... Standard DAPI karyotype of the common shrew Sorex araneus L. (Soricidae, Eulipotyphla) . ... A DAPI-banding technique was used to characterise the individual patterns of each chromosome of the Novosibirsk race of the common shrew ( Sorex araneus ) which has become a model for comparative gene mapping. ... To clarify the number, distribution and origin of chromosome races of common shrews in northern Scandinavia, 117 specimens were karyotyped from 12 new localities, six in Sweden and six in Norway. ...