HYBRID APE OFFSPRING OF A MATING OF GIBBON AND SIAMANG

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作者
MYERS, RH
SHAFER, DA
机构
[1] GEORGIA STATE UNIV, DEPT PSYCHOL, PRIMATE BEHAV LAB, ATLANTA, GA 30303 USA
[2] EMORY UNIV, SCH MED, DEPT PSYCHIAT, ATLANTA, GA 30322 USA
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10.1126/science.451603
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O [数理科学和化学]; P [天文学、地球科学]; Q [生物科学]; N [自然科学总论];
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07 ; 0710 ; 09 ;
摘要
The serendipitous mating of a male gibbon, Hylobates moloch, and a female siamang, Symphalangus syndactylus, has produced two female offspring born 1 year apart. The hybrid karyotype of 47 chromosomes comprises the haploid complements of the parental species, 22 for the gibbon and 25 for the siamang. Chromosomal G and C banding comparisons revealed no clear homologies between the parental karyotypes except for the single chromosome in each species containing the nucleolus organizer region. The lack of homology suggests that the structural rearrangement of chromosomes has played a major role in the process of speciation for these lesser apes.
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