Under natural conditions, various species of murid rodents are the final or definitive hosts of
the rat lungworm Angiostrongylus cantonensis. Because of the occurrence of cryptic/sibling …

Karyotypes of 13 Rattus species collected in Asia and Oceania were analysed with special
interest to karyotype evolution and species differentiation. They were classified into three …

In this study, the Turkish population of Rattus norvegicus and Rattus rattus were studied with
regard to external, cranial, phalli, bacula and tooth crown morphology and karyotype …

Based on a comparative investigation of morphological and genetic data, a taxonomic
revision of the genus Niviventer in Vietnam and the adjacent regions of East Indochina was …

The taxonomic position of Annandale's rat, Rattus annandalei (Bonhote, 1903), has been
uncertain given its mix of Rattus-like and Sundamys-like morphological features …

The chromosome complements of 188 specimens of 29 species of Australian murid rodents
belonging to the subfamilies Pseudomyinae and Hydromyinae and the Uromys/Melomys …

Karyotypes of several subspecies of black rats, Rattus rattus, collected in different localities
of Asia and Oceania were examined with special emphasis on the relationship between the …

The ancestral mammalian karyotype had been hypothesized to have had 2n≈ 80 (the"
fusion hypothesis"), 2n= 6-14 (the" fission hypothesis") or a diploid number close to the …

The karyotypes of seven species of Australian Rattus were studied by G-banding. When
taken in conjunction with molecular data, it is shown that rate of chromosome evolution in …

A total of 219 wild caught specimens representing 12 of the currently recognised 13 species
and subspecies of Australian Rattus have been karyotyped. No two species possessed …