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2004
Volume 7
Issue 2
Topic:
Veterinary Medicine
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Moska M. , Kosowska B. , Brzezińska K. 2004. KARYOTYPE OF THE COMMON VOLE (MICROTUS ARVALIS) FROM THE SOWIE MOUNTAINS, EJPAU 7(2), #08.
Available Online: http://www.ejpau.media.pl/volume7/issue2/veterinary/abs-08.html

KARYOTYPE OF THE COMMON VOLE (MICROTUS ARVALIS) FROM THE SOWIE MOUNTAINS

Magdalena Moska, Barbara Kosowska, Katarzyna Brzezińska

 

ABSTRACT



A description of the karyotype of six specimens of the common vole (Microtus arvalis) from the Sowie Mountains is given. All animals had got diploid number of chromosomes 2n = 46. Among small autosomes were 13 pairs of bi-armed chromosomes (meta- and submetacentrics) and 4 pairs of telocentrics. The number and morphology of chromosomes show that all studied animals represent Microtus arvalis species - form ,,arvalis” .

Key words: Microtus arvalis, Microtus rossiaemeridionalis, sibling species, chromosomal forms, karyotype.