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Table 1 Numbers of metaphase cells analysed, chromosomal breaks (gaps included) and chromatid breaks (gaps included) per metaphase observed in aphidicolin-treated and control cultures from the all afrotherian species and specimens studied.

From: Chromosomal instability in Afrotheria: fragile sites, evolutionary breakpoints and phylogenetic inference from genome sequence assemblies

 

0.2 μM APC

CONTROL

Specimen

Metaphase cells analysed

Normal (%)

Aberrant (%)

Breaks/Metaphase

Metaphase cells analysed

Normal (%)

Aberrant (%)

Breaks/Metaphase

OAF1

130

48 (36.92%)

82 (63.08%)

1.64

132

127 (96.21%)

5 (3.78%)

0.045

OAF3

244

134 (54.92%)

110 (46.08%)

0.59

146

140 (95.89%)

6 (4.11%)

0.041

total

374

182 (48.66%)

192 (51.34%)

1.12

278

267 (96.04%)

11 (3.96%)

0.043

CAS1

134

33 (24.66%)

101 (75.34%)

1.42

223

204 (91.48%)

19 (8.52%)

0.10

CAS2

165

51 (30.91%)

114 (69.09%)

1.60

209

197 (94.26%)

12 (5.74%)

0.05

CAS3

183

67 (36.61%)

116 (63.39%)

0.95

133

124 (93.23%)

9 (6.77%)

0.07

total

482

151 (31.33%)

331 (68.67%)

0.99

565

525 (92.92%)

40 (7.08%)

0.07

EED1

188

49 (26.06%)

139 (73.94%)

1.29

233

134 (90.54%)

14 (9.46%)

0.10

EED2

170

29 (17.06%)

141 (82.94%)

1.44

164

150 (89.82%)

17 (10.18%)

0.12

EED3

162

46 (28.40%)

116 (71.60%)

1.23

193

177 (91.71%)

16 (8.29%)

0.07

EED4

100

24 (24%)

76 (76%)

1.36

111

104 (93.69%)

7 (6.31%)

0.09

total

620

148 (23.87%)

280 (78.21%)

1.33

619

565 (91.32%)

54 (8.77%)

0.09

  1. Abbreviations – OAF: O. afer, CAS: C. asiatica and EED: E. edwardii.