B chromosome polymorphism in the fish, Astyanax scabripinnis

Genetica

Volumn 119, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 147-153

  De Marco Ferro, Dagmar Aparecida ^a   Moreira Filho, Orlando ^a   Bertollo, Luiz Antonio Carlos ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF SÃO CARLOS   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Astyanax scabripinnis; B chromosomes; Cytogenetic analyses; Variant forms

Indexed keywords

ANIMALS; BASE COMPOSITION; CHROMOSOME BANDING; CHROMOSOMES; FISHES; GENETICS, POPULATION; HETEROCHROMATIN; KARYOTYPING; POLYMORPHISM, GENETIC;

ASTYANAX; ASTYANAX SCABRIPINNIS; CHARACIDAE; PISCES;

EID: 0242578209     PISSN: 00166707     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1026086501252     Document Type: Article

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