Chromosomal segregation and fertility in Robertsonian chromosomal heterozygotes of the house musk shrew (Suncus murinus, Insectivora, Soricidae).

doi:10.1046/j.1365-2540.1998.00394.x

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Chromosomal segregation and fertility in Robertsonian chromosomal heterozygotes of the house musk shrew (Suncus murinus, Insectivora, Soricidae).

Heredity - 1 Sept 1998

Rogatcheva M B, Oda S, Axenovich T I, Aulchenko Y S, Searle J B, Borodin P M

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Crucial to our understanding of chromosomal variation and evolution in mammals are detailed studies of chromosomal heterozygotes, with analyses of chromosomal segregation and chromosome-derived infertility. We studied segregation and fertility in hybrids between karyotypic races of the house musk...

Topics

Animals
Biological Evolution
Chromosomes
Crosses, Genetic
Female
Fertility
Genetic Variation
Heterozygote
Litter Size
Male
Polymorphism, Genetic
Pregnancy
Shrews

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