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After being analyzed for the first time with modern techniques, we offer a detailed description of a normal karyotype of the speciesArvicola sapidus ssp.sapidus Miller 1908. A centric fission is described in an individual with abnormal chromosome number (2n=41).
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de la Guardia, R.D., Pretel, A. Karyotype and centric dissociation in water voleArvicola sapidus spp.sapidus Miller 1908 (Rodentia, Muridae). Experientia 34, 706–708 (1978). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01947271
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