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Orycteropus afer

Chordata › Mammalia › Tubulidentata › Orycteropodidae

10haploid

Diploid number in the source: 20

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No relatives with counts in this release.

Sources

  1. Hamada, T., & Yosida, T. H. (1980). Cytogenetical studies on Insectivora, I. Comparison of karyotypes in two species of shrew-moles in Japan. La Kromosomo 20: 585–590
  2. Kondo, K., Oda, S., Kitoh, J., Ota, K., & Isomura, G. (1985). Suncus murinus: Biology of the laboratory shrew. Japanese Scientific Societies Press, Tokyo (in Japanese with English summary). 55-67
  3. Tsuchiya, K. (1979). A contribution to the chromosome study in Japanese mammals. Proceedings of the Japan Academy, Series B, 55(4), 191-195
  4. Yosida, T. H., Tsuchiya, K., Imai, H., & Moriwaki, K. (1971). Karyotype of Indian black rat, Rattus rattus rufescens. Ann. Rep. Nat. Inst. Genet. Japan, 21, 48. N82:54.
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