title: [Karyotypes and G-banding patterns of quail].
abstract: Karyotype analysis was carried out on quails using the peripheral lymphocyte culture techniques,and G-banding patterns were obtained with trypsin and Giemsa. The results showed that the quail had a diploid number of 78, with 10 pairs of macrochromosomes including the sex-chromosomes and 29 pairs of microchromosomes. NO.1 chromosome was submetacentric, NO.2 and Z chromosome were metacentric,and the others were telocentric, which was slightly different from the results of others. Additionally,analysis of G-banding patterns for macrochromosomes indicated that they were divided into 27 zones and 134 bands.
authors.affiliation: Department of Animal Science and Vet Med. Coll, Yangzhou University,Yangzhou 225009, China. xuqi1978@sina.com
authors.forename: Qi
authors.initials: Q
authors.lastname: Xu
authors.forename: Guo-Hong
authors.initials: GH
authors.lastname: Chen
authors.forename: Xue-Yu
authors.initials: XY
authors.lastname: Zhang
authors.forename: Xie-Gen
authors.initials: XG
authors.lastname: Wang
authors.forename: Bao-Hua
authors.initials: BH
authors.lastname: Ji
authors.forename: Bi-Chun
authors.initials: BC
authors.lastname: Li
authors.forename: Xin-Sheng
authors.initials: XS
authors.lastname: Wu
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D002871:Chromosome Banding; D002875:Chromosomes / Q000235:genetics*; D004171:Diploidy; D005260:Female; D007621:Karyotyping; D008297:Male; D008677:Metaphase; D011784:Quail / Q000235:genetics*