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Results of chromosome G-banding were used to identify two new karyotypic races of the common shrew (Sorex araneus L.) in the European part of Russia. The chromosomal diagnosis of race St. Petersburg included five metacentrics (hk, ip, jl, mq, and nr) and two acrocentrics (g and o) (2Na = 20); the diagnosis of race West Dvina included six metacentrics (gm, hk, ip, jl, no, and qr) (2Na = 18). The phylogenetic significance of the chromosomal markers gm, hk, and ip is considered and the possibility of reticulate evolution in the species S. araneus is discussed.
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Bulatova, N.S., Nadjafova, R.S. & Krapivko, T.P. Intraspecific Phylogenetic Relationships in Sorex araneus L.: The Southern Baltic Subgroup of Chromosome Races. Russian Journal of Genetics 38, 64–69 (2002). https://doi.org/10.1023/A:1013767828674
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