Nonrandom segregation in multiple robertsonian heterozygotes in the house mouse (mus musculus domesticus): Analysis of metaphases of spermatocytes II of mice from a hybrid zone between a robertsonian population and a population with the standard karyotype

Italian Journal of Zoology

Volumn 66, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 23-25

  Rizzoni, Marco ^a   Spirito, Franco ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ROME TOR VERGATA   (Italy)

^b SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

Author keywords

House mouse; Hybrid zones; Nonrandom segregation; Robertsonian races

Indexed keywords

EID: 0007797012     PISSN: 11250003     EISSN: 17485851     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/11250009909356232     Document Type: Article

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