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and C. gazella (Vassart et ai., Article 9).
translocation may have occurred once during the evolution of gazelles.
This suggests that the autosome-to-X chromosomal
Table 7.1 Chromosomal data for gazelles. Species are listed and grouped following Groves (1985).
2n =diploid number; FIM =females/males; FN =fundamental number, which includes sex elements;
A =number of acrocentric chromosomes; M =number of metacentric chromosomes;
X and Y =structure of sex chromosomes A (acrocentric), M (metacentric),
cA (compound acrocentric), cM (compound metacentric).
Autosomes
Gazella 2n(FIM) FN A M X Y REFERENCE
granti 30/31 60 Oil 28 eM A Hsu and Benirsehke, 1975
30/31 60 0/1 28 eM A Effron et al., 1976
30/31 60 011 28 eM A Benirsehke, 1985
30/31 60 011 28 eM A Gallagher and Womack, 1992
soemmerringi 34 to 39 60 8 to 20 18 to 24 eM eM Benirsehke el al., 1984
dama 38 60 16 22 Wurster and Benirsehke, 1968
38 to 40 60 16 to 20 18 to 20 eM A Effron el al. , 1976
38 to 39 Benirsehke, 1985
38 to 39 60 16 to 18 19 to 20 eM eM Arroyo Nombela el al., 1990
subgutlurosa 30 60 0 28 M Wurster, 1972
30/31 60 011 28 eM A Effron el aI. , 1976
30/31 60 011 28 eM A Hsu and Benirsehke, 1977
30 to 31 OrJov el at. (see Shi, 1987)
30 to 32/31 to 33 60 oto 5 26 to 28 eM A Benirsehke and Kumamoto, 1987
30 to 32/31 to 33 60 oto 5 26 to 28 eM A Kingswood and Kumamoto, 1988
31 to 32/33 60 2 to 5 26 to 27 eM A Granjon et al., 1991
leptoceros 32/33 60 415 26 eM A Effron el al., 1976
32/33 60 415 26 eM A Hsu and Benirsehke, 1977
rufifrons 58 62/61 54/55 211 eM eM Kumamoto et aI., unpub. data
thomsoni 58 64 52 4 M M Ne1son-Rees et al., 1967
58 M M Wurster and Benirsehke, 1967
58 64 52 4 M M Hsu and Benirsehke, 1968
58 72 48 8 M M Wurster and Benirsehke, 1968
58 64 52 4 M M Effron et aI., 1976
58 62/61 54/55 211 eM eM Kumamoto, unpub. data
cuvieri 32/33 60 415 26 eM A Kumamoto and Bogart, 1984
dorcas 30/31 58/60 011 28 eA M Wurster, 1972
30/31 58/60 011 28 eA M Wahrman el aI. , 1973
30/31 58/60 011 28 eA M Hsu and Benirsehke, 1974
30/31 58/60 011 28 eA M Effron el al., 1976
(dorcas) saudiya 47/50 to 51 63 to 64 31 to 39 II to 14 M Rebholz et af., 1991
benneIIi 50/51 60 40/41 8/10 eM M FurJey et al., 1988
gazelLa 34/35 60 819 24 eM A Wahrman et al., 1973
34/35 62 617 26 eM A Kingswood and Kumamoto, J988
spekei 32/33 60 4/5 26 eM A Hsu and Benirsehke, 1974
32/33 60 4/5 26 eM A Effron et al., 1976
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