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Table 2 Characteristics of the chromosomal distributions of 18S rDNA sites in diploid genomes of cichlids

From: Evolutionary dynamics of rRNA gene clusters in cichlid fish

 

African

Neotropical

Asiatic

Total

Number of genomes analyzed

16**

24**

01

41**

Number of sites

59

59

02

120

Average per genome

3.7

2.5

2.0

2.9

Telo/acrocentric (t/a)

59

23

00

82

Meta/submetacentric (m/sm)

00

36

02

38

Proximal (p)

00

00

00

00

Interstitial (i)

00

08

00

08

Terminal (t)

59

51

02

112

Long arm (L)

00

03

00

03

Short arm (S)

59

56

02

117

Closely associated to centromeric regions (CC)

00

00

00

00

  1. **Includes the polymorphic conditions detected.