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Comparative cytogenetics of main Laurasiatheria taxa

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This short communication is a review of key trends in the karyotypic evolution of mammalian taxa Laurasiatheria, inferred from comparative chromosome painting.

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    I. Kulemzina, L. S. Biltueva, V. A. Trifonov, P. L. Perelman, Y. Y. Staroselec, V. R. Beklemisheva, N. V. Vorobieva, N. A. Serdukova & A. S. Graphodatsky

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Original Russian Text © I. Kulemzina, L.S. Biltueva, V.A. Trifonov, P.L. Perelman, Y.Y. Staroselec, V.R. Beklemisheva, N.V. Vorobieva, N.A. Serdukova, A.S. Graphodatsky, 2010, published in Genetika, 2010, Vol. 46, No. 9, pp. 1278–1284.

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Kulemzina, I., Biltueva, L.S., Trifonov, V.A. et al. Comparative cytogenetics of main Laurasiatheria taxa. Russ J Genet 46, 1132–1137 (2010). https://doi.org/10.1134/S1022795410090322

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