Chromosomal and morphological diversity in 2 populations of Asian mountain vole, Alticola lemminus Miller (Rodentia, Cricetidae).
Voles from Yakutia and Chukotka were found to differ in the morphology of 3 pairs of autosomes and sex chromosomes, as well as in M3-structure and skull dimensions. This makes their conspecificity doubtful. A variation in short arm lengths of the X- and Y-chromosomes has been discovered.
D000818:Animals; D003411:Arvicolinae / Q000145:classification / Q000235:genetics*; D002875:Chromosomes / Q000648:ultrastructure; D005260:Female; D007621:Karyotyping; D008297:Male; D012377:Rodentia / Q000235:genetics*; D012730:Sex Chromosomes / Q000648:ultrastructure; D013045:Species Specificity