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Evidence for heteromorphic sex chromosomes in males of Rana tagoi and Rana sakuraii in Nishitama district of Tokyo (Anura: Ranidae).
Chromosome research : an international journal on the molecular, supramolecular and evolutionary aspects of chromosome biology - 1 Jan 1999
Ryuzaki M, Hanada H, Okumoto H, Takizawa N, Nishioka M
Abstract excerpt
Karyotypes of the Tago brown frog Rana tagoi and stream Tago brown frog Rana sakuraii from a mountain region in the Nishitama district in Tokyo were examined by conventional Giemsa staining, C-banding and late replication (LR)-banding. Chromosome number was 2n = 26 in all cases. The 26 chromosomes consisted of five (1-5) pairs of large chromosomes and eight (6-13) pairs of small chromosomes. Chromosome 10 had a...
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