Description of the mallard duck (Anas platyrhynchos) karyotype

• Authors: E. Wojcik , E. Smalec
• Languages of publication: EN

Abstracts

EN

The karyotype of the mallard duck, Anas platyrhynchos, was characterised on the basis of R and C bands. Chromosomal preparations obtained from in vitro blood lymphocyte cultures were RBG- and CBG-stained. The structures of nine and 14 pairs of chromosomes were analysed by the RBG and CBG chromosome banding techniques, respectively. The location of R bands, as well as the size and arrangement of constitutive heterochromatin blocks were determined. Ideograms of R and C banded patterns of the analysed chromosomes were drawn. The morphological makeup of the analysed chromosomes was assessed.

Keywords

EN

C BAND; KARYOTYPE; MALLARD DUCK; R BAND

Discipline

• EXPERIMENTAL_BIOLOGY_&_MEDICINE: EXPERIMENTAL BIOLOGY & MEDICINE

• Publisher: Institute of Systematics and Evolution of Animals, Polish Academy of Sciences
• Journal: Folia Biologica
• Year: 2007
• Volume: 55
• Issue: 3-4
• Pages: 115-120

Contributors

author

E. Wojcik

author

E. Smalec

• Document Type: ARTICLE
• Publication order reference: Ewa Wojcik, Department of Animal Genetics and Breeding, University of Podlasie, Prusa 14, 08-110 Siedlce, Poland