title: Report on the progress of standardization of the G-banded canine (Canis familiaris) karyotype. Committee for the Standardized Karyotype of the Dog (Canis familiaris).
abstract: Karyotyping of dog chromosomes is a difficult task owing to the high diploid number of chromosomes (2n = 78) and the similar morphology of autosomes, all of which are acrocentrics. In this report 22 of the 39 G-banded chromosome pairs and their corresponding ideograms have been standardized. The ideogram comprises altogether 235 bands. The need for the introduction of molecular techniques such as chromosome painting and physical mapping of genetic markers for the identification of small acrocentrics is discussed.
authors.affiliation: Department of Genetics and Animal Breeding, Agricultural University of Poznan, Poland.
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Switoński
authors.forename: N
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Reimann
authors.forename: A A
authors.initials: AA
authors.lastname: Bosma
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Long
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Bartnitzke
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Pieńkowska
authors.forename: M M
authors.initials: MM
authors.lastname: Moreno-Milan
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Fischer
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D002871:Chromosome Banding / Q000592:standards*; D004285:Dogs / Q000235:genetics*; D007621:Karyotyping / Q000379:methods*