Cytogenetic analysis of five species of the subfamily Corydoradinae (Teleostei: Siluriformes: Callichthyidae)

Genetics and Molecular Biology

Volumn 27, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 549-554

  Shimabukuro Dias, Cristiane Kioko ^a   Oliveira, Claudio ^a   Foresti, Fausto ^a  

^a SÃO PAULO STATE UNIVERSITY UNESP   (Brazil)

Author keywords

C banding; Fish cytogenetic; Karyotype; Karyotypic evolution; NOR

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CENTROMERE; CHROMOSOME ANALYSIS; CHROMOSOME BAND; CHROMOSOME NOR; CHROMOSOME NUMBER; CHROMOSOME PAIRING; CHROMOSOME REARRANGEMENT; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DATA ANALYSIS; DIPLOIDY; FEMALE; GENE FUSION; GENUS; KARYOTYPING; MALE; NONHUMAN; SILURIFORMES; SPECIES COMPARISON; TELEOST;

ASPIDORAS; CALLICHTHYIDAE; CORYDORAS BRITSKII; CORYDORAS SODALIS; SILURIFORMES; SODALIS; TELEOSTEI;

EID: 11344269330     PISSN: 14154757     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1590/S1415-47572004000400014     Document Type: Article

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