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Cystophora cristata (Hooded seal)

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These karyotypes are gifts of Dr. U. Arnason, Lund, Sweden, and were prepared from solid tissue culture by the orcein squash method. The male came from Kulusuk, Greenland, and the female, from Newfoundland, Canada.

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  1. Pfitzer, P. and Blessing, M.H.: Chromosomes of Pinnipedia. Mammalian Chromosomes Newsletter 10:225, 1969.

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  2. Arnason, U.: The role of chromosomal rearrangement in mammalian speciation with special reference to Cetacea and Pinnipedia. Hereditas 70: 113, 1972.

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Hsu, T.C., Benirschke, K. (1973). Cystophora cristata (Hooded seal). In: An Atlas of Mammalian Chromosomes. Springer, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4612-9826-7_35

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