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Centromeric heterochromatin in the karyotype of the male Greater Kudu (Tragelaphus strepsiceros)

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The chromosomes of a male Kudu (Tragelaphus strepsiceros) have been studied by C-banding and H3 thymidine labelling. It is suggested that heterochromatin may have accumulated on the 14th pair of autosomes before its translocation to the Y-chromosome.

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  1. Institute of Animal Physiology, Agricultural Research Council, Babraham, CB2 4AT, Cambridge, England

    Anne Dain & H. M. Dott

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Dain, A., Dott, H.M. Centromeric heterochromatin in the karyotype of the male Greater Kudu (Tragelaphus strepsiceros). Experientia 38, 492–495 (1982). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01952656

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