[Chromosomal variability of the field mouse Apodemus agarius (Rodentia, Muridae)].
Chromosome sets of 114 Apodemus agrarius mice from 29 localities in Moldova, Ukraine, Siberia, and Far East were studied by means of G-, C-, and NOR-banding. In all populations studied, the Y chromosome was shown to be a medium-size acrocentric chromosome consisting of heterochromatin. Chromosome polymorphism observed in populations from Primorskii krai concerned (1) the morphology of the first two autosome pairs (variants A/A, A/ST, and ST/ST), (2) the number of metacentric chromosomes (from 6 to 8), and (3) heterochromatin localization in the pericentromeric regions of two metacentric chromosome pairs. A karyotype with an additional heterochromatic microchromosome found in all the metaphases studied was described in one mouse from a locality of western Primorye that has not been studied previously. In the karyotype of 15 mice from four populations of Primorye, the pool of nucleolus organizer regions is distributed over three autosome pairs rather than over four, as is the case A. agrarius from Europe. Based on the analysis of literature sources and our own data, the problem of chromosome polymorphism in the field mouse is discussed.
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Institute of Biology and Soil Science, Russian Academy of Sciences, Vladivostok, Russia.
Pavlenko
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D000818:Animals; D002875:Chromosomes; D014644:Genetic Variation; D006570:Heterochromatin / Q000235:genetics; D007621:Karyotyping; D009115:Muridae / Q000235:genetics*; D012426:Russia
D006570:Heterochromatin