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According to the synthesis of 30 years of multidisciplinary studies, parthenogenetic species of rock lizards of genus  Darevskia  were formed as a result of different combination patterns of interspecific hybridization of the four bisexual parental species:  Darevskia raddei ,  D. mixta ,  D. valentini , and  D. portschinskii . In particular,  D. portschinskii  and  D. raddei  are considered as the parental species for the parthenogenetic species  D. rostombekowi . Here for the first time, we present the result of comparative immunocytochemical study of primary spermatocyte nuclei spreads from the leptotene to diplotene stages of meiotic prophase I in two species:  D. portschinskii  and  D. raddei . We observed similar chromosome lengths for both synaptonemal complex (SC) karyotypes as well as a similar number of crossing over sites. However, unexpected differences in the number and distribution of anti-centromere antibody (ACA) foci were detected in the SC structure of bivalents of the two species. In all examined  D. portschinskii  spermatocyte nuclei, one immunostained centromere focus was detected per SC bivalent. In contrast, in almost every studied  D. raddei  nuclei we identified three to nine SCs with additional immunostained ACA foci per SC bivalent. Thus, the obtained results allow us to identify species-specific karyotype features, previously not been detected using conventional mitotic chromosome analysis. Presumably the additional centromere foci are result of epigenetic chromatin modifications. We assume that this characteristic of the  D. raddei  karyotype could represent useful marker for the future studies of parthenogenetic species hybrid karyotypes related to  D. raddei .

Extraordinary centromeres: differences in the meiotic chromosomes of two rock lizards speciesDarevskia portschinskiiandDarevskia raddei