The karyotype of one female Brachyteles arachinoides (E. Geoffroy, 1806) was studied. The specimen exhibited 62 chromosomes, which could be arranged in three clearly distinguishable groups: the first one including 5 pairs of subtelocentric chromosomes, the second one including 8 pairs of metacentric and submetacentric chromosomes and the third one including 18 pairs of acrocentric chromosomes. The X chromosome pair could not be identified.
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This study was supported by grants from CNPq (SIP 04/011), Brazil.
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Koiffman, C.P., Saldanha, P.H. The karyotype of Brachyteles arachnoides (E. Geoffroy, 1806) (Primates: Platyrrhini). Genetica 48, 129–130 (1978). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00127508
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