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Chromosomal and molecular divergence in the Indian pygmy field mice Mus booduga-terricolor lineage of the subgenus Mus.
Genetica - 1 May 1996
Sharma T
Abstract excerpt
Mus booduga and Mus terricolor both have 2n = 40. Unlike M. booduga, with all acrocentric chromosomes, M. terricolor invariably has large submetacentric X and acrocentric Y due to an increase of heterochromatin. In contrast to the conservative karyotype of the co-existing sibling species booduga, three chromosome types of terricolor are found in different populations and their divergent karyotypes have autosomal...
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