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B Chromosomes of Korean Mice (Apodemus peninsulae Thomas, 1907 (Rodentia, Muridae)) on the Eastern Slopes of the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau (China)

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Chromosome sets of eight Apodemus peninsulae individuals captured in Gansu Province (Lianhuashan Natural Reserve) were studied for the first time in 2012. Chromosome sets of mice contained from 55 to 62 chromosomes and included 48 A chromosomes and 7–14 additional B chromosomes of different morphologies.

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ACKNOWLEDGMENTS

We thank A.Yu. Aleksandrova for help in preparing chromosome preparations of East Asian mice. We thank the scientific, administrative, and technical staff of the Lianhuashan Natural Reserve for their continued assistance in the research.

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This study was financially supported by the Russian Foundation for Basic Research and the National Natural Science Foundation of China (project no. 11-04-91188).

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Borisov, Y.M., Zhigarev, I.A. & Sheftel, B.I. B Chromosomes of Korean Mice (Apodemus peninsulae Thomas, 1907 (Rodentia, Muridae)) on the Eastern Slopes of the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau (China). Russ J Genet 56, 1241–1245 (2020). https://doi.org/10.1134/S1022795420090033

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