Karyological and Chromosomal Study of Catfish (Clariidae, Clarias gariepinus, Burchell, 1822) from Anambra River, Anambra State, Nigeria
Abstract
Karyological and Chromosome analysis of Clarias gariepinus (Burchell, 1822) inhabiting Ananmbra River, Anambra State of Nigeria was carried out using Modified Air-drying technique. Clarias gariepinus was found to have standard karyotype and diploid chromosome number of 2n = 56. The study further revealed that the males and females catfish consist of 8 metacentric, 24 and 25 submetacentric and 24 and 23 acrocentric chromosomes, respectively. The work documented the karyotypic polymorphism of Clarias gariepinus resident in the River.
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Chromosome, Clarias gariepinus, karyotypeArticle Metrics
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