PMID- 9886771
OWN - NLM
STAT- MEDLINE
DCOM- 19990225
LR  - 20191102
IS  - 0967-3849 (Print)
IS  - 0967-3849 (Linking)
VI  - 6
IP  - 7
DP  - 1998 Nov
TI  - A karyotypic analysis of nilgai, Boselaphus tragocamelus (Artiodactyla: Bovidae).
PG  - 505-13
AB  - A combination of chromosomal banding and fluorescence in situ hybridization 
      (FISH) was used to characterize the karyotype of Boselaphus tragocamelus (nilgai) 
      relative to the domestic cattle standard karyotype. G-, Q- and C-band karyotypes 
      of nilgai are presented, and the chromosomal complement of nilgai is determined 
      to be 2n=46 (female FN=60, male FN=59; NAA=56), consistent with previous reports 
      for the species. Comparisons with cattle identified extensive monobrachial 
      homologies with some noteworthy exceptions. Chromosome 25 is centrically fused to 
      24, and chromosome 16 is acrocentric. Both appear to have additional 
      pericentromeric material not seen in the equivalent cattle acrocentrics. This 
      pericentromeric chromatin may be the result of de novo additions or translocation 
      of pericentromeric material from chromosome 6, which is shown to be centrically 
      fused to 13 but is only about two-thirds the length of cattle 6. Comparisons with 
      cattle demonstrated that nilgai chromosome 17 has undergone a paracentric 
      inversion and that chromosome 20 has two blocks of interstitial constitutive 
      heterochromatin. The identities of both chromosomes were confirmed by chromosomal 
      FISH. Furthermore, chromosomal banding and FISH were used to determine that 
      autosome 14 has been fused to the ancestral X and Y of nilgai to form compound 
      neo-X and -Y chromosomes. Additional FISH analyses were conducted to confirm 
      other proposed chromosome homologies and to identify nucleolar organizing regions 
      within the nilgai complement.
FAU - Gallagher, D S Jr
AU  - Gallagher DS Jr
AD  - Department of Animal Science, Texas A&M University, College Station 77843, USA. 
      dan-gallagher@ansc.tamu.edu
FAU - Davis, S K
AU  - Davis SK
FAU - De Donato, M
AU  - De Donato M
FAU - Burzlaff, J D
AU  - Burzlaff JD
FAU - Womack, J E
AU  - Womack JE
FAU - Taylor, J F
AU  - Taylor JF
FAU - Kumamoto, A T
AU  - Kumamoto AT
LA  - eng
PT  - Comparative Study
PT  - Journal Article
PL  - Netherlands
TA  - Chromosome Res
JT  - Chromosome research : an international journal on the molecular, supramolecular 
      and evolutionary aspects of chromosome biology
JID - 9313452
SB  - IM
MH  - Animals
MH  - Antelopes/classification/*genetics
MH  - Cattle
MH  - Chromosome Banding
MH  - Female
MH  - In Situ Hybridization, Fluorescence
MH  - Karyotyping
MH  - Male
MH  - Phylogeny
EDAT- 1999/01/14 03:01
MHDA- 2001/03/28 10:01
CRDT- 1999/01/14 03:01
PHST- 1999/01/14 03:01 [pubmed]
PHST- 2001/03/28 10:01 [medline]
PHST- 1999/01/14 03:01 [entrez]
AID - 10.1023/a:1009268917856 [doi]
PST - ppublish
SO  - Chromosome Res. 1998 Nov;6(7):505-13. doi: 10.1023/a:1009268917856.