title: A chromosomal survey of four species of gekkonid lizards.
abstract: The karyotypes of the gekkonids were serially graded from the largest to the smallest in the diploid complement. The majority of the chromosomes were subtelocentric. The diploid number was 2n = 38 in Gekko gecko and 2n = 40 in the three species of the genus Hemidactylus examined. A comparative morphometric analysis of the diploid sets of these four members suggested a cytotaxonomic relationship and a possible mode of speciation in this group of reptiles.
authors.affiliation: Department of Zoology, Panjab University, Chandigarh, India.
authors.forename: G P
authors.initials: GP
authors.lastname: Sharma
authors.forename: U N
authors.initials: UN
authors.lastname: Kasid
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D005075:Biological Evolution; D002875:Chromosomes / Q000648:ultrastructure*; D007621:Karyotyping; D008116:Lizards / Q000033:anatomy & histology / Q000145:classification / Q000235:genetics*; D013045:Species Specificity