title: [A rare case of chromosome mutation in the ground vole Terricola majori (Arvicolinae, Rodentia)].
abstract: A rare case of chromosome variability is described for the ground vole, Terricola majori, from the Lagodekhi Nature Reserve (Georgia). This species is characterized by a stable karyotype (2n = 54, NF = 60), but we found an animal in which 2n = 53, NF = 60. The change in the diploid number resulted from a Robertsonian translocation accompanied by a local amplification of satellite sequences in centrometric heterochromatin. This structural rearrangement is probably a neutral mutation and is described for forest T. majori voles for the first time.
authors.forename: M R
authors.initials: MR
authors.lastname: Akhverdian
authors.forename: E A
authors.initials: EA
authors.lastname: Liapunova
authors.forename: N N
authors.initials: NN
authors.lastname: Vorontsov
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D003411:Arvicolinae / Q000235:genetics*; D002503:Centromere; D002869:Chromosome Aberrations; D004276:DNA, Satellite; D004171:Diploidy; D005260:Female; D005846:Georgia (Republic); D006570:Heterochromatin / Q000235:genetics; D007621:Karyotyping; D009154:Mutation; D014178:Translocation, Genetic
chemical_list: D004276:DNA, Satellite; D006570:Heterochromatin