Fertility in the male common shrews, Sorex araneus, from the extremely narrow hybrid zone between chromosome races

Mammalian Biology

Volumn 71, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 257-267

  Jadwiszczak, Katarzyna A ^a   Banaszek, Agata ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BIALYSTOK   (Poland)

Author keywords

hybrids; meiosis; Sorex araneus; speciation; spermatogenesis

Indexed keywords

CHROMOSOME; FERTILITY; GENETIC DRIFT; HYBRID ZONE; MALE; MAMMAL;

SOREX ARANEUS; SORICIDAE;

EID: 33746858572     PISSN: 16165047     EISSN: 16181476     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.mambio.2006.02.004     Document Type: Article

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