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On the karyosystematics of cyprinid fishes and a summary of fish chromosome studies in China

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To date, the chromosomes of 210 species of fresh-water fishes have been studied in China. They are principally cyprinids. Based upon the karyotypic data so far obtained mainly by the authors' laboratory, a report is here submitted on the karyosystematics of Chinese cyprinid fishes.

The primitive karyotype of cyprinid fishes may be inferred as being 2n=50. During phyletic evolution the cyprinid fishes probably have been differentiated into two large branches, one of which with the Leuciscinae as a basic group and another branch with the Barbinae as a basic group. As to the modes of their chromosome evolution, Robertsonian translocation seems to be prominent in the first branch, whereas polyploidization appears to be prominent in the second branch. Based on the chromosome studies in cyprinid fishes, some tentative ideas about the classification of the subfamilies in Cyprinidae are presented.

A table containing the karyotypes of Chinese fresh-water fishes is attached.

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Yu, X., Zhou, T., Li, K. et al. On the karyosystematics of cyprinid fishes and a summary of fish chromosome studies in China. Genetica 72, 225–235 (1987). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00116227

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