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Molecular analysis of populations of Ctenomys (Caviomorpha, Rodentia) with high karyotypic variability.
Cytogenetic and genome research - 1 Jan 2002
Giménez M D, Mirol P M, Bidau C J, Searle J B
Abstract excerpt
The tuco-tucos (Ctenomys) are South American subterranean rodents that are some of the most chromosomally variable of all mammals. In this study we focus on Ctenomys of the "Corrientes species group" from that Argentine province and consisting of C. dorbignyi, C. perrensi, C. roigi and unnamed populations (Ctenomys sp.). A diploid range of 41-70 has been demonstrated for these taxa with multiple Robertsonian...
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