Chiasma localisation in male common shrews Sorex araneus, comparing Robertsonian trivalents and bivalents

Mammalia

Volumn 67, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 295-299

  Giagia Athanasopoulou, E B ^a   Searle, J B ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PATRAS   (Greece)

^b UNIVERSITY OF YORK   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Chiasma localisation; Common shrew; Heterozygotes; Hybrid zones; Robertsonian fusion; Sorex araneus

Indexed keywords

HYBRID ZONE; INSECTIVORE;

ARANEUS; MAMMALIA; ROBERTSONIA; SOREX; SOREX ARANEUS; SORICIDAE;

EID: 0141462484     PISSN: 00251461     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1515/mamm.2003.67.2.295     Document Type: Conference Paper

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