Social Sciences
3 years ago

Rare Genetic Condition in Buffaloes Could Revolutionize Livestock Breeding

Génétique Sélection Évolution
Mosaicism of 50,XX/51,XX in a Murrah buffalo Bubalus bubalis
B. R. Yadav, Santosh Kumar, O. S. Tomer, C. R. Balakrishnan

Paper Summary

A buffalo with irregular breeding history was found to have two different cell lines in its body, one with 51 chromosomes and the other with 50 chromosomes. The extra chromosome was identified as the fifth submetacentric autosome. The buffalo had normal reproductive organs and tract.

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