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The Journal of Heredity 1994:85(4):322-325
© 1994 The American Genetic Association 85:322-325

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The Chromosomes of the Living Coelacanth and Their Remarkable Similarity to Those of One of the Most Ancient Frogs

J. P. Bogart, E. K. Balon, and M. N. Bruton

Department of Zoology, University of Guelph Guelph, Ontario Nl G 2W1, Canada
The J. L B. Smith Institute of Ichthyology Private Bag 1015, Grahamstown 6140, South Africa

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The karyotype of the coelacanth is reported for the first time. Latimena chalumnae has a 48-chromosome karyotype that contains metacentnc, subtelocentnc, and telocentnc chromosomes as well as microchromosomes This karyotype is unlike those found in lungfishes but is very similar to the 46-chromosome karyotype of one of the ancient frogs, Ascaphus truei.


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