The fin whale (Balaenoptera physalus) is the largest baleen…
The fin whale (Balaenoptera physalus) is the largest baleen whale found in the Mediterranean Sea. It is the world’s second largest cetacean (a marine mammal of the order Cetacea – a whale, dolphin, or porpoise), after the blue whale (Balaenoptera musculus). The karyotype shown here was generated from an adult fin whale. A fin whale cell undergoing meiosis will have chromosomes and chromatids in each cell at the end of meiosis I. At the end of meiosis II, it will have chromosomes and chromatids in each cell.