Karyotypic variation in the genus Megaelosia (Anura, Hylodinae) with the first description of a B-chromosome in a leptodactylid frog

Copeia

Volumn , Issue 1, 2003, Pages 166-174

  Rosa, Cristina ^a   Aguiar Jr , Odair ^a   Giaretta, Ariovaldo A ^b   Recco Pimentel, Shirlei M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMPINAS   (Brazil)

^b FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF UBERLÂNDIA   (Brazil)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FROG; KARYOTYPE;

AMPHIBIA; ANURA; DENDROBATIDAE; HYLODINAE; LEPTODACTYLIDAE; MEGAELOSIA; MEGAELOSIA BOTICARIANA; MEGAELOSIA LUTZAE; MEGAELOSIA MASSARTI; REPTILIA;

EID: 0037467017     PISSN: 00458511     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1643/0045-8511(2003)003[0166:KVITGM]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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