Evolution of trans-Andean endemic fishes of the genus Cheirodon (Teleostei: Characidae) are associated with chromosomal rearrangements

Table 1 Chromosomal markers in species of genus Cheirodon

Species	2n, NF and Karyotype	18S	5S	Sinteny p: 5S/q: 18S	Ag-NORs⁺
C. interruptus	2n = 50, NF = 66 6 m + 6sm + 4st + 34a	q:13, 17, 21	p: 13, 14, 18, 19, 24	13	q:13, 17, 21
C. pisciculus	2n = 50, NF = 66 6 m + 6sm + 4st + 34a	q:10, 11, 13, 15	p: 11, 17, 19, 21	11	q:11, 13, 15
C. galusdae	2n = 50, NF = 66 6 m + 6sm + 4st + 34a	q:11, 13	p: 11, 15, 16, 17, 21	11	q:11, 13
C. kiliani	2n = 50, NF = 68 8 m + 6sm + 4st + 32a	q:12, 14	p: 13, 14, 17, 20, 21, 22	14	q:12, 14
C. australe	2n = 50, NF = 68 8 m + 6sm + 4st + 32a	q:12, 13, 14, 15, 18	p: 10, 11, 13, 14, 15, 17, 21, 25 and q: 16, 21 and 25	13	q:10,12, 13, 14

2n = chromosome number, NF = number or chromosome arms, q = long arm, p = short arm, m = metacentric, sm = submetacentric, st = subtelocentric, a = acrocentric

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