Chromosomes of the marine prawn, Metapenaeus affinis (H. Milne Edward)


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  • W S Lakra Central Institute of Fisheries Education, Versova, Mumbai - 400 061, India

Abstract

A chromosomal study was conducted on the commercially important marine prawn, Metapenaeus affinis. The metaphase spreads were prepared from the postlarvae. The species possessed a modal diploid number of 2n=88 chromo -somes, NF = 116. The karyotype comprised of 9 metacentric, 5 submetacentric, 5 subtelocentric and 25 acrocentric pairs. The size of the chromosomes ranged from 0.30 to 5.46 urn. Sex chromosomes were cytologically indistinguishable

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  • W S Lakra, Central Institute of Fisheries Education, Versova, Mumbai - 400 061, India
    Central Institute of Fisheries Education, Versova, Mumbai - 400 061, India

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Vol. 44 No. 3 (1997)

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Lakra, W. S. (2011). Chromosomes of the marine prawn, Metapenaeus affinis (H. Milne Edward). Indian Journal of Fisheries, 44(3), 287-290. https://epubs.icar.org.in/index.php/IJF/article/view/8846