Cytogenetic aspects of phylogeny in the Bovidae. II. C-banding.
Constitutive heterochromatin in the Bovidae, as revealed by C-banding, was mostly located in the centromeric regions. Considerable variation was, however, evident in the size of the C-bands both within and between subfamilies. Some evidence was found for a reduction in the amount of centromeric heterochromatin in bi-armed relative to acrocentric autosomes, and these findings are discussed in relation to karyotype evolution in the group.
D000818:Animals; D001188:Artiodactyla / Q000235:genetics*; D002875:Chromosomes / Q000648:ultrastructure*; D005260:Female; D014644:Genetic Variation; D006570:Heterochromatin / Q000648:ultrastructure; D008297:Male; D008677:Metaphase; D010802:Phylogeny; D013045:Species Specificity
D006570:Heterochromatin