Thesis
Chromosomal variation of the common shrew Sorex araneus L. in Britain
- Abstract:
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Throughout the range of the common shrew (Sorex araneus Linnaeus 1767), repeated Robertsonian fusion mutations have led to a karyotypic polymorphism dividing the species into chromosome races. Studies of fertility were undertaken in the male, both of homozygotes and of heterozygotes forming meiotic multivalents of varying complexity.
Observations made at pachytene, diakinesis/metaphase I and metaphase II did not provide evidence for fertility impairment in homozygotes or s...
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Bibliographic Details
- Publication date:
- 1991
- Type of award:
- DPhil
- Level of award:
- Doctoral
- Awarding institution:
- University of Oxford
- Source identifiers:
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603851204
Item Description
- Language:
- English
- Subjects:
- UUID:
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- Local pid:
- td:603851204
- Deposit date:
- 2013-01-21
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- Copyright holder:
- Mercer, Simon John
- Copyright date:
- 1991
- Notes:
- The digital copy of this thesis has been made available thanks to the generosity of Dr Leonard Polonsky
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