Open AccessChromosome analysis in the Kruger National Park: Mitotic and meiotic studies in the African elephant loxodonta africana
Author(s) -
C Wallace
Publication year - 1978
Publication title -
koedoe
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.419
H-Index - 29
eISSN - 2071-0771
pISSN - 0075-6458
DOI - 10.4102/koedoe.v21i1.975
Subject(s) - african elephant , national park , biology , meiosis , zoology , proboscidea , mitosis , chromosome , ecology , genetics , gene
The present report is published because of the paucity of publication on the mitotic chromosomes of the African elephant Loxodonta africana, and because it is the fisrt study in which the meiotic chromosomes of the species are described