The effect of heterozygosity, genic or chromosomal, on fertility in the common shrew (Sorex araneus) and house mouse (Mus musculus domesticus)

Mammalia

Volumn 67, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 301-306

  Wallace, B M N ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Chromosome rearrangements; Meiosis; Mouse; Shrew; Synaptonemal complex

Indexed keywords

HETEROZYGOSITY; INSECTIVORE;

ARANEUS; MAMMALIA; MUS; MUS MUSCULUS; MUS MUSCULUS DOMESTICUS; MUSCULUS; ROBERTSONIA; SOREX; SOREX ARANEUS; SORICIDAE;

EID: 0141797366     PISSN: 00251461     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1515/mamm.2003.67.2.301     Document Type: Conference Paper

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