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Karyotype of dormiceEliomys quercinus from Tirol (Austria)

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A karyotype of 2n = 52 chromosomes was found in twoEliomys quercinus (Linnaeus, 1766) specimens from two different localities of Tirol (Austria). The karyotype is similar to the one described in the Italian Alps, suggesting that these mountains were not a barrier to the northern expansion of this chromosomal race.

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  1. Centro de Biologia Ambiental, Departamento de Zoologia e Antropologia do MNHN, Universidade de Lisboa, Rua da Escola Politécnica 58, P-1269-102, Lisboa, Portugal

    Maria da Graça Ramalhinho

  2. Unité de recherches zoogéographiques, Institut de Zoologie, Quai E. Van Beneden, 22, B-4020, Liège, Belgium

    Roand Libois

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Ramalhinho, M.d.G., Libois, R. Karyotype of dormiceEliomys quercinus from Tirol (Austria). Acta Theriol 50, 133–136 (2005). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF03192626

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