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Preferential transmission in wild common shrews (Sorex araneus), Heterozygous for Robertsonian rearrangements

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  14 April 2009

J. B. Searle
J. B. Searle
Affiliation:
Department of Genetics, Aberdeen University, 2 Tillydrone Avenue, Aberdeen, AB9 2TN, U.K. Department of Agricultural Science, Oxford University, Parks Road, Oxford, OX1 3PF, U.K.

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Data from foetal and weanling studies suggest that Oxford race metacentrics kq and no, but not pr, are transmitted preferentially from Robertsonian heterozygote common shrews collected from the Oxford area. These results suggest a possible mechanism for the maintenance of the Robertsonian polymorphism in that area.

Type
Research Article
Information
Genetics Research , Volume 47 , Issue 2 , April 1986 , pp. 147 - 148
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1986

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