G-Banded Karyotype and Ideogram for the North Atlantic Right Whale (Eubalaena glacialis)
Published cytogenetic data for extant cetacean species remain incomplete. In a review of the literature, we found karyotypic information for 6 of the 13 tentatively recognized species of the suborder Mysticeti (baleen whales). Among those yet to be described is the critically endangered North Atlant...
Published in: | Journal of Heredity |
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Main Authors: | , , , , |
Format: | Text |
Language: | English |
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Oxford University Press
2006
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Online Access: | http://jhered.oxfordjournals.org/cgi/content/short/esj033v1 https://doi.org/10.1093/jhered/esj033 |
Summary: | Published cytogenetic data for extant cetacean species remain incomplete. In a review of the literature, we found karyotypic information for 6 of the 13 tentatively recognized species of the suborder Mysticeti (baleen whales). Among those yet to be described is the critically endangered North Atlantic right whale ( Eubalaena glacialis ). Herein, we describe and propose a first-generation G-banded karyotype and ideogram for this species (2 n = 42), obtained from peripheral blood chromosome preparations from a stranded male calf. This information may prove useful for future genetic mapping projects and for interspecific and intraspecific genomic comparisons by techniques such as zoo-FISH. |
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