The chromosome complement of Acomys spp. (Rodentia, muridae) from Oursi, Burkina Faso-the ancestral karyotype of the cahirinus-dimidiatus group?

Chromosome Research

Volumn 4, Issue 7, 1996, Pages 526-530

  Volobouev, V ^a,b   Gautun, J C ^b   Sicard, B ^c   Tranier, M ^b  

^a INSTITUT CURIE   (France)

^b MUSÉUM NATIONAL D'HISTOIRE NATURELLE   (France)

^c Institut de recherche pour le developpement Mali   (Mali)

Author keywords

Acomys; Ancestral karyotype; Chromosome evolution; Muridae

Indexed keywords

ACROCENTRIC CHROMOSOME; ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CENTROMERE; CHROMOSOME ANALYSIS; CHROMOSOME ARM; CHROMOSOME BANDING PATTERN; CHROMOSOME C BAND; CHROMOSOME R BAND; CHROMOSOME REARRANGEMENT; CHROMOSOME TRANSLOCATION; EMBRYO; FEMALE; KARYOTYPE; KARYOTYPE EVOLUTION; MALE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY;

ACOMYS; ACOMYS CAHIRINUS; ACOMYS DIMIDIATUS; ACOMYS SP.; ANIMALIA; MURIDAE; RODENTIA;

EID: 0029860512     PISSN: 09673849     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF02261780     Document Type: Article

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