Abstract
The karyotypes of Clethrionomys rufocanus and C. glareolus are presented using G- and C-banding techniques. There is intraspecific polymorphism in Clethrionomys rufocanus for a pericentric inversion. The main difference between the karyotypes of the two species is considered to result from a reciprocal translocation.
This is a preview of subscription content, log in via an institution to check access.
Similar content being viewed by others
References
Ellerman, J. R., 1941. The families and genera of living rodents. Vol. II. Trust. Brit. Mus., London.
Greenbaum, I. F. & Baker, J. R., 1978. Determination of the primitive karyotype for Peromyscus. J. Mammal. 59: 820–834.
Gromow, I. M. & Poljakow, I. J., 1977. Fauna of the SSSR. Mammals III, 8: Voles (Microtinae). Akad. Nauk SSSR, Leningard. (Russ.).
Hinton, M., 1926. Monograph of voles and lemmings I. Trust.Brit. Mus., London.
Král, B., 1972. Chromosome characteristics of Muridae and Microtidae from Czechoslovakia. Acta Sc. Nat. (Brno) 6: 1–18.
Král, B., Lehmann, E. & Zejda, J., 1972. Die Hybriden zweier Unterarten der Rötelmaus (Clethrionomys glareolus Schreb.). Zool. Listy 21: 43–61.
Král, B., Zima, J., Herzig-Straschil, B. & Sterba, O., 1979. Karyotypes of certain small mammals from Austria. Folia Zool. 28: 5–11.
Makino, S., 1952. A contribution to the study of the chromosomes in some Asiatic mammals. Cytologia 16: 288–301.
Mascarello, J. T., Stock, A. D. & Pathak, S., 1974. Conservatism in the arrangement of genetic material in rodents. J. Mammal. 55: 695–704.
Matthey, R., 1957. Cytologie comparée, systématique et phylogénie des Microtinae (Rodentia-Muridae). Revue suisse Zool. 64: 39–71.
Matthey, R., 1973. The chromosome formulae of Eutherian mammals. In. Cytotaxonomy and vertebrate evolution. Ed. A. B. Chiarelli & E. Capanna. Academic Press, London-New York, 531–616.
Meylan, A. & Graf, J.-D., 1973. Caryotype du campagnol des neiges, Microtus nivalis (Martins), en Europe occidentale (Mammalia, Rodentia). Bull. Soc. Vaud. Sci. nat. 71: 441–446.
Miller, G. S., 1900. Preliminary revision of the European redbacked mice. Proc. Wash. Acad. Sci. Vol. 11: 83–109.
Nadler, C. F., Rausch, V. R., Lyapunova, E. A., Hoffmann, R. S. & Vorontsov, N. N., 1976. Chromosomal banding patterns of the holarctic rodents, Clethrionomys rutilus and Microtus oeconomus. Z. Säugetierkunde 41: 137–146.
Ryder, O. A., Epel, N. C. & Benirschke, K., 1978. Chromosome banding studies of the Equidae. Cytogenet. Cell Genet. 20: 323–350.
Savić, I., Soldatović, B. & Dulić, B., 1968. Kariotyp der Art Clethrionomys glareolus Schreber, 1780 (Microtinae, Rodentia) aus der Baćka. Arh. biol. Nauka 20: 1P-2P.
Shimba, H., Itoh, M., Obara, Y., Kohno, S. & Kobayashi, T., 1969. A preliminary survey of the chromosomes in field mice, Apodemus and Clethrionomys. J. Fac. Sci. Hokkaido Univ. Ser. VI, Zool. 17: 257–262.
Sumner, A. T., Evans, H. J. & Buckland, R., 1971. New technique for distinguishing between human chromosomes. Nature New Biol. 232: 31–32.
Sumner, A. T., 1972. A simple technique for demonstrating centromeric heterochromatin. Expl Cell Res. 75: 304–306.
Vorontsov, N. N., Lyapunova, E. A., Ivanitskaya, E., Nadler, C. F., Kral, B., Kozlovsky, A. I. & Hoffmann, R. S., 1978. Variability of sex chromosomes in mammals. I. Geographical variability of morphology of Y-chromosome in voles of genera Clethrionomys (Rodentia, Microtinae). Genetika 14: 1432–1446. (Russ.)
Yosida, T. H. & Sagai, T., 1975. Variation of C-bands in the chromosomes of several subspecies of Rattus rattus. Chromosoma 50: 283–300.
Zivković, S., Petrov, B., Soldatović, B. & Savić, I., 1975. Two morphologically different Y chromosomes in the bank vole (Clethrionomys glareolus Schreb.) from Serbia (Yugoslavia). Acta vet., Beograd 25: 241–246.
Author information
Authors and Affiliations
Rights and permissions
About this article
Cite this article
Gamperl, R. Chromosomal evolution in the genus Clethrionomys. Genetica 57, 193–197 (1982). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00056482
Received:
Accepted:
Issue Date:
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00056482