GTG Banded Karyotype of Anatolian River Buffalo (Bubalus bubalis, 2n=50).

The water buffalo (Bubalus bubalis) is one of the most important farm animals of Turkey. There are two types of the water buffalo:river and swamp. While the chromosome number of the river type is 2n=50, that of swamp type is 2n=48.It was reported that the Anatolian water buffalo has 2n=50 chromosomes as being river type but the GTG banded karyotype has not been reported so far. We here report for the first time a GTG banded karyotype of the Anatolian water buffalo.