ishida T, Valeri M, Roelke-Parker ME, Stanyon R. Centromere repositioning explains fundamental number variability in the New World monkey genus Saimiri. (doi: 10.1007/s00412-016-0619-0) Chromosoma 126(4): 519-529, 2017

  38. Trifonov VA, Makunin AI, Romanenko SA, Biltueva LS, Beklemisheva VR, Pobedintseva MA, Prokopov DYu, Andreyushkova DA, Graphodatsky AS. Whole genome duplications in vertebrate evolution. Mol Cytogenet 10(Suppl 1): 20(L17), 2017

  39. Rajičić M, Romanenko SA, Karamysheva TV, Blagojević J, Adnađević T, Budinski I, Bogdanov AS, Trifonov VA, Rubtsov NB, Vujošević M. The origin of B chromosomes in yellow-necked mice (Apodemus flavicollis) - Break rules but keep playing the game. (doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0172704) PLoS ONE  12(3): e0172704, 2017

  40. Dyomin AG, Danilova MI, Mwacharo JM, Masharsky AE, Panteleev AV, Druzhkova AS, Trifonov VA, Galkina SA. Mitochondrial DNA D-loop haplogroup contributions to the genetic diversity of East European domestic chickens from Russia. (doi: 10.1111/jbg.12248) J Anim Breed Genet 134(2): 98–108, 2017

  41. Druzhkova AS, Makunin AI, Vorobieva NV, Vasiliev SK, Ovodov ND, Shunkov MV, Trifonov VA, Graphodatsky AS. Complete mitochondrial genome of an extinct Equus (Sussemionus) ovodovi specimen from Denisova cave (Altai, Russia). (doi: 10.1080/23802359.2017.1285209) Mitochondrial DNA Part B 2(1): 79-81, 2017

  42. Trifonov VA, Vorobieva NV, Serdyukova NA, Rens W. FISH with and without COT1 DNA. Fluorescence In Situ Hybridization (FISH). Application Guide. (ed. T Liehr). 2nd ed. 606 p. Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg. 2017. pp. 123-132 (doi: 10.1007/978-3-662-52959-1_11)

  43. Yang F, Graphodatsky AS. Animal probes and ZOO-FISH. Fluorescence In Situ Hybridization (FISH). Application Guide. (ed. T Liehr). 2nd ed. 606 p. Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg. 2017. pp. 395-415 (doi: 10.1007/978-3-662-52959-1_42)

  44. Romanenko SA. Review on cytogenetic studies in mammals. Chromosome Res 24(Suppl 1): S26-S27, 2016

  45. Proskuryakova AA, Kulemzina AI, Beklemisheva VR, Lemskaya NA, Perelman PL, Graphodatsky AS. Chromosome organization features of the grey whale (Cetacea). Chromosome Res 24(Suppl 1): S28, 2016 

  46. Trifonov  VA, Romanenko SS, Beklemisheva VR, Biltueva LS, Makunin AI, Lemskaya NA, Kulemzina AI, Prokopov DY, Vorobieva NV, Graphodatsky AS. Evolutionary plasticity of Sturgeon genomes. Cytogenet Genome Res 148: 103, 2016

  47. Beklemisheva  V, Perelman P, Lemskaya N, Kulemzina A, Proskuryakova A, Burkanov V, Graphodatsky A. Refinement of the ancestral Carnivore karyotype based on comparative chromosome painting of Pinnipeds (Pinnipedia, Carnivora). Cytogenet Genome Res 148: 105, 2016

  48. Gladkikh OL, Romanenko SA, Lemskaya NA, Serdyukova NA, O’Brien PCM, Kovalskaya JM, Smorkatcheva AV, Golenishchev FN, Perelman PL, Trifonov VA, Ferguson-Smith MA, Yang F, Graphodatsky AS. Rapid karyotype evolution in Lasiopodomys involved at least two autosome – sex chromosome translocations. (doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0167653) PLoS ONE 11(12): e0167653, 2016

  49. Makunin AI, Kichigin IG, Larkin DM, O’Brien PCM, Ferguson-Smith MA, Yang F, Proskuryakova AA, Vorobieva NV, Chernyaeva EN, O’Brien SJ, Graphodatsky AS, Trifonov VA. Contrasting origin of B chromosomes in two cervids (Siberian roe deer and grey brocket deer) unravelled by chromosomespecific DNA sequencing. (doi: 10.1186/s12864-016-2933-6) BMC Genomics 17: 618, 2016

