A. H. Al-Shehri
Ministry of lnterior, Public Security, Criminal Evidence Administration, P.O.Box 271198,
Riyadh 11352, Saudi Arabia
A. A. Al-Saleh
Department of Zoology, College of Science, King Saud University, P.O. Box 2455,Riyadh 11451, Saudi Arabia
ABSTRACT
The karyotype of the tree frog Hyla savignyi consists of 24 chromosomes. These chromosomes include 5 pairs of metacentric, 5 pairs of submetacentric and 2 pairs of acrocentric chromosomes. The ninth pair sex chromosomes are homomorphic in females and heteromorphic in males. The fundamental number of this species is 44, while the autosomal fundamental number is 40. The ninth pair of this karyotype has a secondary constriction only on the long arms of females chromosomes.
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A. H. Al-Shehri and A. A. Al-Saleh, 2005. Karyotype of Amphibians in Saudi Arabia 2: The Karyotype of Hyla savignyi. Journal of Biological Sciences, 5: 768-770.
DOI: 10.3923/jbs.2005.768.770
URL: https://scialert.net/abstract/?doi=jbs.2005.768.770
DOI: 10.3923/jbs.2005.768.770
URL: https://scialert.net/abstract/?doi=jbs.2005.768.770
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