Author(s): Fawzi Al-Shyeab
Article publication date: 2013-09-01
Vol. 31 No. 2/3 (yearly), pp. 131-133.
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Keywords
Jordan, Cricetulus migratorius, Jaculus jaculus, Karyotype.
Abstract
Karyotype of two rodent species, Cricetulus migratorius and Jaculus jaculus were studied from Jordan. Jaculus jaculus karyotype was found to be 2n=48, NFa= 88, while the autosomes consist of five metcentric, 14 submetacenteric and four acrocentric pairs of chromosomes. For Cricetulus migratorius, the karyotype was found to be 2n= 22, NFa= and NF=40, while the autosomes consist of three telocentric, four metacenteric and four acrocentric pairs of chromosomes.