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Black rat ( Rattus rattus) genomic variability characterized by chromosome painting.
Mammalian genome : official journal of the International Mammalian Genome Society - 1 Mar 2002
Cavagna Pietro, Stone Gary, Stanyon Roscoe
Abstract excerpt
Black rats are of outstanding interest in parasitology and infective disease analysis. We used chromosome paints from both the mouse ( Mus musculus) and the Norway rat ( Rattus norvegicus) to characterize the genome of two Black rat subspecies from Italy. Both subspecies have two large metacentrics (n. 1, 4) not present in the Norway rat (2n = 42). Rattus rattus rattus has a diploid number of 2n = 38, while...
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