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Chromosomal speciation in a Rassenkreis of Venezuelan spiny rats (genus Proechimys, Rodentia, Echimyidae)

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    Osvaldo A. Reig, Marisol Aguilera & María Alicia Barros

  2. Departmento de Biología, Facultad de Ciencias, Universidad de Los Andes, Mérida, Venezuela

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Reig, O.A., Aguilera, M., Barros, M.A. et al. Chromosomal speciation in a Rassenkreis of Venezuelan spiny rats (genus Proechimys, Rodentia, Echimyidae). Genetica 52, 291–312 (1980). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00121839

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