Sexual dimorphism in prophase I of meiosis in the Northern mole vole (Ellobius talpinus Pallas, 1770) with isomorphic (XX) chromosomes in males and females

Comparative Cytogenetics

Volumn 4, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 55-66

  Kolomiets, O L ^a   Matveevsky, S N ^a   Bakloushinskaya, I Y ^a,b  

^a VAVILOV INSTITUTE OF GENERAL GENETICS   (Russian Federation)

^b KOL TSOV INSTITUTE OF DEVELOPMENTAL BIOLOGY   (Russian Federation)

Author keywords

Ellobius talpinus; Male isomorphic sex chromosomes; Meiosis; Sexual dimorphism; Synaptonemal complex; Variable position of centromeres

Indexed keywords

ELLOBIUS TALPINUS; INSECTIVORA; MURIDAE; SYNAPSIS;

EID: 80052244719     PISSN: 19930771     EISSN: 1993078X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3897/compcytogen.v4i1.25     Document Type: Article

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