Cytogenetic analysis of Pseudophoxinus antalyae, Bogustkaya, 1992 (Pisces: Cyprinidae) from the Eastern Mediterranean River Basin, Turkey

Authors

SERAP ERGENE
ARZU KARAHAN
MUSTAFA KURU

DOI

10.3906/zoo-0807-33

Abstract

The karyotype of Pseudophoxinus antalyae was analyzed using G-banding, C-banding, Ag-NOR staining, and Q-banding. Chromosome analysis of this species, which lives in the Berdan River and Berdan Dam Lake, was performed with the air-drying technique, using gill and fin epithelium cells. The diploid chromosome number of P. antalyae was determined to be 2n = 50, comprising 16 metacentric, 14 submetacentric, 12 subtelocentric, and 8 acrocentric (NF = 92) chromosomes. The largest chromosome pair of the complements was characteristically a submetacentric. The nucleolar organizer regions (NORs) were apparently located in subtelocentric chromosome pairs. The karyotype of P. antalyae is reported for the first time.

Keywords

Pseudophoxinus antalyae, karyotype, banding, Turkey

First Page

111

Last Page

117

Recommended Citation

ERGENE, SERAP; KARAHAN, ARZU; and KURU, MUSTAFA (2010) "Cytogenetic analysis of Pseudophoxinus antalyae, Bogustkaya, 1992 (Pisces: Cyprinidae) from the Eastern Mediterranean River Basin, Turkey," Turkish Journal of Zoology: Vol. 34: No. 1, Article 13. https://doi.org/10.3906/zoo-0807-33
Available at: https://journals.tubitak.gov.tr/zoology/vol34/iss1/13