1985 Volume 61 Issue 9 Pages 451-454
The B-chromosomes and the Robertsonian fission in two Japanese raccoon dogs (RD-8501 and RD-8503) collected in Kanagawa-ken are described in the present paper. The RD-8501 specimen is characterized by having an equal number of two cell types with 2 and 3 B-chromosomes. The other specimen, RD-8503, having three cell types due to 2 B's, 3 B's and 4 B's, is remarkable by having a single Robertsonian fission of the pair no. 5.