Genetics Summary

Genetics Summary for Oreochromis mossambicus

Main ref.	Natarajan, R. and K. Subrahmanyam, 1968
Country
Locality/Yr.	Unspecified			Sex.
Chromosome number	Haploid/gametic (n) : 22			Ref.	Natarajan, R. and K. Subrahmanyam, 1968
	Diploid/zygotic (2n) : 44 - 44			Ref.	Majumdar, K.C. and B.J. McAndrew, 1986
Chromosome Type				Ref.	Majumdar, K.C. and B.J. McAndrew, 1986
Metacentric	0	Subtelocentric	38	MetaSubmetacentric
Submetacentric	6	Telocentric/Acrocentric		Subtelo-Acrocentric
Chromosome arm no.	50			Ref.	Majumdar, K.C. and B.J. McAndrew, 1986
Sex determining mechanism				Ref.
DNA Content (haploid)	1			Ref.	Majumdar, K.C. and B.J. McAndrew, 1986
Genetic markers	Yes			Ref.	Mcandrew, B.J. and K.C. Majumdar, 1983
Remarks	22 metacentric chromosome pairs. NF = 44-50 (Ref. 3885); 62 (Ref. 8973). The chromosome length varies between 3.72% and 11.73% (Ref. 8979). DNA content of haploid is 0.805 pg (Ref. 12384). Also Ref. 12786.			Ref.

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