G-banding karyotypes of Myotis myotis (Borkhausen, 1797) and Myotis blythii (Tomes, 1857) (Mammalia: Chiroptera) in Turkey

Authors

NURSEL AŞAN
İRFAN ALBAYRAK
TARKAN YORULMAZ
SİNAN İNCİ

DOI

10.3906/zoo-0807-22

Abstract

This study is based on the G-banding karyotype of 2 sibling bat species Myotis myotis (Borkhausen, 1797) (Greater Mouse-eared Myotis) and M. blythii (Tomes, 1857) (Lesser Mouse-eared Myotis) distributed in Turkey. G-banding karyotypes showed that the 2 taxa possessed identical G-banded chromosome arms. It was concluded that G-banded chromosomes are not sufficient as a diagnostic character for separating M. myotis from M. blythii.

Keywords

Myotis myotis, Myotis blythii, G-banding, Turkey

First Page

599

Last Page

602

Recommended Citation

AŞAN, NURSEL; ALBAYRAK, İRFAN; YORULMAZ, TARKAN; and İNCİ, SİNAN (2011) "G-banding karyotypes of Myotis myotis (Borkhausen, 1797) and Myotis blythii (Tomes, 1857) (Mammalia: Chiroptera) in Turkey," Turkish Journal of Zoology: Vol. 35: No. 4, Article 15. https://doi.org/10.3906/zoo-0807-22
Available at: https://journals.tubitak.gov.tr/zoology/vol35/iss4/15