Evidence for two karyotypic variants of the lesser horseshoe bat (Rhinolophus hipposideros, Chiroptera, Mammalia) in central Europe

Cytogenetic and Genome Research

Volumn 140, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 55-61

  Volleth, M ^a   Biedermann, M ^a   Schorcht, W ^c   Heller, K G ^b  

^a Department of Human Genetics ^*  (Germany)

^b Private Practice   (Germany)

^c Bat Research   (Germany)

Author keywords

Karyotype evolution; Rhinolophidae; Robertsonian polymorphism

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BAT; CHROMOSOME 16; CHROMOSOME 17; CHROMOSOME NUMBER; CHROMOSOME PAINTING; CHROMOSOME PREPARATION; CHROMOSOME VARIANT; COMPARATIVE STUDY; EUROPE; FEMALE; FLUORESCENCE IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; HETEROCHROMATIN; KARYOTYPE EVOLUTION; KARYOTYPING; MALE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RHINOLOPHUS HIPPOSIDEROS; X CHROMOSOME; Y CHROMOSOME;

CHIROPTERA; MAMMALIA; MYOTIS MYOTIS; RHINOLOPHIDAE; RHINOLOPHUS HIPPOSIDEROS; ROBERTSONIA; VESPERTILIONIDAE;

EID: 84878473595     PISSN: 14248581     EISSN: 1424859X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000350693     Document Type: Article

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