RT Journal Article
SR Electronic
T1 Indian Momtjac, Muntiacus muntiak: A Deer with a Low Diploid Chromosome Number
JF Science
JO Science
FD American Association for the Advancement of Science
SP 1364
OP 1366
DO 10.1126/science.168.3937.1364
VO 168
IS 3937
A1 Wurster, Doris H.
A1 Benirschke, Kurt
YR 1970
UL http://science.sciencemag.org/content/168/3937/1364.abstract
AB 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.