Whole-arm reciprocal translocation (WART) in a feral population of mice

Chromosome Research

Volumn 7, Issue 6, 1999, Pages 493-495

  Castiglia, Riccardo ^a   Capanna, Ernesto ^a  

^a SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

Author keywords

Mus musculus domesticus; Reciprocal translocations; Robertsonian metacentrics; Speciation

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHROMOSOME ARM; CHROMOSOME G BAND; KARYOTYPE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECIPROCAL CHROMOSOME TRANSLOCATION;

ANIMALS; CHROMOSOME BANDING; EVOLUTION; ITALY; KARYOTYPING; MICE; TRANSLOCATION, GENETIC;

MUS; MUS MUSCULUS DOMESTICUS; MUSCULUS; ROBERTSONIA;

EID: 0032750525     PISSN: 09673849     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1009206131364     Document Type: Article

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