title: The interrelationship of chromosome banding patterns in the giant panda (Ailuropoda melanoleuca), hybrid bear (Ursus middendorfi X Thalarctos maritimus), and other carnivores.
abstract: The banded chromosomes of the giant panda (Ailuropoda melanoleuca) and a hybrid bear (Ursus middendorfi X Thalarctos maritimus) have been studied and compared to those of other carnivores. The giant panda shares only a few apparently homologous chromosome arms with the bear (Ursidae) and equally few with the lesser panda, Ailurus fulgens (Procyonidae). Chromosomal evidence suggests appropriate placement of the giant panda in a family separate from the Uridae and the Procyonidae.
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D002335:Carnivora / Q000145:classification / Q000235:genetics*; D002478:Cells, Cultured; D002871:Chromosome Banding; D005260:Female; D005347:Fibroblasts; D007621:Karyotyping; D008297:Male; D010802:Phylogeny; D001503:Ursidae / Q000235:genetics