We analyzed chromosomes of male and female individuals of Phyllodactylus lanei Smith, 1935 (Squamata, Gekkonidae) from Chamela-Cuixmala Biosphere Reserve, Jalisco state, Mexico. The karyotype constructed for these specimens is composed of 19 pairs of telocentric chromosomes (2n = 38, FN = 38). This karyotype, due to Robertsonian fusions/fissions, differs from the one previously reported in samples from the State of Guerrero, which probably belonged to a different subspecies (2n = 33-34, FN = 40-41). Moreover, a presumed ZW sex chromosome system was not confirmed in the presently studied individuals.
Karyotypic diversification due to Robertsonian rearrangements in Phyllodactylus lanei Smith, 1935 (Squamata, Gekkonidae) from Mexico / Castiglia, Riccardo; Andrés, Garcia; Alexandra M. R., Bezerra; Oscar Flores, Villela; Gornoung, Ekaterina. - In: RENDICONTI LINCEI. SCIENZE FISICHE E NATURALI. - ISSN 2037-4631. - 20:1(2009), pp. 77-82. [10.1007/s12210-009-0005-4]
Karyotypic diversification due to Robertsonian rearrangements in Phyllodactylus lanei Smith, 1935 (Squamata, Gekkonidae) from Mexico
CASTIGLIA, Riccardo;GORNOUNG, Ekaterina
2009
Abstract
We analyzed chromosomes of male and female individuals of Phyllodactylus lanei Smith, 1935 (Squamata, Gekkonidae) from Chamela-Cuixmala Biosphere Reserve, Jalisco state, Mexico. The karyotype constructed for these specimens is composed of 19 pairs of telocentric chromosomes (2n = 38, FN = 38). This karyotype, due to Robertsonian fusions/fissions, differs from the one previously reported in samples from the State of Guerrero, which probably belonged to a different subspecies (2n = 33-34, FN = 40-41). Moreover, a presumed ZW sex chromosome system was not confirmed in the presently studied individuals.I documenti in IRIS sono protetti da copyright e tutti i diritti sono riservati, salvo diversa indicazione.
