Abstract
In this study, the karyotypic characteristics of Chondrostoma regium (Heckel, 1843) have been investigated. Fish samples were caught from the Karasu River (Euphrates River Basin) with fishing net. The live fish were transported to the laboratory and kept in aerated aquaria before the analyses. The karyotype analysis was performed in fish kidney and gill epithelium cells. It was determined that C. regium had 2n=50 chromosomes. In detail, the karyotype formula of C. regium was determined as 9 metacentric, 7 submetacentric, 1 subtelocentric and 8 telocentric chromosome pairs (18M+14SM+2ST+16T), and fundamental arm number was calculated as 82. Constitutive heterochromatin regions were determined on telomeres of the chromosomes. Nuclear orgnizer regions were detected on 21st chromosome. Karyotype symmetry/asymmetry index was calculated as 2.32. The karyotypes of gill and kidney cells were the same. No sex chromosomes were cytologically detected.
Publisher
Ege University Faculty of Fisheries
Subject
General Earth and Planetary Sciences,General Environmental Science
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