Horse, donkey, and zebra karyotypes

Evolutionary movement of centromeres in horse, donkey, and zebra: Centromere repositioning (CR) is a recently discovered biological phenomenon consisting of the emergence of a new centromere along a chromosome and the inactivation of the old one…Even more surprisingly, five cases of CR have occurred in the donkey after its divergence from zebra, that is, in … Continue reading Horse, donkey, and zebra karyotypes