Concepedia

Abstract

Fourteen cell lines derived from cattle (<i>Bos taurus</i>), sheep (<i>Ovis arks</i>), goat (<i>Capra hircus</i>) and dog (<i>Canis familiaris</i>) were studied at various passage levels and compared chromosomally. Of these lines, those derived from the three species of Bovidae showed a similar pattern in acquisition, maintenance and increase in numbers of unusual atelocentric chromosomes with passages <i>in vitro, </i>while the dog cell line appeared to follow a different pattern.