Comparative karyotypes of fallow deer and spotted deer.

Rahmat, Nur Rashidah (2016) Comparative karyotypes of fallow deer and spotted deer. [Project Paper] (Submitted)

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Abstract

This study was conducted to characterize the chromosomes of two deer species raised in Malaysia, namely Dama dama (fallow deer) and Axis axis (spotted deer) using conventional procedures for construction of karyotypes. The medium RPMI-1640, supplemented with pokeweed mitogen, fetal calf serum, penicillin-streptomycin and amphotericin B was used for lymphocytes culture in order to produce a good quantity and quality of metaphase spreads for chromosomes analysis. The fallow deer and spotted deer had diploid number (2n) of 68 and 66 respectively. The conventional karyotype showed that fallow deer has 33 pairs of autosomes (32 pairs of acrocentrics and 1 pair of metacentric) while spotted deer has 32 pairs of autosomes (31 pairs of acrocentrics and 1 pair of metacentric). The X chromosome is a longest acrocentric while the Y chromosome is a smallest submetacentric for both species. The fundamental number of fallow deer is 71 for male and 70 for female while for spotted deer the fundamental number is 69 for male and 68 for female. Thus, fallow deer and spotted deer have the different diploid number (2n) and fundamental number but similar in chromosome morphology.

Item Type:	Project Paper
Faculty:	Faculty of Veterinary Medicine
Depositing User:	Ms Siti Mariam Giman
Date Deposited:	22 Nov 2022 02:31
Last Modified:	22 Nov 2022 02:31
URI:	http://psaspb.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/417

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