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A case of chromosome dissociation in a shrew

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  14 April 2009

J. Olert
J. Olert
Affiliation:
Zoologisches Forschungsinstitut und Museum Alexander Koenig, Bonn, BRD
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A male common shrew trapped at Bonn/BRD was found to have a karyotype differing from the normal karyotype by a dissociation of a large metacentric chromosome. Similar findings are hitherto unknown in mammals.

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Short Papers
Information
Genetics Research , Volume 22 , Issue 3 , December 1973 , pp. 323 - 324
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1973

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