Further studies of a staggered hybrid zone in Mus musculus domesticus (the house mouse).

doi:10.1038/hdy.1993.171

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Further studies of a staggered hybrid zone in Mus musculus domesticus (the house mouse).

Heredity - 1 Nov 1993

Searle J B, Navarro Y N, Ganem G

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In the extreme north-east of Scotland (near the village of John o'Groats) there is a small karyotypic race of house mouse (2n = 32), characterized by four metacentric chromosomes 4.10, 9.12, 6.13 and 11.14. We present new data on the hybrid zone between this form and the standard race (2n = 40) a...

Topics

Animals
Biological Evolution
Chromosomes
Female
Genetic Variation
Genetics, Population
Heterozygote
Homozygote
Karyotyping
Male
Mice

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