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The list of organisms by chromosome count describes ploidy or numbers of chromosomes in the cells of various plants, animals, protists, and other living organisms.This number, along with the visual appearance of the chromosome, is known as the karyotype, [1] [2] [3] and can be found by looking at the chromosomes through a microscope.
This was previously thought to be the highest chromosome number known for a mammal, [3] but it has since been found that the plains viscacha rat or red viscacha rat (Tympanoctomys barrerae) has 4x = 2n = 102. [4]
Euploidy and aneuploidy describe having a number of chromosomes that is an exact multiple of the number of chromosomes in a normal gamete; and having any other number, respectively. For example, a person with Turner syndrome may be missing one sex chromosome (X or Y), resulting in a (45,X) karyotype instead of the usual (46,XX) or (46,XY).
Ophioglossum has a high chromosome count in comparison to other species, with 120 or up to 720 chromosomes possible in intervals of 120 due to polyploidy (multiple possible copies of chromosomes). It has almost 1260 number of chromosomes in the meiocyte (spore mother cell) which undergo meiosis, the reduction division to form the spore with ...
Organisms in which a particular chromosome, or chromosome segment, is under- or over-represented are said to be aneuploid (from the Greek words meaning "not", "good", and "fold"). Aneuploidy refers to a numerical change in part of the chromosome set, whereas polyploidy refers to a numerical change in the whole set of chromosomes. [44]
The diploid number of chromosomes in the cheetah is 38, the same as in most other felids. [45] The cheetah was the first felid observed to have unusually low genetic variability among individuals, [ 46 ] which has led to poor breeding in captivity, increased spermatozoal defects, high juvenile mortality and increased susceptibility to diseases ...
Number of chromosomes Number of genes predicted Organization Year of completion Arabidopsis thaliana Ecotype:Columbia: Wild mustard Thale Cress Model plant 135 Mb [10] 5 25,498, [11] 27,400, [12] 31,670 (UniProt) Arabidopsis Genome Initiative [13] 2000 [11] Cyanidioschyzon merolae Strain:10D: Red algae: Simple eukaryote: 16.5 Mb 20 5,331 [14]
Aldabrachelys gigantea, Aldabra giant tortoise (2019 draft, [219] 2022 chromosome scale [220]) † Chelonoidis abingdonii, Pinta Island giant tortoise (2019 [219]) Chelonoidis phantasticus, Fernandina Island Galapagos giant tortoise (2022 [221])