Chromosomal evolution among leaf-nosed nectarivorous bats – evidence from cross-species chromosome painting (Phyllostomidae, Chiroptera)

Table 1 Chromosome homologies between M. californicus (MCA), A. cultrata (ACU), L. concava (LCO), G. soricina (GSO), and chiropteran ECUs

Evolutionarily conserved units (ECUs) proposed by Volleth et al. [4] as human chromosomes syntenic associations building chiropteran karyotypes (last column). Slash = connection with centromere (/); DASH = connection without centromere (-); Colon = Both possibilities have been found (:). * = Chiroptera specific; ^ = mammalian; a, b, c indicate different segments, “a” being the largest. #=A small HSA13 homologous segment, i.e. 13b, was separated from ECU13:8b-4c, resulting in 13a:8b-4c. Such arrangement has been frequently found in Vespertilioniformes. p: short arm of a bi-armed chromosome; q: long arm; p: proximal part; d distal part; t: terminal part; i: interstitial segment.

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