| General information |
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Amia calva (Linnaeus, 1766) |
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| Common name | Bowfin, Choupique |
| Synonyms |
- |
| IUCN Red List status (2014) |
Least Concern (LC) |
| Habitat |
Freshwater |
| Systematics |
Eukaryota; Metazoa; Chordata; Craniata; Vertebrata; Euteleostomi; Actinopterygii; Neopterygii; Holostei; Amiiformes; Amiidae. |
| Geographical distribution |
USA; Canada |
| Occurrence |
native: USA; native: Canada |
| Remarks |
Submetacentric pair no. 5 possessed a polymorphic secondary constriction in terminal of p-arm. |
| Karyological information |
| Geographical area of study |
DACBiol, UJAT, Villahermosa, Tabasco, Mexico. |
| Source of chromosomes |
Cultured Leucocytes |
| Number of specimens with sex |
2 (unsexed juvenile). |
| Diploid chromosome number |
46 |
| Karyotype formula |
2m+10sm+8st+26a |
| Fundamental arm number |
58 |
| Chromosome length |
- |
| Sex chromosome |
- |
| Chromosome staining/banding/FISH |
CMA3 positive NOR sites present on chromosome pair no. 5 that corresponds to Ag-NOR site. C-banding showed signals in centromeres of all chromosomes along with strong signals, corresponding to 5S rDNA sites, detected on chromosome pair no. 13. FISH with 45S rDNA site found to be located at telomeric region on p-arms of submetacentric pair no. 5. The 5S rDNA signals found at centromeric regions of acrocentric pair no. 13. |
| Reference |
Majtánová Z, Symonová R, Arias-Rodriguez L, Sallan L, Rab P. (2017). “Holostei versus Halecostomi†Problem: Insight from Cytogenetics of Ancient Nonteleost Actinopterygian Fish, Bowfin Amia Calva. J. Exp. Zool. (Mol. Dev. Evol.) 328(7): 620-628. |
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