Karyotypic analysis in species of the genus Dasyprocta (Rodentia: Dasyproctidae) found in Brazilian Amazon

Anais da Academia Brasileira de Ciências

Rosemar S. L. Ramos²  William G. Vale²  FÁtima L. Assis¹ 

[1] ,UFPA CCB Department of BiologyBelém Pará ,Brasil

关键词: Cytogenetics;    Hystricognathi;    Dasyprocta;    Karyotype;    Citogenética;    Hystricognathi;    Dasyprocta;    Cariótipo;   

DOI  :  10.1590/S0001-37652003000100007

来源: SciELO

【 摘 要 】

A total of 30 animals of the genus Dasyprocta were cytogenetically studied. They belong to the following species: D. prymnolopha (N=20), D. leporina (N=6), D. fuliginosa (N=1) and Dasyprocta sp. (N=3) (Dasyproctidae, Hystricognathi). Cell suspensions were obtained by peripheral blood culture, besides bone marrow and spleen cells, from D. prymnolopha and D. leporina. The diploid number was 64/65 for all samples. The karyotypes showed similarity, and chromosomal polymorphism was not detected by Giemsa conventional staining and G banding. The constitutive heterochromatin distribution at the pericentromeric region of all the chromosomes was similar in all species. D. prymnolopha, D. leporina and Dasyprocta sp. presented variation in the heterochromatical block size at one of the homologues of the A18 pair. D. fuliginosa presented the heterochromatin uniformly distributed in all chromosomes. There was not variation in the NORs pattern in the species studied.

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