Robertsonian polymorphism and constitutive heterochromatin distribution in chromosomes of the rainbow trout (Salmo gairdneri)
- 1 January 1976
- journal article
- research article
- Published by S. Karger AG in Cytogenetic and Genome Research
- Vol. 17 (4), 174-184
- https://doi.org/10.1159/000130711
Abstract
White-blood-cell culture was used to examine the chromosomes of 53 rainbow trout (Salmo gairdneri) from three locations in the Pacific Northwest of the United States. A Robertsonian chromosome polymorphism is present, resulting in diploid numbers of 60, 59, or 58 in different individuals with 104 chromosome arms. The low level of intraindividual Robertsonian variation, differences in the number of subtelocentric chromosomes between individuals with different chromosome numbers, and frequencies of fish with different chromosome numbers in one population suggest that the interindividual differences are inherited and not somatic. C-banding shows that constitutive heterochromatin is localized near the centromeres and near the secondary constriction on one chromosome pair.Keywords
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