A new robertsonian translocation in an intersex goat: morphometric determination

Abstract

An intersex goat of Malagueña breed with a karyotype which is clearly different from that of the rest of the species as regards number and shape was studied. The karyotype was formed by 59 chromosomes all of them acrocentric with the exception of one large metacentric chromosome. The morphometric study of the latter showed us that it was the result of a robertsonian translocation between chromosomes of pairs 10 and 12.

Se ha estudiado una cabra intersexo de la raza Malagueña con un cariotipo diferente del de la especie en cuanto a número y forma. Este se encontraba formado por 59 cromosomas, todos ellos acrocéntricos con la excepción de un gran cromosoma metacéntrico. El estudio morfométrico del mismo nos indicó ser el fruto de una translocación robertsoniana entre cromosomas de los pares 10 y 12.