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Salmo salar salar

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Chromosome atlas: Fish, Amphibians, Reptiles and Birds

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A Robertsonian pattern of variation exists in the Atlantic salmon from North America in which modal chromosome counts for different river systems vary from 54 to 56. All show an arm number of 72, as determined by counts from cell cultures (Roberts, 1970). Diploid numbers reported for the Atlantic salmon from embryo squashes include 56 for Quebec (Boothroyd, 1959) and northern Europe (Sepporaara, 1962), 58 for Wales (Rees, 1967), and 60 for northern Europe (Prokofieva, 1934; Svardson, 1945). Again, the arm number is constant at 72. The Atlantic salmon has received more attention from chromosome cytologists than any other fish and the Robertsonian pattern seems to be adequately documented. Chromosomal sexual dimorphism has not been demonstrated.

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  1. Serviço De Genética, Instituto Butantan, Caixa Postal 65, São Paulo, Brazil

    Maria Luiza Beçak & Willy Beçak

  2. Department of Zoology, University of Maine, 04473, Orono, Maine, USA

    Franklin L. Roberts

  3. Department of Animal Science, University of Minnesota, 55101, St. Paul, Minnesota, USA

    Robert N. Shoffner

  4. Department of Biology, Tulane University, 70118, New Orleans, Louisiana, USA

    E. Peter Volpe

  5. Department of Obstetrics & Gynecology, School of Medicine, University of California, 92037, San Diego,La Jolla, California, USA

    Kurt Benirschke

  6. Section of Cell Biology, M.D. Anderson Hospital, 77025, Houston, Texas, USA

    T. C. Hsu

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  1. Serviço De Genética, Instituto Butantan, Caixa Postal 65, São Paulo, Brazil

    Maria Luiza Beçak  & Willy Beçak  & 

  2. Department of Zoology, University of Maine, 04473, Orono, Maine, USA

    Franklin L. Roberts

  3. Department of Animal Science, University of Minnesota, 55101, St. Paul, Minnesota, USA

    Robert N. Shoffner

  4. Department of Biology, Tulane University, 70118, New Orleans, Louisiana, USA

    E. Peter Volpe

  5. Department of Obstetrics & Gynecology, School of Medicine, University of California, 92037, San Diego,La Jolla, California, USA

    Kurt Benirschke

  6. Section of Cell Biology, M.D. Anderson Hospital, 77025, Houston, Texas, USA

    T. C. Hsu

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Beçak, M.L. et al. (1971). Salmo salar salar. In: Beçak, M.L., et al. Chromosome atlas: Fish, Amphibians, Reptiles and Birds. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-662-38220-2_3

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