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KARYOTYPES OF 5 SUB-ANTARCTIC BIVALVE SPECIES

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Chromosomes of five subantarctic species were studied from mitotic metaphases using cell suspension techniques. Among the Protobranchia, Malletia gigantea has a diploid chromosome number of 2n = 38 with five metacentric, seven submetacentric, five subtelocentric and one telocentric pairs, and Yoldia (Aequiyoldia) woodwardi also shows 2n = 38 but with ten metacentric, six submetacentric and three subtelocentric pairs. Among the Lamellibranchia, the pterioidan Limatula pygmaea has 2 n = 38 with six metacentric, eleven submetacentric and two subtelocentric pairs, the veneroidan Cyclocardia astartoides has 2n = 30 with five metacentric and ten telocentric pairs and the anomalodesmatan Laternula elliptica has 2n = 40 with two metacentric, one submetacentric, two subtelocentric and fifteen telocentric pairs. Our results indicate that in all the Nuculoidea studied so far, a diploid number of 2n = 38 has been found. In addition, the karyotypes show a close overall appearance in relative lengths with a majority of metacentric-submetacentric chromosomes. The species differ in the proportion of the different morphological types of chromosomes. In the Lamellibranchia, each species corresponds to a particular case within their respective orders (Pterioida, Veneroida, Anomalodesmata).

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Océanographie

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hal-03476537 , version 1 (13-12-2021)

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C Thiriotquievreux, P Albert, J Soyer. KARYOTYPES OF 5 SUB-ANTARCTIC BIVALVE SPECIES. Journal of Molluscan Studies, 1991, 57 (1), pp.59-70. ⟨10.1093/mollus/57.1.59⟩. ⟨hal-03476537⟩
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