The giant sex chromosomes in the mammal Microtus agrestis
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Structural and Evolutionary Relationships in the Giant Sex Chromosomes of Three Microtus Species
The genus Microtus has high karyotypic diversity. The existence of notable differences in the length of its sex chromosomes contributes to this variation. Variations in size are attributed to the enlargement of their heterochromatin content, which is of such magnitude in some species that they are referred to as "giant sex chromosomes". Here, we perform an intra- and interspecific analysis of t...
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عنوان ژورنال: Heredity
سال: 1953
ISSN: 0018-067X,1365-2540
DOI: 10.1038/hdy.1953.30