| Literature DB >> 23494254 |
Erica Martinha Silva de Souza1, Carlos Eduardo Faresin e Silva, Eduardo Schmidt Eler, Maria Nazareth F da Silva, Eliana Feldberg.
Abstract
Caluromys is considered to be one of the most ancient genera of extant marsupials and is positioned among the basal taxa of the family Didelphidae. At least two species occur in Brazil, C. philander and C. lanatus, both of which have 2n = 14 chromosomes. For the first time, we present evidence of an intrapopulation polymorphism of the sexual chromosome pair in C. philander females from the Central Amazon region. Detailed cytogenetic results of animals from three localities on the Amazon region were analyzed using classical cytogenetics (NOR, C-Band and G-Band) and molecular techniques (18S rDNA and telomere probes). Similar to other conspecific individuals, the diploid number of these animals is 2n = 14, and their fundamental number is 24, with NOR present on the 6th autosomal pair. The X chromosome presented variation detectable by G banding, suggesting a pericentric inversion.Entities:
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Year: 2013 PMID： 23494254 DOI： 10.1007/s10709-013-9708-7
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Genetica ISSN： 0016-6707 Impact factor: 1.082