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C- and R-banding patterns and nucleolus organizer regions in the karyotype of Hemidactylus mabouia (Sauria, Gekkonidae)

Katja Cristina Machado Pellegrino^I; Maria Cecília Araripe Sucupira^II; Sanae Kasahara^II; Miguel Trefaut Rodrigues^III; Yatiyo Yonenaga-Yassuda^I

^IDepartamento de Biologia, Instituto de Biociências, USP, Caixa Postal 11461, 05422-970 São Paulo, SP, Brasil. Send correspondence to Y.Y.-Y.
^IIDepartamento de Biologia, Instituto de Biociências, UNESP, Caixa Postal 199, 13506-900 Rio Claro, SP, Brasil
^IIIDepartamento de Zoologia, Instituto de Biociências, USP, São Paulo, SP, Brasil

ABSTRACT

Chromosomes of Hemidactylus mabouia (2n=42) from the states of Paraíba and São Paulo, Brazil, were studied by conventional and differential staining (C- and R-banding and Ag-NORs). Most of the chromosomes are subtelocentrics or acrocentrics, with gradation in size. Banding patterns and Ag-NORs location in H. mabouia are described here for the first time.

Keywords: C-banding; R-banding; nucleolus; karyotype; Hemidactylus mabouia.

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