Polyploidy in the Common Tree Toad Hyla versicolor Le Conte
- 23 January 1970
- journal article
- Published by American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) in Science
- Vol. 167 (3917), 385-386
- https://doi.org/10.1126/science.167.3917.385
Abstract
A karyotype of the first known naturally occurring anuran polyploid in North America is described. Hyla versicolor, the common tree toad, is tetraploid (2n→4n=48). Individual chromosmes representing, each set of four of the Hyla versicolor karyotype correspond closely with those of the diploid (2n = 24) Hyla andersonii karyotype.Keywords
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