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Chromosomes of five artiodactyl mammals

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Somatic chromosomes of six specimens belonging to the following five species of artiodactyls (Artiodactyla: Mammalia) are described: A female nilgai (Boselaphus tragocamelus), 2n=46; male baresingha (Rucervus duvauceli), two specimens, 2n=56; a female Himalayan tahr (Hemitragus jemlahicus), 2n=48; a female Kirk's dik-dik (Rhynchotragus kirki), 2n=46; and a male sambar (Cervus unicolor), 2n=58. In the baresingha and the sambar, one or more acrocentric chromosomes carried satellites on their long arms. 3H-thymidine radioautographs of cultured cells of the Himalayan tahr showed a long acrocentric chromosome to be late-replicating, suggesting that it is an X chromosome.

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  1. The Institute for Cancer Research, Fox Chase, Philadelphia

    H. Sharat Chandra, David A. Hungerford & Joyce Wagner

  2. Penrose Research Laboratory, Zoological Society of Philadelphia and Department of Pathology, University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine, USA

    Robert L. Snyder

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Chandra, H.S., Hungerford, D.A., Wagner, J. et al. Chromosomes of five artiodactyl mammals. Chromosoma 21, 211–220 (1967). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00343646

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