the c-banding pattern of the egyptian water buffalo (bubalus bubalis)埃及水牛的c波段模式(bubalus狷羚).pdfVIP

Note The C-banding pattern of the Egyptian Water Buffalo (Bubalus bubalis) E. P. CRIBIU A. OBEIDAH Jeannine BOSCHER Labovatoive de Cytogénétique U.N.C.E.LA.-LN.R.A., Centre National de Recherches Zootechniques 35078Jouy-en-Josas, France *)(Animal Breeding Department Faculty of Agriculture Cairo University GIZA Egypt Summary The diploid chromosome number of the Egyptian Water Buffalo is 50 of which 10 are meta- and submetacentric and the remainder are acrocentric including the X and Y. Pericentromeric constitutive heterochromatin is apparently absent in the meta and submetacentric chromosomes except for pairs 2,3 and4.All the acrocentric autosomes and the sex chromosomes have peri- centromeric constitutive heterochromatin. The karyotype of the Egyptian Water Buffalo (Bifbalus bubalis) has been reported by DE ONDHTand HANAMG The number found was 1971).( diploid 50 of which 5 pairs were meta-and submetacentric and 20 pairs were acrocentric including the X and Y chromosome. The present work was undertaken to establish the C-banding pattern of the Egyptian Water Buffalo. Thirty animals 20(males and 10 females) from northern Egypt were studied. Blood samples were obtained from the jugular vein for leucocyte cultures. Chro- mosome studies were carried out on leucocyte cultures according to the method of DE GROUCHY et al. (1964). Following storage of the slide for a mon