title: Analysis of a marine fish cell line from a male sheepshead.
abstract: Chromosomes from consecutive culture passages of a developing cell line from fin fibroblasts of a male sheepshead (Archosargus probatocephalus) were analyzed. It was demonstrated that the modal chromosome number is 48. The chromosome types found in these cells included 8 submetacentrics, 8-12 acrocentrics, and 28-32 telocentrics. Evidence suggests that the primary type of chromosomal alteration that occurred in cultured SHF-1 cells is aneuploidy; a large metacentric chromosome of undetermined origin was observed.
mesh_terms: D000782:Aneuploidy; D000818:Animals; D002460:Cell Line; D002875:Chromosomes / Q000648:ultrastructure*; D005399:Fishes / Q000235:genetics*; D007621:Karyotyping; D008297:Male