Karyotype diversity in the neotropical fish Bryconamericus (Characidae, Tetragonopterinae)

Cytobios

Volumn 1998, Issue 377, 1998, Pages 185-193

  Wasko, Adriane Pinto ^a   Galetti Jr , Pedro Manoel ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF SÃO CARLOS   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Bryconamericus; C bands; Characidae; Karyotype

Indexed keywords

EID: 0001194948     PISSN: 00114529     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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