COMPUTER-AIDED QUANTITATIVE-ANALYSIS OF BANDED KARYOTYPES, EXEMPLIFIED IN C-BANDED HYACINTHOIDES ITALICA SL (HYACINTHACEAE)

Authors
KONIG C EBERT I
Citation
C. Konig et I. Ebert, COMPUTER-AIDED QUANTITATIVE-ANALYSIS OF BANDED KARYOTYPES, EXEMPLIFIED IN C-BANDED HYACINTHOIDES ITALICA SL (HYACINTHACEAE), Caryologia, 50(2), 1997, pp. 105-116
Citations number
36
Categorie Soggetti
Genetics & Heredity
Journal title
Caryologia → ACNP
ISSN journal
00087114
Volume
50
Issue
2
Year of publication
1997
Pages
105 - 116
Database
ISI
SICI code
0008-7114(1997)50:2<105:CQOBKE>2.0.ZU;2-I
Abstract
A program system for microcomputer assisted karyotype analysis of band ed chromosomes is presented. Measurement is done with a digitizer pad (graphics tablett), the quantification and statistical calculation is processed by a computer program with a microcomputer DEC PDP11/23. The significant karyotype parameters can be calculated and plotted in an idiogram: length of the chromosome arms, centromeric index, position o f secondary constriction, position and size of bands. The program syst em is exemplified in C-banded Hyacinthoides italica s.l. (Hyacinthacea e), which shows a rather complex banding pattern.