Conventionally stained and C‐banded karyotypes of a female blue whale

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The karyotype of a blue whale was studied in a fibroblast culture established from a skin biopsy obtained from a free swimming animal. The chromosome number was 2n=44. Chromosomal analysis showed that the biopsy originated from a female specimen. The karyotype conformed with the general 2n=44 cetacean karyotypes. The C‐band pattern had the characteristics observed in other cetacean karyotypes, i.e., interstitial and terminal C‐bands being more conspicuous than centromeric C‐bands. Copyright © 1985, Wiley Blackwell. All rights reserved

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ÁRNASON, BELLAMY, H., EYPÓRSSON, P., LUTLEY, R., SIGURJÓNSSON, J., & WIDEGREN, B. (1985). Conventionally stained and C‐banded karyotypes of a female blue whale. Hereditas, 102(2), 251–253. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1601-5223.1985.tb00623.x

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