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KMID : 0364219900330020222
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Korean Journal of Zoology
1990 Volume.33 No. 2 p.222 ~ p.230
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A Comparative Karyotype Study in Korean Squirrels. I Karyotype Analysis of Sciunis vulgaris coreae and Tamlas sibiricus asiaticus by Conventional Giemsa Staining and C-Banding Method
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Kim Jong-Bong
Lee Hee-Young
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Abstract
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The karyotypes of Korean Sciunis vulgaris coreas and Tamias sibiricus asiaticus were analyzed by conventional Giemsa staining and C-banding method. The diploid chromosome number (2n) of Sciunis vulgaris coreae 40 consisting of 6 metacentric, 8 submetacentric, 3 subtelocentric and 2 telocentric autosome pairs, submetacentric X and acrocentric or subtelocentric Y chromosome. The arm number (NF) of this species was obtained as 72, excluding the gonosomal arms. Tamias sibiricus asiaticus has a 2n of 38. The karyotype was represented by 3 metacentric, 4 submetacentric, 5 subtelocentric and 6 telocentric autosome paits and 2 sex chromosome. The X chromosome was submetacentric chromosome and the Y was the smallest chromosome with a median. The NF was 60. In S. vulgaris coreae constitutive heterochromatins were observed at the centromeres and telomeres. Constitutive heterochnomatins of T sibiricus asiaticus were primarily observed at the centromeres. These results suggested that non-Robensonian reanagenents and distribution of constitutive heterochromatin played an imporiant role in karyological differentiation of these species.
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KEYWORD
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Korean squirrels , C-banding , Karyotype analysis , Chromosome
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