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Rana arvalis Nilsson

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Chromosome atlas: Fish, Amphibians, Reptiles and Birds

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Abstract

One pair of large submetacentric chromosomes bears a secondary constriction in the short arm near the centromere. The diploid count of 24 chromosomes is peculiar to ranid species. Presumably, two pairs of characteristic ranid small chromosomes underwent rearrangements translocation to form the unusual sixth pair of large chromosomes.

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  1. Serviço De Genética, Instituto Butantan, Caixa Postal 65, São Paulo, Brazil

    Maria Luiza Beçak & Willy Beçak

  2. Department of Zoology, University of Maine, 04473, Orono, Maine, USA

    Franklin L. Roberts

  3. Department of Animal Science, University of Minnesota, 55101, St. Paul, Minnesota, USA

    Robert N. Shoffner

  4. Department of Biology, Tulane University, 70118, New Orleans, Louisiana, USA

    E. Peter Volpe

  5. Department of Obstetrics & Gynecology, School of Medicine, University of California, 92037, San Diego,La Jolla, California, USA

    Kurt Benirschke

  6. Section of Cell Biology, M.D. Anderson Hospital, 77025, Houston, Texas, USA

    T. C. Hsu

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  1. Serviço De Genética, Instituto Butantan, Caixa Postal 65, São Paulo, Brazil

    Maria Luiza Beçak  & Willy Beçak  & 

  2. Department of Zoology, University of Maine, 04473, Orono, Maine, USA

    Franklin L. Roberts

  3. Department of Animal Science, University of Minnesota, 55101, St. Paul, Minnesota, USA

    Robert N. Shoffner

  4. Department of Biology, Tulane University, 70118, New Orleans, Louisiana, USA

    E. Peter Volpe

  5. Department of Obstetrics & Gynecology, School of Medicine, University of California, 92037, San Diego,La Jolla, California, USA

    Kurt Benirschke

  6. Section of Cell Biology, M.D. Anderson Hospital, 77025, Houston, Texas, USA

    T. C. Hsu

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Beçak, M.L. et al. (1971). Rana arvalis Nilsson. In: Beçak, M.L., et al. Chromosome atlas: Fish, Amphibians, Reptiles and Birds. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-662-38220-2_19

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