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Initial analysis of Pseudohynobius flavomaculatus chromosomes determined the chromosome number of this species to be 2n = 52. A re-examination of Ranodon shihi chromosomes detected 2n = 66 chromosomes, in contrast with a previous finding of 2n = 64. The C-banding patterns of these two species and that ofBatrachuperus pinchonii were compared with each other. Regions of homoeology in the C-banding pattern among these three species represented 33.51–48.30% of the total length of their chromosomes. We also detected two types of chromosome rearrangement in hynobiid species based on the results of the present and previous cytogenetic studies.
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Ikebe, C., Kuro-o, M., Wu, G. et al. Cytogenetic Studies of Hynobiidae (Urodela) XVI. Comparative C- Banded Karyotype Analysis of Pseudohynobius Flavomaculatus (Fei et Ye), Ranodon Shihi (Liu) and Batrachuperus Pinchonii (David). Chromosome Res 8, 265–272 (2000). https://doi.org/10.1023/A:1009221517887
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