Pattern of X-Y chromosome pairing in the Japanese field vole, Microtus montebelli

Genome

Volumn 40, Issue 6, 1997, Pages 829-833

  Borodin, P M ^a   Rogatcheva, M B ^a,b   Koyasu, K ^c   Fukuta, K ^b   Mekada, K ^b   Oda, S I ^b  

^a INSTITUTE OF CYTOLOGY AND GENETICS   (Russian Federation)

^b NAGOYA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c AICHI GAKUIN UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Arvicoline phylogeny; Chromosome evolution; Microtus montebelli; Synaptic sex chromosome; Synaptonemal complex

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA; MICROTUS AGRESTIS; MICROTUS MONTEBELLI; MICROTUS OECONOMUS; MURIDAE;

EID: 0031424299     PISSN: 08312796     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/g97-807     Document Type: Article

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