Nuclear DNA content of thirty species of neotropical fishes

Genetics and Molecular Biology

Volumn 21, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 47-54

  Carvalho, Margarida Lima ^a   Oliveira, Claudio ^b   Foresti, Fausto ^b  

^a UNIVERSIDADE FEDERAL DO ACRE   (Brazil)

^b SÃO PAULO STATE UNIVERSITY UNESP   (Brazil)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CELL NUCLEUS DNA;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CYTOGENETICS; DIPLOIDY; DNA DETERMINATION; FISH; KARYOTYPE; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; NONHUMAN; SEX CHROMOSOME; SUPERNUMERARY CHROMOSOME;

ANIMALIA; CORYDORAS; LEPIDOSIREN PARADOXA; PISCES;

EID: 0031748322     PISSN: 14154757     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1590/S1415-47571998000100009     Document Type: Article

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