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Karyotype of the giant mole-rat, Cryptomys mechowi (Rodentia, Bathyergidae)
1Institute of Systematic and Ecological Biology, Academy of Sciences, Brno, Czech Republic.
Cytogenetics and Cell Genetics
|January 1, 1993
Abstract:
The karyotype of the giant mole-rat, Cryptomys mechowi (Rodentia, Bathyergidae), from Zambia was investigated in one male and one female by means of G-, C-, and AgNOR-banding techniques. The diploid chromosomal set consisted of 40 biarmed chromosomes (2n = 40, NF = 80). A pair of autosomes in the male and the X chromosomes in the female were heteromorphic. The sex chromosomes were unusually large.