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Interspecific Karyotypic Variation as a Systematic Character in the Genus Anolis (Sauria: Iguanidae)

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THE examination of animal chromosomes has recently gained impetus from the development of techniques for the short-term culture of blood1. Modifications of this technique have been used successfully on several species of reptiles2.

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GORMAN, G. Interspecific Karyotypic Variation as a Systematic Character in the Genus Anolis (Sauria: Iguanidae). Nature 208, 95–97 (1965). https://doi.org/10.1038/208095a0

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