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2006
Volume 9
Issue 1
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Moska M. , Pa¶ko Ł. 2006. MORPHOMETRIC VARIATION BETWEEN KARYOLOGICAL CATEGORIES OF THE COMMON SHREW (SOREX ARANEUS) IN THE LEGUCKI MLYN/POPIELNO HYBRID ZONE, EJPAU 9(1), #09.
Available Online: http://www.ejpau.media.pl/volume9/issue1/abs-09.html

MORPHOMETRIC VARIATION BETWEEN KARYOLOGICAL CATEGORIES OF THE COMMON SHREW (SOREX ARANEUS) IN THE LEGUCKI MLYN/POPIELNO HYBRID ZONE

Magdalena Moska1, Łukasz Pa¶ko2
1 Department of Genetics, Wrocław University of Environmental and Life Sciences, Poland
2 Institute of Zoology, Wrocław University, Poland

 

ABSTRACT



Morphometric variation of the common shrew Sorex araneus Linnaeus, 1758 was studied in the Łęgucki Młyn/Popielno hybrid zone in north-eastern Poland. The shrews of both races and their hybrids were measured. Seventeen cranial and external measurements in 105 young shrews were analysed. Based on the results of canonical analysis and multidimensional scaling we propose a hypothesis on morphometric differences between hybrids and non-hybrids. They may involve three skull parameters: length of the upper and lower dental series, and the length of the upper row of molariform teeth.

Key words: Sorex araneus, morphometrics, chromosomal races, hybrids.


Magdalena Moska
Department of Genetics, Wrocław University of Environmental and Life Sciences, Poland
Kożuchowska 7
51-631 Wrocław
Poland
Phone +48 71 320 5921
email: magdalena.moska@up.wroc.pl

Łukasz Pa¶ko
Institute of Zoology, Wrocław University, Poland
Sienkiewicza 21, 50-335 Wrocław, Poland
Phone: (071) 3754011
email: pasko@biol.uni.wroc.pl

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