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Robertsonian polymorphism, B chromosomes variation and sex chromosomes heteromorphism in the african water rat Dasymys (Rodentia, Muridae).
Chromosome research : an international journal on the molecular, supramolecular and evolutionary aspects of chromosome biology - 1 Jan 2000
Volobouev V T, Sicard B, Aniskin V M, Gautun J C, Granjon L
Abstract excerpt
Chromosome banding analysis (G- and C-bands) of Dasymys rufulus from Senegal, Mali and the Ivory Coast, and D. cf. incomtus from Eastern and South-western Ethiopia was carried out. The diploid numbers (2N) in the former species range between 36 and 39 due to the presence of 0-3 small biarmed heterochromatic B chromosomes, resulting in a corresponding variation of the number of autosomal arms (NFa) between 44 and...
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