Abstract
Recently members of the genera Gerbillus and Meriones have repeatedly been the subject of karyological studies. Both genera comprise many species that reveal great interand intraspecific variability (Matthey, 1953; Nadler & Lay, 1967; Vorontsov & Korobitsina, 1970; Wahrman & Gourevitz, 1972; Hermann, 1973; Lay & Nadler, 1975; Lay et al., 1975; Korobitsina & Korablev, 1978). In most studies, only conventional staining techniques have been applied, but as banding techniques can provide us with much more information on chromosomal homologies or chromosomal rearrangements, it seems desirable to accumulate more data on banded karyotypes to elucidate taxonomic and phylogenetic relationships. The present paper compares the Gand C-banded mitotic chromosomes of two species of Gerbillinae, Gerbillus campestris and Meriones unguiculatus. Additionally, first meiotic metaphase of Meriones unguiculatus was analysed by use of the C-staining technique.
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