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Chromosome complement of tenrecs,Centetes ecaudatus (Order Insectivora, Class Mammalia)

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Dans les leucoyctes en culture de 7 TenrecsCentetes ecaudatus (4 mâles et 3 femelles) provenant de la République Malgache, l'auteur a compté 38 chromosomes et constaté que les sexes ont un caryocyte distinct. C'est la première étude faite sur les chromosomes d'un représentant de la famille des Tenrecidae (Insectivores).

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  1. Division of Medical Genetics, Department of Medicine, The Johns Hopkins University, School of Medicine, Baltimore

    D. S. Borgaonkar & E. Gould

  2. Department of Mental Hygiene, Laboratory of Comparative Behavior, The Johns Hopkins University, School of Hygiene and Public Health, Baltimore, Maryland, USA

    D. S. Borgaonkar & E. Gould

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Skin fibroplast cells were cultured fromCentetes ecaudatus (Animal No. 2). These cells gave a count of 38 chromosomes. Using the same techniques as above, whole blood cultures of the related tenrec,Hemicentetes semispinosus G. Cuvier, were counted. Preliminary studies indicate 38 chromosomes for this speices.

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Borgaonkar, D.S., Gould, E. Chromosome complement of tenrecs,Centetes ecaudatus (Order Insectivora, Class Mammalia). Experientia 21, 631–632 (1965). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02144047

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