title: Mitotic and meiotic analysis in Arctocephalus australis (Otariidae).
abstract: The karyotype with C-, G- and NOR-banding of Arctocephalus australis is reported for the first time. The chromosomal number is 2n = 36. The X chromosome, identified in G-banded metaphases from males, is metacentric and the Y chromosome is a minute chromosome, also metacentric. Pachytene spermatocytes were used for synaptonemal complexes analysis with a surface spreading technique. A total of 17 autosomal synaptonemal complexes are observed plus the XY pair. During early pachytene, the X and Y axes are thickened and remain unpaired. As pachytene advances, a short SC is formed between the gonosomes, as it is common among eutherian mammals. The particular asymmetrical appearance of the synaptonemal complex in the sex pair is described and compared to other cases among mammals.
authors.affiliation: Centro de investigaciones en Reproducción, Facultad de Medicina, Universidad de Buenos Aires, Argentina.
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Beilis
authors.forename: I M
authors.initials: IM
authors.lastname: Rahn
authors.forename: M C
authors.initials: MC
authors.lastname: Gonzalez Moreno
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Loureiro
authors.forename: M S
authors.initials: MS
authors.lastname: Merani
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D002871:Chromosome Banding; D005260:Female; D046069:Fur Seals / Q000235:genetics*; D008297:Male; D008540:Meiosis; D008938:Mitosis; D013090:Spermatocytes / Q000648:ultrastructure; D013573:Synaptonemal Complex; D014960:X Chromosome / Q000648:ultrastructure; D014998:Y Chromosome / Q000648:ultrastructure