Banding patterns of the chromosomes of two new karyotypes of the owl monkey, Aotus, captured in Panama.
Two new chromosome complements of Aotus trivirgatus griseimembra are described making a total of five different karyotypes observed in this subspecies inhabiting Panama and the northwestern part of Colombia, South America. Detailed comparisons of the G-banded chromosomes of these five karyotypes suggest that the polymorphism of chromosome numbers 56 and 55 in Panamanian Aotus and 54, 53, and 52 in Colombian Aotus stems primarily from a Robertsonian translocation mechanism involving pairs B13 and B14 (or A1). A second Robertsonian translocation mechanism involving pairs B28 and B29 (or A2) constitutes the karyotypic differences between the two chromosomal races.
D000818:Animals; D001029:Aotus trivirgatus / Q000235:genetics*; D002871:Chromosome Banding; D005260:Female; D000882:Haplorhini / Q000235:genetics*; D007621:Karyotyping; D008297:Male; D008992:Monkey Diseases / Q000235:genetics; D010176:Panama; D011110:Polymorphism, Genetic; D012729:Sex Chromosome Aberrations / Q000662:veterinary; D014178:Translocation, Genetic; D014960:X Chromosome