KARYOTYPE OF RABBIT CHROMOSOMES FROM LEUCOCYTE CULTURES

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Abstract
A model was set up for a standard karyotype of the White New Zealand rabbit (Oryctolagus cuniculus). The chromosomes were divided into 7 groups (A to G) based upon morphological similarities. Only the chromosomes in the A group could be paired. In male cells the Y chromosome was readily identified: a small subtelocentric, distinct from and slightly larger than the chromosomes of the G group; there is an odd number of chromosomes in the C group which presumably includes the X chromosome. For autoradiographic studies, the cells were exposed to H3-thymidine. One of the chromosomes in the C group in female cells and the Y chromosome in male cells were late replicating. The X chromosome, thus identified, is medium-sized with subterminal centromere.

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