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Table 2 Number of chromosomal aberrations observed in cells analysed from aphidicolin-treated cultures of three afrotherian species.

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

 

Chromosomal aberrations

Specimens

chr breaks

chr gaps

cht breaks

cht gaps

total

OAF1

8 (5.59%)

46 (32.17%)

87 (60.84%)

2 (1.40%)

143

OAF3

1 (0.69%)

5 (3.47%)

135 (93.75%)

3 (2.08%)

144

CAS1

1 (0.69%)

5 (3.47%)

135 (93.75%)

3 (2.08%)

144

CAS2

2 (1.10%)

10 (5.49%)

152 (83.52%)

18 (9.89%)

182

CAS3

3 (1.71%)

38 (21.71%)

124 (70.86%)

10 (5.71%)

175

EED1

0 (0%)

13 (5.35%)

224 (92.18%)

6 (2.47%)

243

EED2

6 (2.45%)

46 (18.78%)

183 (74.69%)

10 (4.08%)

245

EED3

0 (0%)

50 (25%)

135 (67.65%)

15 (7.5%)

200

EED4

1 (0.74%)

35 (25.74%)

92 (67.65%)

8 (5.88%)

136

  1. Abbreviations – OAF: O. afer, CAS: C. asiatica, EED: E. edwardii, chr breaks: chromosome breaks, chr gaps: chromosome gaps, cht breaks: chromatid breaks and cht gaps: chromatid gaps.