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Heterogeneity and Meiotic Behaviour of B and Sex Chromosomes, Banding Patterns and Localization of (TTAGGG)n Sequences by Fluorescence in situ Hybridization in the Neotropical Water Rat Nectomys (Rodentia, Cricetidae)

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Heterogeneity and Meiotic Behaviour of B and Sex Chromosomes, Banding Patterns and Localization of (TTAGGG)n Sequences by Fluorescence in situ Hybridization in the Neotropical Water Rat Nectomys (Rodentia, Cricetidae). Chromosome Res 6, 455–462 (1998). https://doi.org/10.1023/A:1009248311530

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