Table 1.

In situ hybridization patterns with probes sheep satellite I DNA (pOaKB9) and cattle satellite I DNA (pBtKB5) in all chromosome preparations of the 15 Bovidae species analysed.

tribe	species name	2n	figure	X	Y	acrocentric autosomes	biarmed autosomes
1.714 (Ovis aries satellite I DNA)
Bovini	Bos taurus	60,XY	no hyb.	0	0	0
Tragelaphini	Taurotragus oryx	31,X1X2Y	no hyb.	0	0	0	0
	Tragelaphus strepsiceros	32,X1X1X2X2	no hyb.	0	♀	0	0
Caprini	Ovis aries	54,XY	figures 4 and 5	0	0	+	+
	Ovis ammon	54,XX	figure 1a	0	♀	+	+
	Capra hircus	60,XY	figure 4	0	0	+
	Ammotragus lervia	58,XX	hyb.	0	♀	+	+
Reduncini	Kobus leche	48,XY	figures 1b and 4	+	0	+	+
Hippotragini	Oryx dammah	58,XY	figure 4	+	0	+	+
	Oryx leucoryx	58,XY	figure 4	+	0	+	+
	Addax nasomaculatus	58,XX	figures 1c and 4	+	♀	+	+
	Hippotragus niger	60,XY	figure 4	+	0	+
Alcelaphini	Connochaetes taurinus	58,XY	figures 1d and 4	0	0	+	0
	Damaliscus hunteri	44,XY	figures 1e and 4	0	0	+	+
Aepycerotini	Aepyceros melampus	60,XX	figures 1f and 4	+	♀	+
1.715 (B. taurus satellite I DNA)
Bovini	B. taurus	60,XY	figures 2a and 4	0	0	+
Tragelaphini	T. oryx	31,X1X2Y	figures 2b and 4	+	†	+	+
	T. strepsiceros	32,X1X1X2X2	figures 2c and 4	+	♀	+	+
Caprini	O. aries	54,XY	figure 5	0	0	+	+
	O. ammon	54,XX	hyb.	0	♀	+	+
	C. hircus	60,XY	hyb.	0	0	+
	A. lervia	58,XX	hyb.	0	♀	+	+
Reduncini	K. leche	48,XY	hyb.	+	0	+	+
	O. dammah	58,XY	figure 2d	+	0	+	+
Hippotragini	O. leucoryx	58,XY	hyb.	+	0	+	+
	A. nasomaculatus	58,XX	figure 2e	+	♀	+	+
	H. niger	60,XY	hyb.	+	0	+
Alcelaphini	C. taurinus	58,XY	figure 2f	0	0	+	0
	D. hunteri	44,XY	hyb.	0	0	+	+
Aepycerotini	A. melampus	60,XX	hyb.	+	♀	+

(Hyb.) in situ hybridization detected in chromosome preparations, (No Hyb.) apparent absence of in situ hybridization in chromosome preparations, (+) positive in situ hybridization signal, (0) apparent absence of in situ hybridization signals, (♀) no Y chromosome analysed as female; (†) Y chromosome not identified; note 2n=60 species have no biarmed autosomes.