Cytogenetic Characterization of Two Populations of Astyanax scabripinnis (Pisces, Characiformes) of the Ivaí Basin PR Brazil

Cytologia

Volumn 68, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 289-293

  Fernandes, Carlos Alexandre ^a   Martins Santos, Isabel Cristina ^a  

^a STATE UNIVERSITY OF MARINGÁ   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Astyanax scabripinnis; Characid fish; Heterochromatin dispersion; Transposition

Indexed keywords

ASTYANAX SCABRIPINNIS; CHARACIDAE; CHARACIFORMES; PISCES;

EID: 0242570434     PISSN: 00114545     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1508/cytologia.68.289     Document Type: Article

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