Table 2. Chromosomal morphology of Picidae species included in this study.
| Chromosomes | Colaptes campestris | Colaptes melanochloros | Melanerpes candidus | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Long arm | Short arm | CI | Morphology | Long arm | Short arm | CI | Morphology | Long arm | Short arm | CI | Morphology | |
| 1 | 1,77 | 1,25 | 41,391 | M | 1,72 | 1,18 | 40,690 | M | 1,722 | 1,722 | 50,000 | M |
| 2 | 1,59 | 0,96 | 37,647 | SM | 1,62 | 0,97 | 37,452 | SM | 1,353 | 1,312 | 49,231 | M |
| 3 | 1,6 | 0,53 | 24,883 | SM | 1,7 | 0,73 | 30,041 | SM | 1,64 | 0,656 | 28,571 | SM |
| 4 | 1,79 | 0,15 | 7,732 | A | 1,71 | 0,17 | 9,043 | A | 1,886 | 0,369 | 16,364 | A |
| 5 | 1,14 | 0,55 | 32,544 | SM | 1,13 | 0,75 | 39,894 | SM | 0,861 | 0,82 | 48,780 | M |
| 6 | 1,47 | 0,15 | 9,259 | A | 1,61 | 0,14 | 8,000 | A | 0,943 | 0,492 | 34,286 | SM |
| 7 | 1,26 | 0,17 | 11,888 | A | 1,38 | 0,14 | 9,211 | A | 1,312 | 0,246 | 15,789 | A |
| 8 | 1,37 | 0,09 | 6,164 | A | 1,47 | 0,1 | 6,369 | A | 1,23 | 0,328 | 21,053 | A |
| 9 | 1,09 | 0,1 | 8,403 | A | 1,17 | 0,1 | 7,874 | A | 1,189 | 0,164 | 12,121 | A |
| 10 | 1,15 | 0,13 | 10,156 | A | 1,26 | 0,1 | 7,353 | A | 1,107 | 0,328 | 22,857 | A |
| 11 | 1,3 | 0 | 0,000 | T | 1,34 | 0 | 0,000 | T | 1,107 | 0,246 | 18,182 | A |
| 12 | 1,1 | 0 | 0,000 | T | 1,16 | 0 | 0,000 | T | 1,025 | 0,287 | 21,875 | A |
| 13 | 1,15 | 0 | 0,000 | T | 0,83 | 0 | 0,000 | T | 1,025 | 0,205 | 16,667 | A |
| Z | 2,43 | 0,59 | 19,536 | A | 2,45 | 0,69 | 21,975 | A | 3,239 | 0,82 | 20,202 | A |
| W | 1,43 | 0,21 | 12,805 | A | 1,33 | 0,17 | 11,333 | A | - | - | - | - |
CI = Centromeric Index, M = metacentric, SM = submetacentric, A = acrocentric, T = telocentric