Sex-ratio distortion associated with the presence of a B chromosome in Astyanax scabripinnis (Teleostei, Characidae)

Cytogenetics and Cell Genetics

Volumn 74, Issue 1-2, 1996, Pages 70-75

  Vicente, V E ^a   Moreira Filho, O ^a   Camacho, J P M ^b  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF SÃO CARLOS   (Brazil)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GRANADA   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; AUTOSOME; CHROMOSOME C BAND; CYTOGENETICS; FEMALE; MALE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEX RATIO; TELEOST;

ALLELES; ANIMALS; CHROMOSOME BANDING; CHROMOSOMES; CYTOGENETICS; EVOLUTION; FEMALE; FISHES; GENE FREQUENCY; KARYOTYPING; MALE; SEX RATIO;

ANIMALIA; ASTYANAX SCABRIPINNIS; CHARACIDAE; TELEOSTEI;

EID: 0029814665     PISSN: 03010171     EISSN: 1424859X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000134385     Document Type: Article

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