Karyological study of the Caspian bent-toed Gecko Cyrtopodion caspium (Sauria: Gekkonidae) from North and North-Eastern of Iran
The diploid number among Gekkonid lizards ranges from 2n=16 to 2n=46. The majority of geckos' chromosomes are small which makes the study of their chromosomes very difficult. For this reason, karyotype of Cyrtopodion caspium and some similar gecko are still not known. The close relatives of C....
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| author | Faranaz Molavi Haji GholiKami Morteza Yazdanpanahi |
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| description | The diploid number among Gekkonid lizards ranges from 2n=16 to 2n=46. The majority of geckos' chromosomes are small which makes the study of their chromosomes very difficult. For this reason, karyotype of Cyrtopodion caspium and some similar gecko are still not known. The close relatives of C. caspium have variation in the chromosomal number in their populations. So to find out possible variability among these populations in Iran. We described the karyotype of testis and bone marrow of 14 specimens of this species from seven provinces and 10 localities in north and north-eastern parts of Iran in 2011. They showed 2n=38 for all populations. There is not intraspecific chromosome polymorphism in Cyrtopodion caspium. The karyotype consists of one pair of metacentric element and 17 pairs of telocentric or subtelocentric elements and one pair of three arm chromosomes. The number of haploid chromosomes was 21 for three male specimens. The chromatid separation did not show heteromorphic sex chromosomes. Our results highlight the need for continued research into the basic biology and taxonomy of Cyrtopodion caspium in Iran. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-d8e98aaf68304b22a1cd0b13def5413e2022-12-21T21:39:11ZengFerdowsi University of MashhadJournal of Cell and Molecular Research2008-91472717-33642014-07-0161222810.22067/jcmr.v6i1.3131827335Karyological study of the Caspian bent-toed Gecko Cyrtopodion caspium (Sauria: Gekkonidae) from North and North-Eastern of IranFaranaz Molavi0Haji GholiKami1Morteza Yazdanpanahi2Islamic Azad University of MashhadIslamic Azad University of MashhadIslamic Azad University of MashhadThe diploid number among Gekkonid lizards ranges from 2n=16 to 2n=46. The majority of geckos' chromosomes are small which makes the study of their chromosomes very difficult. For this reason, karyotype of Cyrtopodion caspium and some similar gecko are still not known. The close relatives of C. caspium have variation in the chromosomal number in their populations. So to find out possible variability among these populations in Iran. We described the karyotype of testis and bone marrow of 14 specimens of this species from seven provinces and 10 localities in north and north-eastern parts of Iran in 2011. They showed 2n=38 for all populations. There is not intraspecific chromosome polymorphism in Cyrtopodion caspium. The karyotype consists of one pair of metacentric element and 17 pairs of telocentric or subtelocentric elements and one pair of three arm chromosomes. The number of haploid chromosomes was 21 for three male specimens. The chromatid separation did not show heteromorphic sex chromosomes. Our results highlight the need for continued research into the basic biology and taxonomy of Cyrtopodion caspium in Iran.https://jcmr.um.ac.ir/article_27335_a12c97cbd3ec81afce1a71925d740cd3.pdfchromosome structurekaryologysex chromosomelizardiranand caspian bent toed gecko |
| spellingShingle | Faranaz Molavi Haji GholiKami Morteza Yazdanpanahi Karyological study of the Caspian bent-toed Gecko Cyrtopodion caspium (Sauria: Gekkonidae) from North and North-Eastern of Iran Journal of Cell and Molecular Research chromosome structure karyology sex chromosome lizard iran and caspian bent toed gecko |
| title | Karyological study of the Caspian bent-toed Gecko Cyrtopodion caspium (Sauria: Gekkonidae) from North and North-Eastern of Iran |
| title_full | Karyological study of the Caspian bent-toed Gecko Cyrtopodion caspium (Sauria: Gekkonidae) from North and North-Eastern of Iran |
| title_fullStr | Karyological study of the Caspian bent-toed Gecko Cyrtopodion caspium (Sauria: Gekkonidae) from North and North-Eastern of Iran |
| title_full_unstemmed | Karyological study of the Caspian bent-toed Gecko Cyrtopodion caspium (Sauria: Gekkonidae) from North and North-Eastern of Iran |
| title_short | Karyological study of the Caspian bent-toed Gecko Cyrtopodion caspium (Sauria: Gekkonidae) from North and North-Eastern of Iran |
| title_sort | karyological study of the caspian bent toed gecko cyrtopodion caspium sauria gekkonidae from north and north eastern of iran |
| topic | chromosome structure karyology sex chromosome lizard iran and caspian bent toed gecko |
| url | https://jcmr.um.ac.ir/article_27335_a12c97cbd3ec81afce1a71925d740cd3.pdf |
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