Mitotic and meiotic chromosomes ofMabuya(Scincidae: Reptilia)

✍ Scribed by I. M. S. Cólus; I. Ferrari

• Book ID: 104625019
• Publisher: Springer Netherlands
• Year: 1988
• Tongue: English
• Weight: 472 KB
• Volume: 77
• Category: Article
• ISSN: 0016-6707
• DOI: 10.1007/bf00057760

✦ Synopsis

A study was carried out on conventionally stained mitotic and meiotic chromosomes of two species of lizards of the Scincidae: Mabuya caissara and M. macrorhyncha.

On the basis of morphological, numerical and metric data, the chromosomes were divided into three groups: two groups of macrochromosomes (A and B) and one of microchromosomes (C). The karyotypes of males and females of both species showed 2n = 32 and FN = 50 and no differences were detected between the species.