Vol. 2 No. 2 (2007)
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Standard karyotype and nucleolus organizer region of Neotropical blindsnake <em>Typhlops brongersmianus</em> (Serpentes: Typhlopidae)

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  • José Augusto Ruiz García,
  • Alejandra Hernando
DOI: https://doi.org/10.13128/Acta_Herpetol-2221

Published 2007-11-01

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Ruiz García, J. A., & Hernando, A. (2007). Standard karyotype and nucleolus organizer region of Neotropical blindsnake <em>Typhlops brongersmianus</em> (Serpentes: Typhlopidae). Acta Herpetologica, 2(2), 117–120. https://doi.org/10.13128/Acta_Herpetol-2221
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Abstract

The karyotype of Typhlops brongersmianus is reported on the basis of specimens from north-eastern Argentina. The conventional Giemsa staining showed that the species has 2n = 34 chromosomes, including 8 pairs of macrochromosomes and 9 pairs of microchromosomes. Ag-NOR staining revealed the NORs location on a pair of macrochromosomes. The chromosome number and karyotypic morphology are similar to those of Neotropical typhlopid previously karyotyped.
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