... 389–406389© INRA, EDP Sciences, 2002DOI: 10.1051/gse:2002014Original articleCytogenetic and molecular characterization of eight new reciprocal translocations in the pig species. Estimation of their incidence ... systematically and allows the detection of rearrangements modifying very slightly the size and/ or the bandingprofiles of the chromosomes, as, for instance, in the case of the translocations rcp(15;17)(q24;q21) ... thepresence of a very thin p-terminal green bandon the der(5) chromosome, demonstrating the reciprocity of the exchange, and allowed an accurate localization of the breakpoint on the p-terminal...