Open AccessMammalian chromosomes similar in length are also similar in shape
Author(s) -
BENGTSSON BENGT OLLE
Publication year - 1975
Publication title -
hereditas
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.819
H-Index - 50
eISSN - 1601-5223
pISSN - 0018-0661
DOI - 10.1111/j.1601-5223.1975.tb01485.x
Subject(s) - karyotype , biology , centromere , chromosome , genetics , ploidy , evolutionary biology , gene
With a simple non‐parametric statistical test it is shown that the karyotypes of many mammalian species are non‐randomly organized. If the chromosomes of a karyotype are ordered according to length the acrocentric and telocentric chromosomes occur more frequently next to other aero‐ and telocentric chromosomes, than would be the case if there were no correspondance between chromosome length and shape within the karyotype.