Cytogenetic analysis of Osmanabadi and Boer breeding bucks breeds

The cytogenetic study was conducted on total 30 breeding bucks of Osmanabadi and Boer breed (15 of each) to find out chromosomal abnormalities and to study QFQ- banding pattern of the chromosomes. Short term lymphocyte culture technique was used for the display chromosomal metaphases. The few slides were conventionally stained with 4 per cent giemsa stain and some were subjected for QFQ banding. The modal diploid chromosome number was 2n=60 for breeding bucks of Osmanabadi and Boer breed of goat.