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Chromosomal evolution and zoogeographic origin of southeast Asian shrews (genus Crocidura).
Experientia - 15 Feb 1995
Ruedi M, Vogel P
Abstract excerpt
To the origins and evolution of Indomalayan shrews, we investigated the chromosomal variations of 14 species of Crocidura from SE Asia. Intraspecific polymorphism was mainly due to variation in the number of short chromosomal arms but C. lepidura and C. hutanis showed a polymorphism due to a centric fusion. The undifferentially stained karyotypes were similar in 9 species, all possessing 2n = 38 and FN = 54-56...
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