Increased B chromosome frequency and absence of drive in the fish Prochilodus lineatus

Heredity

Volumn 79, Issue 5, 1997, Pages 473-476

  Oliveira, Claudio ^a   Rodrigues Saboya, Silvia Maria ^a   Foresti, Fausto ^a   Senhorini, José Augusto ^a   Bernardino, Geraldo ^a  

^a SÃO PAULO STATE UNIVERSITY UNESP   (Brazil)

Author keywords

B chromosome evolution; B chromosomes inheritance; Fish cytogenetics; Supernumerary chromosomes

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA; PISCES; PROCHILODONTIDAE; PROCHILODUS LINEATUS;

EID: 15444348779     PISSN: 0018067X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/hdy.1997.186     Document Type: Article

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