Şeker, Perinçek SeçkinozanArslan, AtillaSelvi, EnginKankılıç, TeomanZima, Jan2020-06-302020-06-302018Şeker, P. S., Arslan, A., Selvi, E., Kankılıç, T., & Zima, J. (2018). Variation in the Conventional and Banded Karyotypes among Populations of Arvicola amphibius (L., 1758)(Mammalia: Rodentia) from Turkey. Acta Zoologica Bulgarica, 70(2), 147-152.https://hdl.handle.net/11494/2135Chromosomal characteristics of water voles (Arvicola amphibius) were studied in ten populations including 33 samples from Anatolia, Turkey. The C-banding pattern and NORs distribution were analysed in four samples from Eastern Anatolia. The conventionally stained karyotypes showed the standard complement of the species (2n = 36, NFa = 60-62, NF = 64-66). Variation in the number of autosomal arms originated from the alternative presence of a subtelocentric or an acrocentric autosomal pair. C-banding provided further support for differentiation of the amount and distribution of C-heterochromatin between populations from Central Europe and Asia Minor. Chromosomal variation among Turkish populations was manifested by the number of autosomal arms, positive C-bands and NOR-carrying autosomes.eninfo:eu-repo/semantics/openAccessArvicola amphibiusChromosomal bandingKaryotypeVariationTurkeyArticle702147152Q3N/A