ZOO-FISH analysis in a species of the order Chiroptera: Glossophaga soricina (Phyllostomidae)

Glossophaga soricina is a flower-visiting bat which lives in the neotropics . The diploid chromosome number is 2n = 32 with a fundamental number of aut osomal arms, FN, of 60. G. soricina belongs to the Microchiroptera which ha ve a lower diploid DNA content and a higher AT composition in their DNA com pared with other mammals. By ZOO-FISH analysis with human chromosome-specif ic DNA probes, the human autosomes were found conserved in 41 segments. Thi s is an arrangement similar to other mammals which have been analyzed. Seve ral chromosomal associations already known from ZOO-FISH studies in other s pecies were also present in G. soricina.