title: G-banded karyotype and ideogram for the North Atlantic right whale (Eubalaena glacialis).
abstract: Published cytogenetic data for extant cetacean species remain incomplete. In a review of the literature, we found karyotypic information for 6 of the 13 tentatively recognized species of the suborder Mysticeti (baleen whales). Among those yet to be described is the critically endangered North Atlantic right whale (Eubalaena glacialis). Herein, we describe and propose a first-generation G-banded karyotype and ideogram for this species (2n = 42), obtained from peripheral blood chromosome preparations from a stranded male calf. This information may prove useful for future genetic mapping projects and for interspecific and intraspecific genomic comparisons by techniques such as zoo-FISH.
authors.affiliation: Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Box 100245 University of Florida Health Science Center, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL 32610, USA.
authors.forename: Kimberly C
authors.initials: KC
authors.lastname: Pause
authors.forename: Robert K
authors.initials: RK
authors.lastname: Bonde
authors.forename: Peter M
authors.initials: PM
authors.lastname: McGuire
authors.forename: Robert T
authors.initials: RT
authors.lastname: Zori
authors.forename: Brian A
authors.initials: BA
authors.lastname: Gray
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D002871:Chromosome Banding; D017404:In Situ Hybridization, Fluorescence; D007621:Karyotyping; D014907:Whales / Q000235:genetics*