Chromosomal and molecular divergence in the Indian pygmy field mice Mus booduga-terricolor lineage of the subgenus Mus.

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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

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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,...

Topics

Animals
Biological Evolution
Blood Proteins
Chromosome Mapping
DNA, Mitochondrial
Female
Genetic Variation
India
Isoenzymes
Male
Mice
Polymorphism, Restriction Fragment Length
X Chromosome
Y Chromosome

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