| karyotypes of rana tagoi okada with diploid number 28 in the chausu mountains of the minamishinshu district of nagano prefecture, japan (anura: ranidae). | karyotypes of tago's brown frog rana tagoi from the chausu mountains in minamishinshu of nagano prefecture were examined by conventional giemsa staining, c-banding and late replication (lr)-banding. chromosome number was 2n = 28 in all cases. the 28 chromosomes consisted of four pairs (1-4) of large biarmed chromosomes, two pairs (5-6) of telocentric chromosomes and eight pairs (7-14) of small biarmed chromosomes. chromosome pair 11 had a secondary constriction on the long arm. in females, the c ... | 2006 | 16717451 |