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. 1970 Jun 12;168(3937):1364-6.
doi: 10.1126/science.168.3937.1364.

Indian muntjac, Muntiacus muntjak: a deer with a low diploid chromosome number

D H Wurster, K Benirschke

Indian muntjac, Muntiacus muntjak: a deer with a low diploid chromosome number

D H Wurster et al. Science. .

Abstract

The Indian muntjac (Muntiacus muntjak) has a diploid chromosome number of 7 in the male and 6 in the female, the lowest number yet described in a mammal. Its near relative, Reeve's muntjac (Muntiacus reevesi) has a diploid number of 46, and the karyotypes of the two, species are very different.

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