Cytogenetic analysis of the pleurodine turtle Phrynops hogei and its taxonomic implications Academic Article

abstract

• Abstract Conventional chromosomal preparations of the Brazilian sidenecked turtle Phrynops hogei indicate the karyotype of this species (diploid number 2n = 58; fundamental number FN = 64) is identical to that reported for other members of the genus. Electron microscopic analysis of whole-cell complements of synaptonemal complexes corroborated the karyotypic description and provided definitive resolution of the acrocentric condition of the microchromosomes. Additionally, this approach provided a continuous sequence of prophase I nuclei which enabled detailed description of chromosomal behavior from leptonema through diakinesis and the sequence of centriolar replication.

authors

• Greenbaum, Ira

published proceedings

• Amphibia-Reptilia

author list (cited authors)

• Reed, K. M., Hanks, B. G., Bickham, J. W., Rhodin, A., Greenbaum, I. F., Mittermeier, R. A., & Fedullo, L. P.

citation count

• 4

complete list of authors

• Reed, Kent M||Hanks, Brian G||Bickham, John W||Rhodin, Anders GJ||Greenbaum, Ira F||Mittermeier, Russell A||Fedullo, Luiz P

publication date

• January 1991

publisher

• Brill Academic Publishers  Publisher

published in

• Amphibia-Reptilia  Journal

keywords

• Genetics

Digital Object Identifier (DOI)

• 10.1163/156853891x00176

start page

• 203

end page

• 212

volume

• 12

issue

• 2

URL

• http%3A%2F%2Fdx.doi.org%2F10.1163%2F156853891x00176