  50. Kichigin IG, Giovannotti M, Makunin AI, Ng BL, Kabilov MR, Tupikin AE, Barucchi VC, Splendiani A, Ruggeri P, Rens W, O’Brien PCM, Ferguson-Smith MA, Graphodatsky AS, Trifonov VA. Evolutionary dynamics of Anolis sex chromosomes revealed by sequencing of flow sorting-derived microchromosome-specific DNA. (doi: 10.1007/s00438-016-1230-z) Mol Genet Genomics 291: 1955-1966, 2016

  51. Trifonov VA, Romanenko SS, Beklemisheva VR, Biltueva LS, Makunin AI, Lemskaya NA, Kulemzina AI, Stanyon R, Graphodatsky AS. Evolutionary plasticity of acipenseriform genomes. (doi: 10.1007/s00412-016-0609-2) Chromosoma 125: 661-668, 2016

  52. Tchurikov NA, Yudkin DV, Gorbacheva MA, Kulemzina AI, Grischenko IV, Fedoseeva DM, Sosin DV, Kravatsky YuV, Kretova OV. Hot spots of DNA double-strand breaks in human rDNA units are produced in vivo. (doi: 10.1038/srep25866) Sci Reports 6: 25866, 2016

  53. Kulemzina AI, Proskuryakova AA, Beklemisheva VR, Lemskaya NA, Perelman PL, Graphodatsky AS. Comparative chromosome map and heterochromatin features of the gray whale karyotype (Cetacea). (doi: 10.1159/000445459) Cytogenet Genome Res 148: 25-34, 2016

  54. Beklemisheva VR, Perelman PL, Lemskaya NA, Kulemzina AI, Proskuryakova AA, Burkanov VN, Graphodatsky AS. The ancestral carnivore karyotype as substantiated by comparative chromosome painting of three pinnipeds, the walrus, the steller sea lion and the Baikal seal (Pinnipedia, Carnivora). (doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0147647) PLoS ONE 11(1): e0147647, 2016

  55. Romanenko SA, Lemskaya NA, Trifonov VA, Serdyukova NA, O’Brien PCM, Bulatova NSh, Golenishchev FN, Ferguson-Smith MA, Yang F, Graphodatsky AS. Genome-wide comparative chromosome maps of Arvicola amphibius, Dicrostonyx torquatus, and Myodes rutilus. (doi: 10.1007/s10577-015-9504-6) Chromosome Res 24: 145-159, 2016

  56. Dobrynin P,... Makunin A,... Perelman P,... O’Brien SJ. Genomic legacy of the African cheetah, Acinonyx jubatus. (doi: 10.1186/s13059-015-0837-4) Genome Biology 16: 277, 2015

  57. Matveevsky S, Bakloushinskaya I, Tambovtseva V, Romanenko S, Kolomiets O. Analysis of meiotic chromosome structure and behavior in Robertsonian heterozygotes of Ellobius tancrei (Rodentia, Cricetidae): a case of monobrachial homology. (doi: 10.3897/CompCytogen.v9i4.5674) Comp Cytogen 9: 691–706, 2015

  58. Romanenko SA, Biltueva LS, Serdyukova NA, Kulemzina AI, Beklemisheva VR, Gladkikh OL, Lemskaya NA, Interesova EA, Korentovich MA, Vorobieva NV, Graphodatsky AS, Trifonov VA. Segmental paleotetraploidy revealed in sterlet (Acipenser ruthenus) genome by chromosome painting. (doi: 10.1186/s13039-015-0194-8) Mol Cytogenet 8: 90, 2015

  59. Korolyuk E, Makunin A, Matveeva T. Relationships and generic delimitation of Eurasian genera of the subtribe Asterinae (Astereae, Asteraceae) using molecular phylogeny of ITS. (doi: 10.3906/bot-1410-12) Turkish J Botany 39: 808-824, 2015

  60. Lemskaya NA, Kartavtseva IV, Rubtsova NV, Golenishchev FN, Sheremetyeva IN, Graphodatsky AS. Chromosome polymorphism in Microtus (Alexandromys) mujanensis (Arvicolinae, Rodentia). (doi: 10.1159/000439096) Cytogenet Genome Res 146: 238-242, 2015 

  61. Romanenko SA, Perelman PP, Trifonov VA, Serdyukova NA, Li T, Fu B, O’Brien PCM, Ng BL, Nie W, Liehr T, Stanyon R, Graphodatsky AS, Yang F. A first generation comparative chromosome map between guinea pig (Cavia porcellus) and humans. (doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0127937) PLoS ONE 10(5): e0127937, 2015

