Heterochromatin characterization of four fish species of the family Loricariidae (Siluriformes)

Hereditas

Volumn 141, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 237-242

  Kavalco, Karine Frehner ^a   Pazza, Rubens ^b   Bertollo, Luiz Antonio Carlos ^b   Moreira Filho, Orlando ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^b FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF SÃO CARLOS   (Brazil)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CATFISH; CHROMOSOME NOR; CHROMOSOME NUMBER; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FISH GENETICS; GC RICH SEQUENCE; HETEROCHROMATIN; KARYOTYPE; MALE; NONHUMAN; SILURIFORMES;

ANIMALS; BRAZIL; CATFISHES; CHROMOSOMES; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; FEMALE; FLUORESCENT DYES; HETEROCHROMATIN; INDOLES; KARYOTYPING; MALE; VARIATION (GENETICS);

HYPOSTOMUS AFFINIS; LORICARIIDAE; NEOPLECOSTOMUS; SILURIFORMES; UPSILODUS;

EID: 14944341055     PISSN: 00180661     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1601-5223.2004.01850.x     Document Type: Article

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