Abstract
The karyotypes displayed are donated by Dr. U. Wolf, Freiburg, Germany. The animals were collected in southern Germany. Long arm of the X and the Y are late replicating. Hansen-Melander describes a submetacentric Y in animals from Sweden; however, those from Zealand, Denmark, have the Y as shown here. Thus the Y chromosome of M. agrestis is polymorphic.
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Hsu, T.C., Benirschke, K. (1968). Microtus agrestis (Common field vole). In: An Atlas of Mammalian Chromosomes. Springer, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4615-6424-9_19
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