Clinical cytogenetics in river buffalo

While autosomal numeric chromosome abnormalities are phenotipically visible (abnormal body conformation) and easily eliminated during the normal breeding selection, sex numeric abnormalities (including the cases of free-martinism), as well as the structural chromosome aberrations, especially the balanced ones, are more tolerate by the animals (normal body conformation) but are often responsible of low fertility (structural abnormalities) or sterility (sex chromosome aberrations), especially in the females. Although river buffalo (Bubalus bubalis, 2n=50) chromosomes have been characterized......