The chromosomes of Tsing-Ling pika, Ochotona huangensis Matschie, 1908 (Lagomorpha, Ochotonidae)
Author(s) -
Alexey Vakurin,
V. P. Korablev,
Xuelong Jiang,
Tatiana Grigoreva
Publication year - 2012
Publication title -
comparative cytogenetics
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.49
H-Index - 20
eISSN - 1993-078X
pISSN - 1993-0771
DOI - 10.3897/compcytogen.v6i4.3183
Subject(s) - autosome , karyotype , biology , pika , centromere , heterochromatin , chromosome , y chromosome , zoology , x chromosome , evolutionary biology , genetics , gene , ecology , national park
The karyotype of the Tsing-Ling (Huanghe) pika, Ochotona huangensis Matschie, 1908 from the forest habitats of the Qinling Mountains (Shaanxi Province, China) was described for the first time. The chromosome set contains 42 chromosomes (NFa=80). The autosomes are 15 meta-submetacentric pairs and 5 subtelocentric pairs. The X chromosome is a medium sized submetacentric; the Y chromosome is a small sized acrocentric. C-banding revealed a localization of heterochromatin in the pericentromeric regions of all autosomes.
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