Karyotypic analyses and morphological comments on the endemic and endangered Brazilian painted tree rat Callistomys pictus (Rodentia, Echimyidae)
The genus Callistomys belongs to the rodent family Echimyidae, subfamily Echimyinae, and its only living representative is Callistomys pictus, a rare and vulnerable endemic species of the state of Bahia, Brazil. Callistomys has been previously classified as Nelomys, Loncheres, Isothrix and Echimys....
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| author | Karen Ventura Gilson Evaristo Iack Ximenes Renata Pardini Marcos A. Nóbrega de Sousa Yatiyo Yonenaga-Yassuda Maria José de J. Silva |
| author_facet | Karen Ventura Gilson Evaristo Iack Ximenes Renata Pardini Marcos A. Nóbrega de Sousa Yatiyo Yonenaga-Yassuda Maria José de J. Silva |
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| description | The genus Callistomys belongs to the rodent family Echimyidae, subfamily Echimyinae, and its only living representative is Callistomys pictus, a rare and vulnerable endemic species of the state of Bahia, Brazil. Callistomys has been previously classified as Nelomys, Loncheres, Isothrix and Echimys. In this paper we present the karyotype of Callistomys pictus, including CBG and GTG-banding patterns and silver staining of the nucleolus organizer regions (Ag-NORs). Comments on Callistomys pictus morphological traits and a compilation of Echimyinae chromosomal data are also included. Our analyses revealed that Callistomys can be recognized both by its distintinctive morphology and by its karyotype. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-41e7b8900d034226b584c8b13d2be4272022-12-22T03:42:50ZengSociedade Brasileira de GenéticaGenetics and Molecular Biology1415-47571678-46852008-01-0131369770310.1590/S1415-47572008000400016Karyotypic analyses and morphological comments on the endemic and endangered Brazilian painted tree rat Callistomys pictus (Rodentia, Echimyidae)Karen VenturaGilson Evaristo Iack XimenesRenata PardiniMarcos A. Nóbrega de SousaYatiyo Yonenaga-YassudaMaria José de J. SilvaThe genus Callistomys belongs to the rodent family Echimyidae, subfamily Echimyinae, and its only living representative is Callistomys pictus, a rare and vulnerable endemic species of the state of Bahia, Brazil. Callistomys has been previously classified as Nelomys, Loncheres, Isothrix and Echimys. In this paper we present the karyotype of Callistomys pictus, including CBG and GTG-banding patterns and silver staining of the nucleolus organizer regions (Ag-NORs). Comments on Callistomys pictus morphological traits and a compilation of Echimyinae chromosomal data are also included. Our analyses revealed that Callistomys can be recognized both by its distintinctive morphology and by its karyotype.http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1415-47572008000400016Callistomyskaryotypebanding patternsEchimyinae |
| spellingShingle | Karen Ventura Gilson Evaristo Iack Ximenes Renata Pardini Marcos A. Nóbrega de Sousa Yatiyo Yonenaga-Yassuda Maria José de J. Silva Karyotypic analyses and morphological comments on the endemic and endangered Brazilian painted tree rat Callistomys pictus (Rodentia, Echimyidae) Genetics and Molecular Biology Callistomys karyotype banding patterns Echimyinae |
| title | Karyotypic analyses and morphological comments on the endemic and endangered Brazilian painted tree rat Callistomys pictus (Rodentia, Echimyidae) |
| title_full | Karyotypic analyses and morphological comments on the endemic and endangered Brazilian painted tree rat Callistomys pictus (Rodentia, Echimyidae) |
| title_fullStr | Karyotypic analyses and morphological comments on the endemic and endangered Brazilian painted tree rat Callistomys pictus (Rodentia, Echimyidae) |
| title_full_unstemmed | Karyotypic analyses and morphological comments on the endemic and endangered Brazilian painted tree rat Callistomys pictus (Rodentia, Echimyidae) |
| title_short | Karyotypic analyses and morphological comments on the endemic and endangered Brazilian painted tree rat Callistomys pictus (Rodentia, Echimyidae) |
| title_sort | karyotypic analyses and morphological comments on the endemic and endangered brazilian painted tree rat callistomys pictus rodentia echimyidae |
| topic | Callistomys karyotype banding patterns Echimyinae |
| url | http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1415-47572008000400016 |
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