title: [Karyotypes of 5 species of Soricidae-Crocidura in the fauna of the USSR].
abstract: The chromosomes of five Crocidura species have been studied by means of routine, G-, C- and Ag NOR-banding techniques. The karyotypes of the species with 2n = 40, i.e. C. gueldenstaedtii, C. suaveolens and C. sibirica, are identical. Short arms of the Y-chromosome of C. sibirica are larger. The karyotypes of C. leucodon (2n = 28) and C. zarudnyi (2n = 22) could be obtained as a result of tandem and centric fusion and pericentric inversions. Small amounts of heterochromatin were detected in autosomes of the species investigated. The Y-chromosomes are completely heterochromatic. Four NOR-bearing pairs are detected in the species investigated.
authors.forename: A S
authors.initials: AS
authors.lastname: Grafodatskiĭ
authors.forename: S I
authors.initials: SI
authors.lastname: Radzhabli
authors.forename: A V
authors.initials: AV
authors.lastname: Sharshov
authors.forename: M V
authors.initials: MV
authors.lastname: Zaĭtsev
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D002871:Chromosome Banding / Q000379:methods; D007621:Karyotyping; D012788:Shrews / Q000235:genetics*; D014586:USSR; D014960:X Chromosome / Q000648:ultrastructure; D014998:Y Chromosome / Q000648:ultrastructure
vernacular_title: Kariotipy piati vidov zemleroek-belozubok fauny SSSR.