Preferential segregation of metacentric chromosomes in simple Robertsonian heterozygotes of Sorex araneus

Heredity

Volumn 99, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 545-552

  Fedyk, S ^a   Chetnicki W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BIALYSTOK   (Poland)

Author keywords

Chromosome segregation; Common shrew; Meiotic drive; Simple Rb heterozygotes; Sorex araneus

Indexed keywords

CHROMOSOME; EVOLUTION; HETEROZYGOSITY; HYBRIDIZATION; SMALL MAMMAL; WILD POPULATION;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CHROMOSOME; CHROMOSOME SEGREGATION; GENE TRANSLOCATION; GENETICS; HETEROZYGOTE; MALE; MEIOSIS; SHREW;

ANIMALS; CHROMOSOME SEGREGATION; CHROMOSOMES; HETEROZYGOTE; MALE; MEIOSIS; SHREWS; TRANSLOCATION, GENETIC;

ROBERTSONIA; SOREX ARANEUS;

EID: 35548959531     PISSN: 0018067X     EISSN: 13652540     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/sj.hdy.6801036     Document Type: Article

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