Zoo-FISH in the European mole (Talpa europaea) detects all ancestral Boreo-Eutherian human homologous chromosome associations

Zoo-FISH with human whole-chromosome paint probes delineated
syntenic association of human homologous chromosome segments 3-21,
14-15, 16-19, 4-8, 7-16 and 12-22 (twice) in the European mole
(Talpa europaea, Talpidae, Eulipotyphla, Mammalia). These segment
associations represent shared ancestral Boreo-Eutherian traits,
half of which were previously not described for Eulipotyphla. The
karyotype of the European mole acquired a minimum of 19
translocations and six inversions compared to the presumed
Boreo-Eutherian ancestor. Copyright (c) 2006 S. Karger AG, Basel.