Cytogenetics of wild and captive bred non-domestic animals.
Cytogenetics of wild and captive bred non-domestic animals provides us with valuable information that can be implemented in wildlife management and species conservation strategies. In this review, we summarized the data published to date describing a range of chromosome abnormalities observed in non-domestic animals and their effect on phenotype. Two important factors that can potentially have drastic effects on captive breeding programs are discussed: presence of classic chromosome abnormalities, spontaneously-occurring and inherited, and intraspecific variations in chromosome number. Short-term consequences, primarily reduced reproductive efficiency, and long-term consequences, such as changes in population dynamics, are examined.
Rubes
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Veterinary Research Institute, Brno, Czech Republic. rubes@vri.cz
Musilova
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Mastromonaco
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D000818:Animals; D000835:Animals, Wild / Q000235:genetics*; D000836:Animals, Zoo / Q000235:genetics*; D001188:Artiodactyla / Q000235:genetics; D002869:Chromosome Aberrations / Q000662:veterinary; D003582:Cytogenetics; D018397:Equidae / Q000235:genetics; D005260:Female; D017404:In Situ Hybridization, Fluorescence / Q000662:veterinary; D008297:Male; D010527:Perissodactyla / Q000235:genetics; D011110:Polymorphism, Genetic; D012729:Sex Chromosome Aberrations / Q000662:veterinary