Genetics Summary

Genetics Summary for Oreochromis aureus

Main ref.	Kornfield, I.L., U. Ritte, C. Richler and J. Wahrman, 1979
Country
Locality/Yr.	Unspecified			Sex.
Chromosome number	Haploid/gametic (n) : 22			Ref.	Kornfield, I.L., U. Ritte, C. Richler and J. Wahrman, 1979
	Diploid/zygotic (2n) : 44 - 44			Ref.	Kornfield, I.L., U. Ritte, C. Richler and J. Wahrman, 1979
Chromosome Type				Ref.	Majumdar, K.C. and B.J. McAndrew, 1986
Metacentric		Subtelocentric	14	MetaSubmetacentric
Submetacentric	30	Telocentric/Acrocentric		Subtelo-Acrocentric
Chromosome arm no.	58			Ref.	Majumdar, K.C. and B.J. McAndrew, 1986
Sex determining mechanism				Ref.
DNA Content (haploid)	1.27			Ref.	Kornfield, I.L., U. Ritte, C. Richler and J. Wahrman, 1979
Genetic markers	Yes			Ref.	Franck, J.P.C. and J.M. Wright, 1993
Remarks	NF = 54 (Ref. 86 and 8973); 44-50 (Ref. 3885). The chromosome length varies between 3.61% and 10.89% (Ref. 8979). DNA content (haploid) = 1.21 (Ref. 8979). Heterogeneous haemoglobin phenotypes observed through isoelectric focusing (Ref. 33339).			Ref.	Kornfield, I.L., U. Ritte, C. Richler and J. Wahrman, 1979

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