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Somatic chromosomes of a female and male Himalayan thar, Hemitragus jemlahicus (H. Smith) are described. The diploid number is 48, there are 12 atelocentric and 34 telocentric autosomes in both sexes, the X-chromosome is meta- or submetacentric. The morphological appearance of the Y-chromosome is compared with that of other bovid species including recent observations on the goat Capra hircus.
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Nelson-Rees, W.A., Kniazeff, A.J., Malley, R.L. et al. On the karyotype of the tahr Hemitragus jemlahicus and the Y-chromosome of goats and sheep. Chromosoma 23, 154–161 (1967). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00331110
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