Karyotypes of some Ethiopian Barbus and Varicorhinus from the Nile basin including Lake Tana morphotypes

Folia Zoologica

Volumn 45, Issue SUPPL. 1, 1996, Pages 67-75

  Krysanov, Eugeny Yu ^a   Golubtsov, Alexander S ^a  

^a SEVERTSOV INSTITUTE OF ECOLOGY AND EVOLUTION   (Russian Federation)

Author keywords

hexaploidy; karyotypes; Lake Tana morphotypes; large African Barbus; Varicorhinus

Indexed keywords

BARBUS; BARBUS BARBUS; BARBUS BYNNI; BARBUS INTERMEDIUS; CYPRINIDAE; PSEUDOMUGIL; TANA; VARICORHINUS; VARICORHINUS BESO;

EID: 0030479942     PISSN: 01397893     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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