Meiosis and fertility in common shrews, Sorex araneus from a chromosomal hybrid zone in central Sweden

Cytogenetics and Cell Genetics

Volumn 78, Issue 3-4, 1997, Pages 253-259

  Narain, Y ^a   Fredga, K ^a  

^a UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CELL DEATH; CHROMOSOME ARM; CHROMOSOME CHIASM; CHROMOSOME PAIRING; CYTOGENETICS; DNA HYBRIDIZATION; GERM CELL; HYBRID; INSECTIVORE; MALE; MALE FERTILITY; MEIOSIS; NONHUMAN; PACHYTENE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RING CHROMOSOME; SWEDEN;

ANIMALS; CELL DEATH; CHROMOSOMES; FERTILITY; HETEROZYGOTE; HOMOZYGOTE; HYBRIDIZATION, GENETIC; MALE; MEIOSIS; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON; SHREWS; SPERMATOGENESIS; SPERMATOZOA; SWEDEN;

ANIMALIA; ARANEUS; INVERTEBRATA; ROBERTSONIA; SOREX ARANEUS; SORICIDAE;

EID: 0031445290     PISSN: 03010171     EISSN: 1424859X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000134668     Document Type: Article

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