New metacentric population of the house mouse (Mus musculus domesticus) found in Valchiavenna, northern Italy

Cytogenetic and Genome Research

Volumn 125, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 260-265

  Burt, G ^a   Hauffe, H C ^b,c   Searle, J B ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF YORK   (United Kingdom)

^c RESEARCH AND INNOVATION CENTRE   (Italy)

Author keywords

Chromosome fusions; Evolution; House mouse; Hybrid zone; Metacentric population; Mus musculus; Northern Italy; Northern Italy System; Speciation

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOMESTIC ANIMAL; HOMOZYGOSITY; HYBRID ZONE; KARYOTYPE; MOUSE; MUS MUSCULUS DOMESTICUS; NONHUMAN; NORTH AFRICA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECIPROCAL CHROMOSOME TRANSLOCATION; SPECIES DIFFERENTIATION; WESTERN EUROPE; ANIMAL; CENTROMERE; CHROMOSOME; CHROMOSOME BANDING PATTERN; CLASSIFICATION; EVOLUTION; GENETICS; GEOGRAPHY; ITALY; KARYOTYPING; POPULATION GENETICS; SPECIES DIFFERENCE;

MUS MUSCULUS; MUS MUSCULUS DOMESTICUS; ROBERTSONIA;

ANIMALS; CENTROMERE; CHROMOSOME BANDING; CHROMOSOMES, MAMMALIAN; EVOLUTION; GENETICS, POPULATION; GEOGRAPHY; ITALY; KARYOTYPING; MICE; SPECIES SPECIFICITY;

EID: 70350780225     PISSN: 14248581     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000235931     Document Type: Article

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