Chromosomal similarity between the Scaly-headed parrot (Pionus maximiliani), the Short-tailed parrot (Graydidascalus brachyurus) and the Yellow-faced parrot (Salvatoria xanthops) (Psittaciformes: Aves): A cytotaxonomic analysis

Genetics and Molecular Biology

Volumn 27, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 522-528

  Caparroz, Renato ^a   Duarte, José Maurício Barbanti ^b  

^a Inst Pau Brasil de Historia Natural   (Brazil)

^b SÃO PAULO STATE UNIVERSITY UNESP   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Chromosome; Cytotaxonomy; Karyotype; Parrots; Psittaciformes

Indexed keywords

ALLOENZYME; DNA;

ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; C BANDING; CHROMOSOME ANALYSIS; CHROMOSOME STRUCTURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOTAXONOMY; DNA HYBRIDIZATION; DNA SEQUENCE; EVOLUTION; FEMALE; GENETIC SIMILARITY; GENUS; KARYOTYPING; MALE; MOLECULAR PHYLOGENY; MORPHOLOGY; NONHUMAN; PARROT; PSITTACINE; SPECIES DIFFERENCE;

AMAZONA; AMAZONA XANTHOPS; AVES; CACAJAO; GRAYDIDASCALUS BRACHYURUS; PIONUS; PIONUS MAXIMILIANI; PSITTACIDAE; PSITTACIFORMES; SALVATORIA XANTHOPS;

EID: 11344265894     PISSN: 14154757     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1590/S1415-47572004000400010     Document Type: Article

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