A cytogenetic study of Diplotnystes mesembrinus (Teleostei, Siluriformes, Diplomystidae) with a discussion of chromosome evolution in siluriforms

Caryologia

Volumn 53, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 31-37

  Oliveira, Claudio ^a   Gosztonyi, Atila E ^b  

^a SÃO PAULO STATE UNIVERSITY UNESP   (Brazil)

^b Centra Nacional Patagónico CENPat   (Argentina)

Author keywords

C band; Cytogenetics; Diplomystes mesembrinus; Diplomystidae; DNA content; NOR; Siluriformes

Indexed keywords

EID: 0013102899     PISSN: 00087114     EISSN: 21655391     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00087114.2000.10589178     Document Type: Article

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