High resolution RBA-banding patterns of Dama dama prometaphase chromos
omes and their ideograms are presented as models for the definition of
the standard RBA-banded karyotype of the species. The haploid set of
RBA-banded prometaphase chromosomes, including the X and Y gonosomes,
has revealed 527 bands, of which 191 are R-positive, 254 are R-negativ
e and 82 are intermediate.