Karyotype of Four Malayan Rats (Muridae, Genus Rattus Fischer)

Yong, Hoi Sen (1968) Karyotype of Four Malayan Rats (Muridae, Genus Rattus Fischer). Cytologia, 33 (2). pp. 174-180. ISSN 0011-4545, DOI https://doi.org/10.1508/cytologia.33.174.

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Abstract

A great deal of information concerning the Malayan rats (Muridae, genus Rattus Fischer) exists in the literature. However there is no report on the karyotype of these rats. Karyotype information of wild rats in other parts of the world exists, but is scanty. Makino (1942, 1943, 1949b, 1952c) studied six species of Rattus found in Japan. Most other studies have been confined to Rattus norvegicus albino (Tanaka 1953, Makino and Hsu 1954). The techniques employed in the earlier studies were not sufficiently refined to permit critical analysis. A more recent paper is that of Tanaka and Kano (1957) on R. norvegicus albino. The present paper deals with four species of Malayan rats. They are Rattus bowersii Anderson, R. muelleri Jentink, R. edwardsi Thomas, and R. sabanus Thomas. According to Chasen (1940) as modified by Ellerman and Morrison-Scott (1956), the Malayan mainland forms for these species are R. b. ferreocanus Miller, R. m. validus Miller, R. e. ciliatus Bonhote, and R. s. vociferans Miller.

Item Type: Article
Funders: UNSPECIFIED
Uncontrolled Keywords: Karyotype; Malayan Rats; (Muridae, Genus Rattus Fischer)
Subjects: Q Science > Q Science (General)
Q Science > QH Natural history > QH301 Biology
Divisions: Faculty of Science > Institute of Biological Sciences
Depositing User: Ms. Juhaida Abd Rahim
Date Deposited: 16 Apr 2015 05:06
Last Modified: 05 Dec 2019 04:01
URI: http://eprints.um.edu.my/id/eprint/13254

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