@article{fdi:010041988,
  title = {{S}ystematics and phylogeny of {W}est {A}frican gerbils of the genus {G}erbilliscus ({M}uridae : {G}erbillinae) inferred from comparative {G}- and {C}-banding chromosomal analyses},
  author = {{V}olobouev, {V}. and {A}niskin, {V}. {M}. and {S}icard, {B}runo and {D}obigny, {G}authier and {G}ranjon, {L}aurent},
  editor = {},
  language = {{ENG}},
  abstract = {{C}omparative analysis of the {G}- and {C}-banding patterns in six morphologically similar species of the genus {G}erbilliscus ( {G}. gambianus, {G}. guineae, {G}. kempi, {G}erbilliscus sp., {G}. robustus and {G}. leucogaster) and one belonging to the genus {G}erbillurus ( {G}. tytonis) from 27 {W}est, {E}ast and {S}outh {A}frican localities was carried out. {O}ur study revealed that 17 rearrangements comprising seven fissions, five translocations and five inversions occurred in the evolution of this group, with 1 - 13 rearrangements differentiating the various species. {I}n addition the unusually large sex chromosomes appear to be species- specific as judged by size and morphology reflecting structural rearrangements as well as the variable presence of a large amount of {C}-heterochromatin found in each species at a particular chromosomal location. {T}hese karyotypic features allow us to recognize five distinct species in {W}est {A}frica ( compared to the two recognized in recent taxonomic lists) and to roughly delimit their geographical distributions. {T}he pattern of phylogenetic relationships inferred from a cladistic analysis of the chromosomal data is in good agreement with recent molecular phylogenetic studies that recognize a {W}est {A}frican species group within the genus {G}erbilliscus, and the monophyly of both {G}erbilliscus and {G}erbillurus.},
  keywords = {},
  booktitle = {},
  journal = {{C}ytogenetic and {G}enome {R}esearch},
  volume = {116},
  numero = {4},
  pages = {269--281},
  ISSN = {1424-8581},
  year = {2007},
  DOI = {10.1159/000100411},
  URL = {https://www.documentation.ird.fr/hor/fdi:010041988},
}