Abstract
The unambiguous identification of ovine chromsomes has become essential for the mapping of the sheep genome, which predominantly consists of telocentric chromosomes of gradually decreasing size. Nucleolus organizer regions (NORs) and Robertsonian fusions have been used here as the cytological and morphological markers, respectively, to define the banding pattern of eight paris of sheep telocentric chromosomes that have an ambiguous identification status. Five Robertsonian chromosomes involving most of the ambiguous chromosomes as well as normal prometaphase chromosomes were stained sequentially and separately by QFQ, GTG, and Ag-NOR methodologies. The prometaphase banding patterns of the ambiguous chromosomes 4, 6, 8, 9, 21, 24, 25 and 26 are represented schematically. For providing an accurate image of the banding pattern, a system of shading has been employed to show the relative intensity of bands in a given chromosome. The results presented here will facilitate the regional mapping of the sheep genome, extend the information on cytogenetic homology with other bovids, and substantially accelerate the comparative mapping studies in Bovidae.
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Ansari, H.A., Pearce, P.D., Maher, D.W. et al. Resolving ambiguities in the karyotype of domestic sheep (Ovis aries). Chromosoma 102, 340–347 (1993). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00661277
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