Summary
Giemsa banding in cattle chromosomes enables the demarcation of both centromeric areas as pale regions and banding patterns along the chromosome arms. These are valuable in identifying all the chromosomes of a given karyotype. A high degree of intra- and inter-individual variation in the size of the centromeres was observed. This variation is useful for the identification of each individual and provides a broad base of chromosome markers for cattle breeding.
This is a preview of subscription content, log in via an institution to check access.
Similar content being viewed by others
References
Buckland RA, Evans HJ (1978a) Cytogenetic aspects of phylogeny in the Bovidae. 1. G-banding. Cytogenet Cell Genet 21:42–63
Buckland RA, Evans HJ (1978b) Cytogenetic aspects of phylogeny in the Bovidae. 2. C-banding. Cytogenet Cell Genet 21:64–71
Gustavsson I (1969) Cytogenetics, distribution and phenotypic effects of a translocation in swedish cattle. Hereditas 63:68–169
Mayr B, Krutzler H, Auer H, Schleger W (1983) Reciprocal translocation 60, XY, t (8; 15) (21: 24) in cattle. J Reprod Fert 69:629–630
Reading Conference (1980) Proc 1st Int Conf for the standardization of banded karyotypes of domestic animals. Hereditas 92:145–162
Singer MF (1982) Highly repeated sequences in mammalian genomes. Int Rev Cytol 76:67–112
Streek RE (1981) Inserted sequences in bovine satellite DNAs. Science 213:443–445
Author information
Authors and Affiliations
Additional information
Communicated by F. Mechelke
Rights and permissions
About this article
Cite this article
Krutzler, J., Mayr, B., Auer, H. et al. Chromosome markers in cattle. Theoret. Appl. Genetics 71, 669–672 (1986). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00263262
Received:
Accepted:
Issue Date:
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00263262