High-resolution G-banding of chromosomes in Microtus subarvalis (Rodentia, Arvicolidae)

Karyotypes of six females and four males of the East European vole (Microtus subarvalis) were prepared from spleen cell cultures. G-banding of early metaphase chromosomes has allowed us to distinguish 488 bands in the haploid set of chromosomes of M. subarvalis. Based on the detailed study of chromosomes at various levels of condensation, an idiogram has been built up for the chromosomes of the East European vole.