THE CHROMOSOMES OF THE LIVING COELACANTH AND THEIR REMARKABLE SIMILARITY TO THOSE OF ONE OF THE MOST ANCIENT FROGS

Authors
BOGART JP BALON EK BRUTON MN
Citation
Jp. Bogart et al., THE CHROMOSOMES OF THE LIVING COELACANTH AND THEIR REMARKABLE SIMILARITY TO THOSE OF ONE OF THE MOST ANCIENT FROGS, The Journal of heredity, 85(4), 1994, pp. 322-325
Citations number
44
Categorie Soggetti
Genetics & Heredity
Journal title
The Journal of heredity → ACNP
ISSN journal
00221503
Volume
85
Issue
4
Year of publication
1994
Pages
322 - 325
Database
ISI
SICI code
0022-1503(1994)85:4<322:TCOTLC>2.0.ZU;2-G
Abstract
The karyotype of the coelacanth is reported for the first time. Latime ria chalumnae has a 48-chromosome karyotype that contains metacentric, subtelocentric, and telocentric chromosomes as well as microchromosom es. This karyotype is unlike those found in lungfishes but is very sim ilar to the 46-chromosome karyotype of one of the ancient frogs, Ascap hus truei.