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Hybridization between Robertsonian karyotypic races of the common shrewSorex araneus

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British common shrews of the Aberdeen, Oxford and Hermitage Robertsonian karyotypic races were hybridized successfully in captivity. Hybrids, both simple Robertsonian heterozygotes and double Robertsonian heterozygotes with monobrachial homology, have been identified in an area of contact between the Oxford and Hermitage races. The relative fertility of these two types of hybrid is considered.

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  1. J. B. Searle

    Present address: Department of Agricultural Science, University of Oxford, Parks Road, OX1 3PF, Oxford, England

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  1. Department of Genetics, University of Aberdeen, AB9 2TN, Aberdeen, Scotland

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I thank Dr. C. E. Ford F. R. S., Prof. F. W. Robertson and Dr A. E. Douglas for reading earlier drafts of this paper, Prof. F. W. Robertson, Dr J. R. K. Savage and Dr J. R. Clarke for laboratory facilities, Mrs J. E. Evans for technical assistance and S.E.R.C. for financial support.

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Searle, J.B. Hybridization between Robertsonian karyotypic races of the common shrewSorex araneus. Experientia 40, 876–878 (1984). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01952005

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