Properties of a hybrid zone between highly distinct chromosomal races of the house mouse (Mus musculus domesticus) in Northern Italy, and comparisons with other hybrid zones

Cytogenetic and Genome Research

Volumn 134, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 191-199

  Hauffe, H C ^a,b   Gimenez M D ^a,c   Vega, R ^d   White, T A ^d   Searle, J B ^a,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF YORK   (United Kingdom)

^b RESEARCH AND INNOVATION CENTRE   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL DE MISIONES   (Argentina)

^d Department of Obstetrics Gynecology   (United States)

Author keywords

Chromosome fusions; Clines; Evolution; House mouse; Hybrid zones; Mus musculus; Northern Italy; Races; Robertsonian fusions; Speciation

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHROMOSOMAL RACE; CHROMOSOME; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HETEROZYGOSITY; HOMOZYGOSITY; HOMOZYGOTE; HYBRID ZONE; ITALY; KARYOTYPE; MEIOSIS; METACENTRIC CHROMOSOME; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REPRODUCTIVE FITNESS; SPECIES;

ANIMALS; HYBRIDIZATION, GENETIC; ITALY; KARYOTYPING; MICE;

MUS MUSCULUS; MUS MUSCULUS DOMESTICUS; ROBERTSONIA;

EID: 79959782489     PISSN: 14248581     EISSN: 14219794     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000327717     Document Type: Article

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