Figure 6.

Rough simulation of the changes associated with the occurrence of pericentric inversions in Cavia tschudii chromosomes. Submetacentric Cavia tschudii chromosomes (Cts, first column at the left) that originate the subtelocentric Cavia porcellus chromosomes (Cpo, last column at the right): 1°) chromosomal break, 2°) rotation of the cleaved segment, 3°) rejoining and sealing with the original segment. Chromosomes numbered according to original karyotype descriptions (see Fig. 1). Bar = 5 µm.