Aneuploidy in metaphases II of spermatocytes of wild house mice from a hybrid zone between a Robertsonian population (CD: 2n = 22) and a population with the standard karyotype (2n = 40)

Genetica

Volumn 101, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 225-228

  Rizzoni, Marco ^a   Spirito, Franco ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ROME TOR VERGATA   (Italy)

^b SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

Author keywords

Aneuploidy; House mouse; Hybrid zones; Robertsonian races

Indexed keywords

ANEUPLOIDY; HYBRID; ITALY; KARYOTYPE; METAPHASE; MOUSE; SPERMATOCYTE;

MUS MUSCULUS; ROBERTSONIA;

EID: 0031403397     PISSN: 00166707     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1018362819176     Document Type: Article

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