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Cytogenetic Studies of Two Species of Porpoise

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THIS investigation was undertaken to compare the chromosomes of two species of porpoise, the Atlantic bottlenose (Tursiops truncatus) and the Pacific white-striped porpoise (Lagenorynches obliquidens), both small odontacete cetaceans of the family Delphinidae. The chromosome number and karyotypes were established for a male and female T. truncatus and for two males and one female L. obliquidens.

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  1. Stanford University, California

    DEBORAH A. DUFFIELD

  2. Marine Sciences, U.S. Naval Missile Center, Pt. Mugu, California

    SAM H. RIDGWAY

  3. Division of Medical Genetics, Department of Medicine, UCLA Center for the Health Sciences, Los Angeles, California

    ROBERT S. SPARKES

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DUFFIELD, D., RIDGWAY, S. & SPARKES, R. Cytogenetic Studies of Two Species of Porpoise. Nature 213, 189–190 (1967). https://doi.org/10.1038/213189a0

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