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11 - Is It Really the Chromosomes?

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  01 March 2019

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Patrick Basset ,
Glenn Yannic  and
Jacques Hausser
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Jeremy B. Searle ,
P. David Polly  and
Jan Zima
Jeremy B. Searle
Affiliation:
Cornell University, New York
P. David Polly
Affiliation:
Indiana University
Jan Zima
Affiliation:
Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic, Prague
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Shrews, Chromosomes and Speciation , pp. 365 - 383
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Print publication year: 2019

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