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Didelphis marsupialis (American opossum)

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An Atlas of Mammalian Chromosomes

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Identification of the sex elements is unequivocal. The 6 pairs of subtelocentric autosomes can be roughly classified into 3 size groups.

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  1. Section of Cytology, Department of Biology, The University of Texas M. D. Anderson Hospital and Tumor Institute, Houston, Texas, USA

    T. C. Hsu

  2. Department of Pathology, Dartmouth Medical School, Hanover, New Hampshire, USA

    Kurt Benirschke

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Hsu, T.C., Benirschke, K. (1968). Didelphis marsupialis (American opossum). In: An Atlas of Mammalian Chromosomes. Springer, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4615-6424-9_1

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