[Karyotypes and G-banding patterns of quail].
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.
Xu
Qi
Q
Department of Animal Science and Vet Med. Coll, Yangzhou University,Yangzhou 225009, China. xuqi1978@sina.com
Chen
Guo-Hong
GH
Zhang
Xue-Yu
XY
Wang
Xie-Gen
XG
Ji
Bao-Hua
BH
Li
Bi-Chun
BC
Wu
Xin-Sheng
XS
D000818:Animals; D002871:Chromosome Banding; D002875:Chromosomes / Q000235:genetics*; D004171:Diploidy; D005260:Female; D007621:Karyotyping; D008297:Male; D008677:Metaphase; D011784:Quail / Q000235:genetics*