Chromosomes and Serum Proteins of Prairie Dogs and a Model of Cynomys Evolution
- 26 August 1971
- journal article
- Published by Oxford University Press (OUP) in Journal of Mammalogy
- Vol. 52 (3), 545-555
- https://doi.org/10.2307/1378589
Abstract
The karyotypes of Cynomys leucurus (2N = 50) and C. gunnisoni (2N = 40) are described and compared with the previously published karyotype of C. ludovicianus (2N = 50). Sera from the three taxa are also compared electrophoretically and five transferrin fractions diagnostic at the species level are identified. A model of the evolution of Cynomys from an ancestral Spermophilus population is proposed that integrates available cytological, serological, morphological, paleontological, and zoogeographical data.Keywords
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