Chromosome studies on common shrews from northern and central parts of European Russia

Ural Chromosomal Serov Race of Common Shrew Sorex araneus L. (Insectivora, Mammalia) that Inhabits Polydominant Deep Coniferous Taiga in the North of European Russia

“…In the north, the boundary of the Siberian stone pine area occurs slightly to the north of Pechora. Close to these places, another chromosomal race, Pechora (diagnostic metacentrics: gi, hn, kq, mo, pr), has been previously found [13]. Unfortunately, the vast space of European North from the Urals to the Northern Dvina remains a blank spot with respect to the distribution of common shrew chromosomal races.…”

Postglacial recolonisation of European Russia by the common shrew Sorex araneus

“…Pechora race: XX/XY 1 Y 2 af, bc, gi, hn, jl, kq, mo, pr, tu The Pechora race was found in one site in northeastern European Russia (Kozlovsky et al, 2000) near to the edge of the former ice sheet (locality 39). Two metacentrics (kq, pr) are common to this race and the Kirillov race.…”

“…The Manturovo race may be placed in the East European Karyotypic Group and in the North Dvina Karyotypic Family (go, hi, kq) (Orlov et al, 2004). This is a widespread race in the North Dvina and Upper Volga river basins (Bulatova et al, 2000;Kozlovsky et al, 2000;Bystrakova et al, 2003). The Manturovo race has been found relatively close to the southern border of the former ice sheet (localities 28 30).…”

Craniometrical characteristics of some Sorex araneus chromosomal races

“…In European Russia, the common shrew Sorex araneus L., 1758 has almost 20 known chromosomal races formed in this species by Robertsonian fusions from an ancestral acrocentric karyotype (Bulatova et al, 2000;Kozlovsky et al, 2000;Orlov et al, 2004) and it is of interest to compare this variability with other aspects of phenotype and genotype. Craniometric measurements are obvious features for such a comparison.…”