Karyotyping
We have broad expertise in banded chromosome analysis for a wide variety of mammalian species (human, mouse, rat, cow, hamsters, dog, etc.), and our experience includes analysis of live animals and established adult and embryonic stem cell lines. The standard cytogenetic analysis can be customized to your needs if you have specific requirements different from or those here.
- Chromosome harvest of your cells at MDS
- Count of 20 metaphase spreads
- Preparation and analysis of 5 G-banded karyotypes
- Determination of Sex from 5 karyotypes
- Analysis of 2 spreads for abnormalities
African Wild Dog 78 Alfalfa 16 Algae 148 Amoeba 13 American Badger 32 American Marten 38 American Mink 30 Aulacantha (protozoa) 1600 [highest] Arabidopsis thaliana 10 Barley 14 Bat-eared Fox 30 Bean 22 Beech Marten 38 Bengal Fox 60 Brush-tailed Rock-wallaby 22 Cabbage 18 Caribou/Reindeer 70 Carp 104 Capuchin Monkey 54 Cat 38 Chicken 78 Chimpanzee 48 Coatimundi 38 Cow 60 Coyote 78 Deer mouse 48 Dhole 78 Dingo 78 Dog 78 Donkey 62 Dove 16 Drosophila melanogaster (fruit fly) 8, with 6 autosomal, and 2 sexual Duck-billed Platypus 52 Earthworm 36 Echidna 63 (XXY, male) and 64 (XXXX, female) Elephant 56 Eurasian Badger 44 European Mink 38 |
European Polecat 40 Fennec Fox 64 Ferret 40 Field horsetail 216 Fisher Marten 38 Fossa 42 Fox 34 Giraffe 62 Goat 60 Golden Jackal 74 Gorilla 48 Gray Fox 66 Guinea Pig 16 Gypsy moth 62 Hawkweed 8 Hare 46 Hedgehog Genus Atelerix (African hedgehogs) 90 Hedgehog Genus Erinaceus (Woodland hedgehogs) 88 Horse 64 Human 46, with 44 autosomal and 2 sexual Hyena 40 Ichthyomys pittieri (semiaquatic rodent) 94 [highest for a mammal] Kangaroo 12 Kit Fox 50 Long-nosed Cusimanse (a type of mongoose) 36 Maize 20 Maned Wolf 76 Meerkat 36 Mosquito 6 Mouse 40 Mule 63 (semi-infertile) Myrmecia pilosula (ant) 2 for females, males are haploid Oat 42 Ophioglossum reticulatum (fern) 1200 or 1260 [highest plant] Orangutan 48 Oriental Small-clawed Otter 38 Pea 14 Pig 38 Pigeon 80 Pine Marten 38 |
Potato 48 Rabbit 44 Raccoon 38 Raccoon Dog (Nyctereutes procyonoides) 56 Radish 18 v Rat 42 Red Deer (Elk/Wapiti) 68 Red Fox 38 Red Panda 36 Red Panda 36 Rice 24 Rhesus Monkey 48 Rye 14 Sable 38 Sable Antelope 60 Sea Otter 38 Sheep 54 Shrimp 254 Snail 24 Spotted Skunk 64 Starfish 36 Striped skunk 50 Swamp Wallaby (Wallabia Bicolor) 10 (male), 11 (female) Syrian hamster 44 Tanuki/Raccoon Dog (Nyctereutes procyonoides albus) 38 Tiger 38 Tibetan fox 36 Tobacco 48 Turkey 82 Virginia Opossum 22 Wheat 42 White-tailed Deer 70 Wolf 78 Woolly Mammoth (extinct; tissue from a frozen carcass) 58 Wolverine 42 Yellow Mongoose 36 |