Volume : 2, Issue : 9, September - 2013

Genetic Surveillance of Kingfisher & Bee Eater

H. K. Garg, Ashish Shrivastava

Abstract :

The present study deals with the complete morphometric analysis of chromosomes of two coraciiform birds – king fisher, Ceryle rudis and green bee–eater, Merops orientalis. The chromosomes were extorted from marrow–cells of previously colchicinized grown–up individuals. The chromosome tally varied between 78 to 84 in Ceryle rudis and 80 to 85 in Merops orientalis with a prominent peak at 82 in both the species. There was no distinction in size between macro– and micro– chromosomes