Karyotype diversification represents an important, yet poorly understood, driver of evolution.
Squamate reptiles are characterized by a high taxonomic diversity which is reflected at the …

New World mabuyine skinks are a diverse radiation of morphologically cryptic lizards with
unique reproductive biologies. Recent studies examining population-level data …

Karyotypes of four East and Southeast Asian species of the genus Mabuya and
representatives of three arboreal genera considered to be closely related to the genus …

Chromosomal analyses of the stripe tree skink (Lipinia vittigera Boulenger, 1894) from
mitotic and meiotic cell divisions were studied. Bone marrow and testis samples were taken …

The chromosomes of ten species of birds and their karyological relationships have been
studied. These species are Gelochelidon nilotica 2n 60 and Larus genei 2n 54 (Family …

This study provides a genetic characterisation of two skink species, Trachylepis striata
(Peters 1844) and Trachylepis wahlbergii (Peters 1869), by means of karyology and …

Background: Karyotypic studies were carried out on the African giant rat,
Cricetomysgambianus, Waterhouse-1840 with the aim of determining its chromosome …

Study of karyotypes has been revealing important information on the taxonomic
relationships and evolutionary patterns in various groups of birds. Karyotypes analysis and …

Materials and methods Individuals of the four species, U. aegyptius, A. stellio, A. savignii and
E. schneideri (five males and five females for each species) were purchased from an animal …

Karyotypic studies were carried out on the Black Rat, Rattus rattus, with the aim of
determining its chromosome number. The chromosomes were prepared from the bone …