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GENETICS & CYTOGENETICS

Habitat quality and B chromosomes in the yellow‐necked mouse Apodemus flavicollis

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Pages 313-316 | Received 14 Jan 2007, Accepted 13 Feb 2007, Published online: 30 Nov 2007

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