title: Identification of p and q arms of the blesbok (Damaliscus dorcas phillipsi, Alcelaphinae) RBG-banded chromosomes with comparison to other wild and domestic bovids.
abstract: The RBG banded karyotype (2n = 38) of the blesbok (Damaliscus dorcas phillipsi) comprises 8 pairs of metacentric, 3 pairs of submetacentric and 7 pairs of acrocentric autosomes. The X and Y chromosomes are acrocentric. The 11 pairs of biarmed chromosomes correspond to Robertsonian translocations involving the chromosomes equivalent to goat and cattle chromosomes: 1;10, 4;5, 8;17, 7;9, 6;14, 13;15, 12;16, 20;22, 3;19, 2;27 and 11;23. The comparison of Blesbok karyotype with that of other species of Alcelaphinae and Hippotraginae reveals a high level of homoeology.
authors.affiliation: Muséum National d'Histoire Naturelle, Parc Zoologique de Paris, France.
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Claro
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Hayes
authors.forename: E P
authors.initials: EP
authors.lastname: Cribiu
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D000836:Animals, Zoo; D000866:Antelopes / Q000145:classification / Q000235:genetics*; D002478:Cells, Cultured; D002871:Chromosome Banding; D002874:Chromosome Mapping; D005260:Female; D005347:Fibroblasts / Q000166:cytology; D007621:Karyotyping; D008297:Male; D012418:Ruminants / Q000145:classification / Q000235:genetics*