Table 2.
Number of chromosomal aberrations observed in cells analysed from aphidicolin-treated cultures of three afrotherian species.
| Chromosomal aberrations | |||||
| Specimens | chr breaks | chr gaps | cht breaks | cht gaps | total |
| OAF1 | 8 (5.59%) | 46 (32.17%) | 87 (60.84%) | 2 (1.40%) | 143 |
| OAF3 | 1 (0.69%) | 5 (3.47%) | 135 (93.75%) | 3 (2.08%) | 144 |
| CAS1 | 1 (0.69%) | 5 (3.47%) | 135 (93.75%) | 3 (2.08%) | 144 |
| CAS2 | 2 (1.10%) | 10 (5.49%) | 152 (83.52%) | 18 (9.89%) | 182 |
| CAS3 | 3 (1.71%) | 38 (21.71%) | 124 (70.86%) | 10 (5.71%) | 175 |
| EED1 | 0 (0%) | 13 (5.35%) | 224 (92.18%) | 6 (2.47%) | 243 |
| EED2 | 6 (2.45%) | 46 (18.78%) | 183 (74.69%) | 10 (4.08%) | 245 |
| EED3 | 0 (0%) | 50 (25%) | 135 (67.65%) | 15 (7.5%) | 200 |
| EED4 | 1 (0.74%) | 35 (25.74%) | 92 (67.65%) | 8 (5.88%) | 136 |
Abbreviations – OAF: O. afer, CAS: C. asiatica, EED: E. edwardii, chr breaks: chromosome breaks, chr gaps: chromosome gaps, cht breaks: chromatid breaks and cht gaps: chromatid gaps.