@article{fdi:010041985,
  title = {{U}nusually extensive karyotype reorganization in four congeneric {G}erbillus species ({M}uridae : {G}erbillinae)},
  author = {{A}niskin, {V}.{M}. and {B}enazzou, {T}. and {B}iltueva, {L}. and {D}obigny, {G}authier and {G}ranjon, {L}aurent and {V}olobouev, {V}.},
  editor = {},
  language = {{ENG}},
  abstract = {{C}omparative analysis of the {G}- and {C}-banding patterns in four morphologically poorly differentiated {G}erbillus species ({G}. pyramidum, {G}. perpallidus, {G}. tarabuli and {G}. occiduus) was carried out. {T}hese gerbils have similar karyotype morphology with 2n and {NF} equal to 38/76, 40/76, 40/78 and 40/80, respectively. {O}ur study revealed that possibly 70 {R}obertsonian ({R}b) fusions, two pericentric inversions, one tandem translocation and at least 13 non-identified rearrangements have occurred during the karyotypic evolution of these species. {T}he number of chromosomal changes by which any of these species differ from each other ranges from 33 to 49. {O}ne {R}b fusion was common to two of the species, with only a single autosome- gonosome translocation shared by all four, suggesting a monophyletic origin of these karyotypically highly divergent species. {B}ased on the chromosomal data obtained here, the systematic and geographic implications for these {N}orth {A}frican species are also discussed. {C}opyright (c) 2006 {S}. {K}arger {AG}, {B}asel},
  keywords = {},
  booktitle = {},
  journal = {{C}ytogenetic and {G}enome {R}esearch},
  volume = {112},
  numero = {1-2},
  pages = {131--140},
  ISSN = {1424-8581},
  year = {2006},
  DOI = {10.1159/000087525},
  URL = {https://www.documentation.ird.fr/hor/fdi:010041985},
}