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The metaphase of the male was donated by Dr. U. Arnason, Lund, Sweden, a culture of fibroblasts from the female was also supplied by this author. He has provided quantitative measurements of this species and identified the X with tritiated thymidine. The tenth pair of autosomes has satellites.
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Kuhn, D.D.: Evolution and Cytogenetics, in Mammals of the Sea, S.H. Ridgway, ed. Thomas, Springfield, Illinois, 1972.
Arnason, U.: Comparative chromosome studies in Pinnipedia. Hereditas 76: 179, 1974.
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Hsu, T.C., Benirschke, K. (1977). Mirounga angustirostris (Northern elephant seal). In: An Atlas of Mammalian Chromosomes. Springer, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4615-6436-2_44
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