Fish Karyotypes A Check List
As the largest group of extant vertebrates, fish offer an almost limitless number of striking examples of evolutionary adaptation to environmental and biotic selection pressure. The most diverse of all vertebrate groups, the higher taxa of fish traditiona
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Ryoichi Arai
Fish Karyotypes A Check List
Ryoichi Arai Doctor of Science Honorary permanent curator Department of Zoology, University Museum, University of Tokyo 7-3-1 Hongo, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo 113-0033, Japan [email protected]
Library of Congress Control Number: 2010936627 ISBN: 978-4-431-53876-9 Springer Tokyo Berlin Heidelberg New York This work is subject to copyright. All rights are reserved, whether the whole or part of the material is concerned, specifi fically the rights of translation, reprinting, reuse of illustrations, recitation, broadcasting, reproduction on microfi films or in other ways, and storage in data banks. The use of registered names, trademarks, etc. in this publication does not imply, even in the absence of a specific fi statement, that such names are exempt from the relevant protective laws and regulations and therefore free for general use. © Springer 2011 Printed in Japan Printed on acid-free paper Springer is a part of Springer Science+Business Media springer.com
Contents
Introduction ...................................................................................................................................
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Availability of Fish Karyotypes ...................................................................................................
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Fish Vouchering and Identification fi .............................................................................................
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Classification fi of Extant Fishes .....................................................................................................
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Historical Transition of Numbers of Karyotyped Species/Subspecies ...................................
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Relationship Between Karyotype and Genome Size .................................................................
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Cytogenetic Approach to Fish Systematics ................................................................................
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Database of Karyotypes: How to Use the Database ..................................................................
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References ........................................................................................................................................ 216 Journal List ...................................................................................................................................... 318 Index ................................................................................................................................................. 325
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Table 1 Historical transition of the numbers of karyotyped species/subspecies Author(s) Year Reference no. Myxini Petromyzontida Chondrichthyes Holocephali Elasmobranchii Actinopterygii Cladistia Chondrostei Neopterygii Holostei Teleostei Sarcopterygii Total
Denton 1973 D-7 4 7
Park 1974 P-6 2 6
Ojima et al. 1976 0-22 3 8
Introduction
Sola et al. 1981 S-88 0 0
Ojima 1983 0-73 3 7
Vasiliev 1985 V-72 5 13
Klinkhardt et al. 1995 K-114 0 14
Arai This book 8 14
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In many vertebrate groups, the study of karyotypes and genome size has contribute
