The karyotypes,bands and subbands for individual chromosomes of equus not only help to find precise regions of chromosomal homologies between species and to locate genes,but also assist in detecting some chromosomal aberrations.

• 马属动物染色体的核型模式图及染色体带、亚带研究不仅有助于精确找出马属动物各种间的染色体同源区段,准确进行基因的定位,同时能够检测出染色体存在的一些缺陷。