Karyotypic variation in populations of Ctenomys (Rodentia, Ctenomyidae) from La Pampa Province (Argentina)

Caryologia

Volumn 52, Issue 3-4, 1999, Pages 131-140

  Braggio, E ^a   Gimenez, M D ^a   Contreras, J R ^b,d   Justo, E ^c   Bidau, C J ^a,d  

^a UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL DE MISIONES   (Argentina)

^b Museo Aigentino de Ciencias Naturales   (Argentina)

^c UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL DE LA PAMPA   (Argentina)

^d CONICET ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

Chromosomal rearrangements; Ctenomys; Karyotype; Male meiosis

Indexed keywords

EID: 0005324666     PISSN: 00087114     EISSN: 21655391     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00087114.1998.10589163     Document Type: Article

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