Comparative Chromosome Painting Between Marsupial Orders: Relationships with a 2n = 14 Ancestral Marsupial Karyotype - Chromosome Research

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Authors and Affiliations

1. Department of Biochemistry and Genetics, La Trobe University, Bundoora, VIC, 3083, Australia

   A. A. De Leo, N. Guedelha & J. A. M. Graves

2. Institute of Human Genetics and Anthropology, University of Freiburg, Breisacher Strasse 33, D-79106, Freiburg, Germany

   R. Toder

3. Murdoch Institute, Royal Children's Hospital, Melbourne, VIC, 3052, Australia

   L. Voullaire

4. Department of Pathology, Cambridge University, Cambridge, UK

   M. A. Ferguson-Smith & P. C. M. O'Brien

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De Leo, A.A., Guedelha, N., Toder, R. et al. Comparative Chromosome Painting Between Marsupial Orders: Relationships with a 2n = 14 Ancestral Marsupial Karyotype. Chromosome Res 7, 509–517 (1999). https://doi.org/10.1023/A:1009233327176

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• Issue Date: December 1999

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