title: G-, R- and C-band patterns of goral (Nemorhaedus caudatus) and comparison to goat (Capra hircus).
abstract: The karyotype of goral (Nemorhaedus caudatus, 2n = 56) was prepared using lymphocytes and its chromosomal band patterns were compared with those of goat (Capra hircus, 2n = 60) by CBG-, GTG- and RBG-banding techniques. The standard karyotype of goral was composed of 54 acrocentric autosomes, submetacentric X chromosome, and acrocentric Y chromosome. C-bands were prominent in all autosomes except the X chromosome. G- and R-band patterns of goral were dissimilar to those of goat. The data support the idea that the goral did not originate from a common ancestor of bovid, or that there were numerous complicated chromosomal interchanges during goral evolution, in contrast to other bovids.
authors.affiliation: Laboratory of Developmental Biology and Genomics, College of Veterinary Medicine, Research Institute for Veterinary Science, and Brain Korea 21 Program for Veterinary Science, Seoul National University, Seoul 151-742, Korea.
authors.forename: Seung Hyun
authors.initials: SH
authors.lastname: Oh
authors.forename: Young Min
authors.initials: YM
authors.lastname: Yun
authors.forename: Jung Eun
authors.initials: JE
authors.lastname: Lee
authors.forename: Il Yong
authors.initials: IY
authors.lastname: Kim
authors.forename: Jae Hoon
authors.initials: JH
authors.lastname: Shin
authors.forename: Oh Kyeong
authors.initials: OK
authors.lastname: Kweon
authors.forename: Hang
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Lee
authors.forename: Yeo Sung
authors.initials: YS
authors.lastname: Yoon
authors.forename: Nam Sik
authors.initials: NS
authors.lastname: Shin
authors.forename: Je Kyung
authors.initials: JK
authors.lastname: Seong
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D002843:Chromatin / Q000737:chemistry / Q000378:metabolism; D002871:Chromosome Banding; D033481:Chromosomes, Mammalian / Q000737:chemistry / Q000378:metabolism*; D005260:Female; D049810:Genetic Speciation; D006041:Goats / Q000235:genetics; D007621:Karyotyping / Q000379:methods; D008297:Male; D009690:Nucleic Acid Conformation; D056910:Republic of Korea; D012418:Ruminants / Q000235:genetics*; D014960:X Chromosome / Q000378:metabolism
chemical_list: D002843:Chromatin