new data on pericentric inversion in cattle (bos taurus l)新数据在臂间倒位牲畜(牛l).pdfVIP

NEW DATA ON PERICENTRIC INVERSION IN CATTLE (BOS TA UR US L) * C. P. POPESCU Jeannine BOSCHER U. N. C. E. I. A. and C. N. R. Z., Laboratoire de Gindtique factorielle, 78350 Jouy-en-Josas, France ’ . SUMMARY We report a cytogenetic study on 27 females, all progeny of a Norman bull previously found to be a carrier of pericentric inversion. Eleven have a normal karyotype and 61are pericentric inversion carriers. This abnormality thus seems to be transmitted as a simple, dominant character. The chromosomes are paired according to the R-band method after BUDR marking, and the abnormal chromosome is situated in the iqth pair according to relative length. Its centrometric index is 300..All the animals studied are phenotypically normal but the sire of these progeny has a low fertility rate. We previously described pericentric inversion in a Norman bull OPESCU(P, 1972).Because of the rarity and interest of this abnormality, we continued the study on a lot of that animal’s progeny to understand how it is transmitted. The band method was used to identify the abnormal chromosome. MATERIAL AND METHODS We studied 27 females, all daughters of the bull carrying the abnormality. They were phenotypically normal but there is no data on their fertility. However, the bull had a low fertility rate because the non-return rate at 6o-go days, calculated on 398first artificial-inseminations, was 8.645p. 100. We first looked for the a