GREAT DEGREE OF HOMOLOGY BETWEEN THE ANCESTRAL KARYOTYPE OF SQUIRRELS (RODENTS) AND THAT OF PRIMATES AND CARNIVORA

  • 1 January 1984
    • journal article
    • research article
    • Vol. 27  (4) , 201-212
Abstract
The karyotype of 7 spp. of Sciurinae representative of 6 tribes were compared: Atlantoxerus getulus, Menetes berdmorei, Callosciurus flavimanus, Heliosciurus gambianus, Sciurus vulgaris, Eutamias sibiricus and Marmota monax. Homeologies between almost all chromosome segments were found. Numerous similarities with the karyotypes of certain Primates and Carnivora were observed. A presumed ancestral karyotype of the Sciurinae is proposed.