  62. Johnson JL, Kosyza A, Kharlamova AV, Gulevich RG, Perelman PL, Fong HTW, Vladimirova AV, Oskina IN, Trut LN, Kukekova AV: Platinum coat color in red fox (Vulpes vulpes) is caused by a mutation in an autosomal copy of KIT. (doi: 10.1111/age.12270) Anim Genet 46: 190–199, 2015

Selected talks: 

  1. Grafodatsky AS. From 2n to VGP. International Conference “Chromosome – 2018”, 20-24 August 2018, Novosibirsk, Russia

  2. Druzhkova AS. The phylogeographical history of the brown bear (Ursus arctos Linnaeus) in Northeast Eurasia. International Conference “Chromosome – 2018”, 20-24 August 2018, Novosibirsk, Russia

  3. Proskuryakova AA. Evolution of X chromosome in the order Cetartiodactyla. International Conference “Chromosome – 2018”, 20-24 August 2018, Novosibirsk, Russia

  4. Makunin AI. Summary of mammalian B chromosome sequencing. International Conference “Chromosome – 2018”, 20-24 August 2018, Novosibirsk, Russia

  5. Romanenko SA. Intrachromosomal rearrangements within evolutionarily conserved syntenic blocks. International Conference “Chromosome – 2018”, 20-24 August 2018, Novosibirsk, Russia

  6. Beklemisheva V. Pinniped karyotype evolution substantiated by comparative chromosome painting of 10 pinniped species (Pinnipedia, Carnivora). 23rd International Colloquium on Animal Cytogenetics and Genomics, June 9-12, 2018, Saint-Petersburg, Russia

  7. Proskuryakova A. X chromosome evolution in Cetartiodactyla. 23rd International Colloquium on Animal Cytogenetics and Genomics, June 9-12, 2018, Saint-Petersburg, Russia

  8. Beklemisheva V. Refinement of the ancestral carnivore karyotype based on the comparative chromosome painting of pinnipeds (Pinnipedia, Carnivora). 21st International Chromosome Conference. July 10-13, 2016, Foz do Iguaçu, Brazil

  9. Romanenko S. A review on cytogenetic studies in mammals. 22nd International Colloquium on Animal Cytogenetics and Genomics. July 2-5, 2016, Toulouse, France

  10. Proskuryakova AA. Chromosome organization features of the grey whale (Cetacea). 22nd International Colloquium on Animal Cytogenetics and Genomics. July 2-5, 2016, Toulouse, France

  11. Makunin AI. Discovery of unique regions on B chromosomes in mammals. 3rd B-Chromosome Conference, 7-9 April 2014, Gatersleben, Germany

  12. Romanenko SA. From field sampling to genome projects. 1st symposium "Application and conservation of wildlife cell cultures". 29-30 August 2013. Hamburg, Germany

  13. Romanenko SA. Chromosome evolution in Cricetinae (Myomorpha, Rodentia). 2-6 September 2013, Bologna, Italy

  14. Makunin A. Construction of a SNP-array based high-density genetic linkage map in domestic cat. The 7th International Conference on Advances in Canine and Feline Genomics and Inherited Diseases. 23–27 September 2013, Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA

  15. Graphodatsky AS. The genome diversity and karyotype evolution of mammals. VIth European Congress of Mammology, 19-23 July 2011, Paris, France

  16. Romanenko SA. Chromosome evolution in Rodentia. VIth European Congress of Mammology, 19-23 July 2011, Paris, France

  17. Graphodatsky A. Chromosomal evolution in Rodentia. 6th European Cytogenetic Conference, 7-10 July 2007, Istanbul, Turkey

Collaboration: 

  • Cambridge Resource Centre for Comparative Genomics, University of Cambridge, UK

  • National Cancer Institute at Frederick, MD, USA

  • Cornell University, Ithaca, NY, USA

  • University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, NC, USA

  • Institut für Humangenetik, Jena, Germany

  • Muséum national d'histoire naturelle, Paris, France

  • Université Fédérale Toulouse Midi-Pyrénées, Toulouse, France

  • Università degli Studi di Firenze, Florence, Italy

  • Kunming Institute of Zoology, China

  • Universidade de São Paulo, Câmpus de Rio Claro, Brasil

  • University of Illinois at Urbana, Champaign, IL, USA

  • Università degli Studi di Palermo, Italy

Research Groups

Department of the Structure and Function of Chromosomes
Department of the Diversity and Evolution of Genomes
Department of the Regulation of Genetic Processes