Abstract
Stock-specific variation in the number and location of quinacrine-staining chromosomal bands was found in North American and European stocks of arctic char (Salvelinus alpinus). The mean number of bands per genome varied from 5.8 ± 5.3 in the Northwest Territories stock to 15.4 ± 2.1 in the Scottish stock. These bands appear to represent a subset of heterochromatin since they stain darkly with the C-band technique. Since the four stocks examined were each distinguishable on the basis of their Q-band patterns, these chromosome markers should be useful in genetic comparisons between different arctic char stocks and populations.Key words: Q banding, chromosomes, polymorphisms, arctic char, Salvelinus alpinus.
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