List of organisms by chromosome count
This page lists the numbers of Chromosomes in various plants, animals, protists, and other living organisms, given as the diploid number (2n)
Sorted alphabetically
- African Wild Dog 78
- Alfalfa_alfalfa 16
- Algae 148
- Amoeba 13
- American Badger 32
- American Marten 38
- American Mink 30
- Arabidopsis thaliana 10
- Barley 14
- Bat-eared Fox 30
- Bean 22
- Beech Marten 38
- Bengal Fox 60
- Brush-tailed Rock-wallaby 22
- Cabbage 18
- Carp 104
- Capuchin Monkey 54 [1]
- Cat 38
- Chicken 78
- Chimpanzee 48
- Coatimundi 38
- Cow 60
- Coyote 78
- Deer mouse 48
- Dhole 78
- Dingo 78
- Dog 78
- Donkey 62
- Dove 16
- Drosophila melanogaster (fruit fly) 8, with 6 autosomal, and 2 sexual
- Duck-billed Platypus 52
- Earthworm 36
- Echidna 63 (XXY, male) and 64 (XXXX, female)
- Elephant 56
- Eurasian Badger 44
- European Mink 38
- European Polecat 40
- Fennec Fox 64
- Ferret 40
- Field horsetail 216
- Fisher (animal) 38 (a type of marten)
- Fossa 42
- Fox 34
- Giraffe 62
- Goat 60
- Golden Jackal 74
- Gorilla 48
- Gray Fox 66
- Gypsy moth 62
- Hawkweed 8
- Hare 46
- Hedgehog Genus Atelerix (African hedgehogs) 90
- Hedgehog Genus Erinaceus (Woodland hedgehogs) 88
- Horse 64
- Human 46, with 44 autosomal and 2 sexual
- Hyena 40
- Ichthyomys pittieri (semiaquatic rodent) 94 [highest for a mammal]
- Kangaroo 12
- Kit Fox 50
- Long-nosed Cusimanse (a type of mongoose) 36
- Maize 20
- Maned Wolf 76
- Meerkat 36
- Mosquito 6
- Mouse 40
- Mule 63 (semi-infertile)
- Myrmecia pilosula (ant) 2 for females, males are haploid
- Oat 42
- Ophioglossum reticulatum (fern) 1200 or 1260 [highest plant]
- Orangutan 48
- Oriental Small-clawed Otter 38
- Pea 14
- Pig 38
- Pigeon 80
- Pine Marten 38
- Potato 48
- Rabbit 44
- Raccoon 38
- Raccoon Dog (Nyctereutes viverrinus) 42 (some sources say sub-species differ with 38, 54, and even 56 chromosomes)
- Raccoon Dog (Nyctereutes procyonoides) 56
- Radish 18
- Rat 42
- Red Deer (Elk/Wapiti) 68
- Red Fox 38
- Red Panda 36
- Rice 24
- Rhesus Monkey 48
- Rye 14
- Sable 38
- Sable Antelope 60
- Sea Otter 38
- Sheep 54
- Shrimp 254
- Snail 24
- Spotted Skunk 64
- Starfish 36
- Striped skunk 50
- Swamp Wallaby (Wallabia Bicolor) 10 (male), 11 (female)
- Syrian hamster 44
- Tanuki/Raccoon Dog (Nyctereutes procyonoides albus) 38
- Tiger 38
- Tibetan fox 36
- Tobacco 48
- Turkey 82
- Virginia Opossum 22[2]
- Wheat 42
- White-tailed Deer 70
- Wolf 78
- Woolly Mammoth (extinct; tissue from a frozen carcass) 58
- Wolverine 42
- Yellow Mongoose 36
- Yeast 32
Sorted numerically
- Myrmecia pilosula (ant) 2 for females, males are haploid
- Mosquito 6
- Drosophila melanogaster (fruit fly) 8, with 6 autosomal, and 2 sexual
- Hawkweed 8
- Arabidopsis thaliana 10
- Swamp Wallaby (Wallabia Bicolor) 10 (male), 11 (female)
- Kangaroo 12
- Amoeba 13
- Barley 14
- Pea 14
- Rye 14
- Alfalfa 16
- Dove 16
- Guinea Pig 16
- Cabbage 18
- Radish 18
- Maize 20
- Bean 22
- Brush-tailed Rock-wallaby 22
- Virginia Opossum 22[2]
- Rice 24
- American Mink 30
- American Badger 32
- Yeast 32
