Open AccessConventionally stained and C‐banded karyotypes of a female blue whale
Author(s) -
ÁRNASON Ú.,
BELLAMY H.,
EYPÓRSSON P.,
LUTLEY R.,
SIGURJÓNSSON J.,
WIDEGREN B.
Publication year - 1985
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.1601-5223.1985.tb00623.x
Subject(s) - karyotype , biology , whale , chromosome , chromosome number , anatomy , zoology , genetics , fishery , gene
The karyotype of a blue whale was studied in a fibroblast culture established from a skin biopsy obtained from a free swimming animal. The chromosome number was 2n=44. Chromosomal analysis showed that the biopsy originated from a female specimen. The karyotype conformed with the general 2n=44 cetacean karyotypes. The C‐band pattern had the characteristics observed in other cetacean karyotypes, i.e., interstitial and terminal C‐bands being more conspicuous than centromeric C‐bands.