Pooling strategy and chromosome painting characterize a living zebroid for the first time.

We have investigated the complex karyotype of a living zebra-donkey hybrid for the first time using chromosome-specific painting probes produced from flow-sorted chromosomes from a zebra (Equus burchelli) and horse (Equus caballus). As the chromosomes proved difficult to distinguish from one another...

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Main Authors: Alessandra Iannuzzi, Jorge Pereira, Clara Iannuzzi, Beiyuan Fu, Malcolm Ferguson-Smith
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2017-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC5507506?pdf=render