Standard DAPI karyotype of the common shrew Sorex araneus L. (Soricidae, Eulipotyphla)

Standard DAPI karyotype of the common shrew Sorex araneus L. (Soricidae, Eulipotyphla)

Minina J.M., Borodin P.M., Searle J.B., Volobouev V.T., Zhdanova N.S.

P. 3-6

A DAPI-banding technique was used to characterise the individual patterns of each chromosome of the Novosibirsk race of the common shrew (Sorex araneus) which has become a model for comparative gene mapping. In order to outline the main identifying characteristics of the individual chromosomes and to make comparisons to previously published G-banded karyotypes, we analysed DAPI-banded chromosomes with different degrees of condensation. On the basis of this analysis we constructed idiograms of chromosomes at a 300 band stage of resolution.DOI: 10.15298/rusjtheriol.6.1.02

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