Genetic variation in the African rodent subfamily Otomyinae (Muridae). III. Karyotype and allozymes of the ice rat, Otomys sloggetti robertsi.

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Genetic variation in the African rodent subfamily Otomyinae (Muridae). III. Karyotype and allozymes of the ice rat, Otomys sloggetti robertsi.

Cytogenetics and cell genetics - 1 Jan 1992

Contrafatto G, Campbell G K, Taylor P J, Goossens V, Willan K, Meester J A

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Results of chromosome G- and C-banding studies on 12 specimens of the ice rat, Otomys sloggetti robertsi, from three localities and allozyme analyses of seven individuals from two localities are reported. The subspecies karyotype contains 42, mostly acrocentric, chromosomes. No chromosomal variat...

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Animals
Chromosome Banding
Female
Genetic Variation
Isoenzymes
Karyotyping
Male
Muridae
Species Specificity

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