title: Karyotype of the giant mole-rat, Cryptomys mechowi (Rodentia, Bathyergidae).
abstract: The karyotype of the giant mole-rat, Cryptomys mechowi (Rodentia, Bathyergidae), from Zambia was investigated in one male and one female by means of G-, C-, and AgNOR-banding techniques. The diploid chromosomal set consisted of 40 biarmed chromosomes (2n = 40, NF = 80). A pair of autosomes in the male and the X chromosomes in the female were heteromorphic. The sex chromosomes were unusually large.
authors.affiliation: Institute of Systematic and Ecological Biology, Academy of Sciences, Brno, Czech Republic.
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Macholán
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Burda
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Zima
authors.forename: I
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Mísek
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Kawalika
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D002871:Chromosome Banding; D005260:Female; D007621:Karyotyping; D008297:Male; D012377:Rodentia / Q000235:genetics*