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Silver NOR staining has been applied to cattle (Bos taurus L.), goat (Capra hircus L.) and sheep (Ovis aries L.) chromosomes. The sites of silver NORs showed variation within the family Bovidae probably due to a reciprocal translocation event.
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Mayr, B., Czaker, R. Variable positions of nucleolus organizer regions in Bovidae. Experientia 37, 564–565 (1981). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01990050
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