Description of the karyotypes of Stejneger's beaked whale (Mesoplodon stejnegeri) and Hubbs’ beaked whale (M. carlhubbsi)

Abstract The genus Mesoplodon (Cetacea: Odontoceti: Ziphiidae) is one of the few cetacean genera with the karyotype 2n = 42. The 2n = 42 karyotype of M. europaeus and M. carlhubbsi is largely consistent with the general cetacean karyotype 2n = 44, although other 2n = 42 karyotypes do not exhibit cle...

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Main Authors: Nozomi Kurihara, Yuko Tajima, Tadasu K. Yamada, Ayaka Matsuda, Takashi Matsuishi
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Sociedade Brasileira de Genética 2017-10-01
Series:Genetics and Molecular Biology
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Online Access:http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1415-47572017000500803&lng=en&tlng=en