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Rattus lutreolus (Top) R. tunneyi (Bottom)

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An Atlas of Mammalian Chromosomes

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The karyotype of R. lutreolus is indistinguishable from that of R. rattus with 42 chromosomes (Folio 475). In R. tunneyi, autosome pair No. 9 possesses a short second arm, probably representing a pericentric inversion. Individuals have been found to have 2n=43 (with an extra B chromosome) and 2n=41 (a fusion between chromosomes 2 and 5.

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Hsu, T.C., Benirschke, K. (1977). Rattus lutreolus (Top) R. tunneyi (Bottom). In: An Atlas of Mammalian Chromosomes. Springer, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4615-6436-2_30

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