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Identification of the X can be ascertained by H3-thymidine autoradiography. Identification of the Y is unequivocal by morphology. One pair of the large submetacentrics has a deep secondary constriction on the short arm near the centromere.
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Hsu, T.C., Benirschke, K. (1968). Talpa europaea (European mole). In: An Atlas of Mammalian Chromosomes. Springer, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4615-6424-9_4
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