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Laguna,Marcia Maria; Amaro,Renata Cecília; Mott,Tamí; Yonenaga-Yassuda,Yatiyo; Rodrigues,Miguel Trefaut. |
The karyotype of Amphisbaena ridleyi, an endemic species of the archipelago of Fernando de Noronha, in State of Pernambuco, Brazil, is described after conventional staining, Ag-NOR impregnation and fluorescence in situ hybridization (FISH) with a telomeric probe. The diploid number is 46, with nine pairs of macrochromosomes (three metacentrics, four subtelocentrics and two acrocentrics) and 14 pairs of microchromosomes. The Ag-NOR is located in the telomeric region of the long arm of metacentric chromosome 2 and FISH revealed signals only in the telomeric region of all chromosomes. Further cytogenetic data on other amphisbaenians as well as a robust phylogenetic hypothesis of this clade is needed in order to understand the evolutionary changes on... |
Tipo: Info:eu-repo/semantics/article |
Palavras-chave: Amphisbaena ridleyi; Karyotype; Fernando de Noronha; Ag-NOR; FISH with telomeric probes. |
Ano: 2010 |
URL: http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1415-47572010000100011 |
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