- Fox 34
- Earthworm 36
- Red Panda 36
- Long-nosed Cusimanse (a type of mongoose) 36
- Tibetan fox 36
- Meerkat 36
- Yellow Mongoose 36
- Starfish 36
- American Marten 38
- Beech Marten 38
- Cat 38
- Coatimundi 38
- European Mink 38
- Fisher (animal) 38 (a type of marten)
- Oriental Small-clawed Otter 38
- Pig 38
- Pine Marten 38
- Raccoon 38
- Red Fox 38
- Sable 38
- Sea Otter 38
- Tanuki/Raccoon Dog (Nyctereutes procyonoides albus) 38
- Tiger 38
- European Polecat 40
- Ferret 40
- Hyena 40
- Mouse 40
- Rüppell's Fox 40
- Fossa 42
- Oat 42
- Raccoon Dog (Nyctereutes viverrinus) 42 (some sources say sub-species differ with 38, 54, and even 56 chromosomes)
- Rat 42
- Wheat 42
- Wolverine 42
- Eurasian Badger 44
- Rabbit 44
- Syrian hamster 44
- Hare 46
- Human 46, with 44 autosomal and 2 sexual
- Chimpanzee 48
- Rhesus Monkey 48
- Deer mouse 48
- Gorilla 48
- Orangutan 48
- Potato 48
- Tobacco 48
- Catla catla 50
- Labeo rohita 50
- Cirrhinus mrigala 50
- Kit Fox 50
- Striped skunk 50
- Zen Raccon Dog 51
- Duck-billed Platypus 52
- Capuchin Monkey 54 [1]
- Sheep 54
- Elephant 56
- Raccoon Dog (Nyctereutes procyonoides) 56
- Woolly Mammoth (extinct; tissue from a frozen carcass) 58
- Bengal Fox 60
- Cow 60
- Goat 60
- Sable Antelope 60
- Donkey 62
- Echidna 63 (XXY, male) and 64 (XXXX, female)
- Gypsy moth 62
- Mule 63 (semi-infertile)
- Horse 64
- Fennec Fox 64
- Spotted Skunk 64
- Gray Fox 66
- Red Deer (Elk/Wapiti) 68
- Caribou/Reindeer 70
- White-tailed Deer 70
- Bat-eared Fox 72
- Golden Jackal 74
- Maned Wolf 76
- African Wild Dog 78
- Chicken 78
- Coyote 78
- Dhole 78
- Dingo 78
- Dog 78
- Wolf 78
- Pigeon 80
- Turkey 82
- Hedgehog Genus Erinaceus (Woodland hedgehogs) 88
- Hedgehog Genus Atelerix (African hedgehogs) 90
- Ichthyomys pittieri (semiaquatic rodent) 94 [highest for a mammmal]
- Carp 104
- Algae 148
- Field horsetail 216
- Shrimp 254
- Ophioglossum reticulatum (fern) 1200 or 1260 [highest plant]
- Aulacantha (protozoa) 1600 [highest]
- common marmoset 46
See also
References
- ^ a b Barnabe, Renato Campanarut, Marcelo Alcindo de Barros Vaz Guimarães, Cláudio Alvarenga de Oliveira and Alexandre Hyppolito Barnabe Analysis of some normal parameters of the spermiogram of captive capuchin monkeys (Cebus apella Linnaeus, 1758 ), Brazilian Journal of Veterinary Research and Animal Science vol.39 no.6 São Paulo 2002
- ^ a b J. D. Biggers, H. I. Fritz 1, W. C. D. Hare 1, and R. A. McFeely Chromosomes of American Marsupials, Science 18 June 1965
External links/sources
- http://www.bionet.nsc.ru/chromosomes/carniv2n/carnivor2n.htm
- http://www.nal.usda.gov/awic/pubs/panda.htm
- http://www.bitchywitchy.com/blog/2005/11/raccoon_dog_nyctereutes_procyo.html
- http://www.provet.co.uk/dogs/evolution%20of%20the%20dog.htm
- http://www.ext.vt.edu/pubs/fisheries/420-529/420-529.html
- http://medicine.ucsd.edu/cpa/nasua.html
- http://www.ihop-net.org/UniPub/iHOP/pm/746094.html?pmid=8893820
- http://www.grisda.org/origins/13009.htm
- http://www.tiscali.co.uk/reference/encyclopaedia/hutchinson/m0020131.html